Is 50.75% equal to 50.75%?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Carter was a social moderate and economic liberal. Anderson was a social liberal and economic moderate.

Who Anderson took more votes away from isn't really the issue though, since the simple fact he did fairly well is proof the country wasn't anywhere near as polarized. More than 99% of the electorate voted for either Bush or Kerry. In non-polarized times, third parties prosper. They don't in polarized ones. In a polarized elctorate Anderson would've have broken 6%