South Dakota Senate Libertarian Candidate to Support Thune

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[DadOfFive]

Just heard on local radio that the libertarian candidate in the SD, senate race, Curt Evans, is dropping out and throwing his support behind John Thune(R). Say's "Thune is the better candidate". Maybe 2-3% bump.(my guess)

[Torie]

If Nader had not run in 2000 studies show that only a tiny fraction of Nader's 2.8 million votes would have gone to Gore

Nadar himself said that about 40% of his votes absent him would have voted for Gore, about 25% for Bush, and the balance would not have voted. Those numbers are consistent with my precinct by precinct analysis that I did in connection with CD redistricting when examining what happened with down ballot races vis a vis the Nader vote. Heck, my GOP mother voted for Nader, and GOP down ballot.

[RJCogburn]

Let's see.....Nader received 97,488 votes according to this article http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/772471/posts

So.....if Gore got 40%, that's about 38996
25%for Bush is about 23371

The difference of 15624 is far more than enough for Gore to win Florida and be President.

Even if Gore won only 1% more of Nader's votes than Bush, certainaly a reasonable expectation, he gains 975 votes which again wins Florida and the Presidency.

Am I in error here?

[markfiveFF]

Even if Gore won only 1% more of Nader's votes than Bush, certainaly a reasonable expectation, he gains 975 votes which again wins Florida and the Presidency.

Mostly correct. The Democratic machine in Florida stole 239,000 votes. Except for the screwup in one county, they would have stolen 245,000 votes, winning Florida and the Presidency.

For freedom,
Locke