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2016 Postmortem

gabeana

(3,166 posts) Mon Oct 17, 2016, 07:13 PM Oct 2016

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I see all these pol with 2-way and 4 way

why do they do this?
How many states will have all 4 candidates on the ballot?

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I see all these pol with 2-way and 4 way (Original Post) gabeana Oct 2016 OP

Third party votes tend to collapse closer to the election. Zynx Oct 2016 #1

Johnson made all 50 Johnny2X2X Oct 2016 #2

Ohio has 5 people on its ballot. Travis_0004 Oct 2016 #3

I believe that we will have at least 8 in Illinois ChairmanAgnostic Oct 2016 #4

Zynx

(21,328 posts)

1. Third party votes tend to collapse closer to the election.

Reply to gabeana (Original post)

Mon Oct 17, 2016, 07:18 PM

Oct 2016

It's a way of assessing where those votes might flow.

Johnny2X2X

(19,035 posts)

2. Johnson made all 50

Reply to gabeana (Original post)

Mon Oct 17, 2016, 07:18 PM

Oct 2016

Stein made I think 41 state ballots.

Travis_0004

(5,417 posts)

3. Ohio has 5 people on its ballot.

Reply to gabeana (Original post)

Mon Oct 17, 2016, 07:23 PM

Oct 2016

ChairmanAgnostic

(28,017 posts)

4. I believe that we will have at least 8 in Illinois

Reply to gabeana (Original post)

Mon Oct 17, 2016, 07:25 PM

Oct 2016

And this is a state that is hostile to 3d parties.
The whole 2 vs. 4 argument actually does not work in many states.

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