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Originally Posted by Mr Quatro
What your really saying in effect is that the loser can blame the parties you speak of ... due to the 4 to 5% margin of error. The loser of the POTUS can blame these third party candidates or the winner can thank the third party persons for their participation.  |
Yeah it all depends on which of the two big parties the third party draws the most votes away from.
Ross Perot for example definitely cost George Bush 41 his reelection in 1992 as Perots supporters were mostly drawn from the Republican base. Ralph Nader did pretty much the same to the Democrats in the 2000 election.