In light of the debate last night between America\u2019s two dominant parties, I wanted to talk about the man who didn\u2019t get to make it to the stage. Yes that\u2019s right, there is still someone out there fighting.<\/p>\n
The man is Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party\u2019s<\/a> presidential candidate. The two-term Republican governor of New Mexico, a state that usually votes democratic, claims that most Americans are in fact libertarians but just don\u2019t know it yet.<\/p>\n In his interview <\/a>with Stephen Dubner, Johnson tells listeners his biggest problem, \u201cRight now, 65 percent of Americans don\u2019t even know that I exist\u201d. But he is optimistic about how America would see his views had he made it to the presidential debates, he claims, \u201c[had i made it] I would give myself a 33 percent chance of getting elected\u201d.<\/p>\n What does it take to make it into a debate? The threshold, set by the Commission on Presidential Debates, dictates that one must reach 15 percent across five national polls but he\u2019s only at around 8 percent now<\/a>. The same loss of recognition has also happened with Green Party candidate Jill Stein.<\/p>\n The libertarian party, founded in 1971, marks itself as the third largest political party in the U.S., yet no one talks about it. In 2012 Johnson also ran for president, getting 1.2 million votes, but that amounted to only about one percent of the vote.<\/p>\n What are some of the things Gary Johnson believes in<\/a>?<\/p>\n While you may agree or disagree with some of his beliefs, the attitude that many Americans are taking towards this election is trying to stop the other side at all costs, but Johnson argues that, \u201cA wasted vote is voting for somebody you don\u2019t believe in\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In light of the debate last night between America\u2019s two dominant parties, I wanted to talk about the man who didn\u2019t get to make it to the stage. Yes that\u2019s right, there is still someone out there fighting. The man is Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party\u2019s presidential candidate. The two-term Republican governor of New Mexico, a state that usually votes democratic, claims that most Americans are in fact libertarians but just don\u2019t know it yet. In his interview with Stephen Dubner, Johnson tells listeners his biggest problem, \u201cRight now, 65 percent of Americans don\u2019t even know that I exist\u201d. But Continue reading There\u2019s Another Candidate?<\/span>\n