(Because somebody called me this morning and woke me up at the ungodly hour of 8:30am on the first day I’ve had to sleep late in three weeks) I watched Meet the Press this morning and heard Ralph Nader announce that he is running for president. Nader, who will celebrate his 74th birthday next week, has no doubt been planning this run for a while. His website, which he mentioned several times in the interview, is up, and includes a significant amount of content, including a comparison of his stands on the issues versus those of the other candidates.
Much noise has been made about Nader’s effect on the 2000 election. But this ain’t 2000. As the result, I doubt if Nader will have any negligible effect on the election. Nader’s appeal just isn’t what it was in 2000.
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Thanks for the links, NND. The first, unfortunately, does not let one have the data without being a member or paying $400 — not likely. (I’ll try to see whether I can get the data set through work — at least now I know where to look.) The second is the same one I found, which was based on an analysis of the preceding and following presidential elections, NOT on exit polls.
In any event, the only president elected with a lower percentage of the popular vote was Lincoln — and the Union fell apart.
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