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Impact of third-party candidates on election

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    Did contenders pack any punch this year?

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Gary Johnson the libertarian party's candidate for president made history yesterday by burning the most raw votes in his party's history.

It's no secret that votes for third party candidates typically come at the expense of Republican so did Johnson cost Romney the election.

Let's not talk right now to political strategist Roger is still going to Steve but you know people think back to win Ross Perot many feel.

Cost George Herbert Walker Bush the election to Bill Clinton who won with what 39% -- -- like that.

Had -- what sort of damage figure Johnson due to Mitt Romney.

There's really no evidence that his votes can disproportionately from Romney I think he took votes.

From both Obama and Romney -- anyone the votes of some people may not have voted at all he did get a million votes of million to really.

He -- you know short of the 5% you need to get your party federal funding to become a permanent party.

I kind of know how Teddy Roosevelt felt he became a bull moose -- it.

-- -- -- -- -- -- You know easily enough hurricane yesterday suggested that up perhaps it's time for another third party because that the two parties that we have right now economically -- really.

Fixing our problems but they really very similar they're -- for foreign intervention in their -- for deficit spending.

They're both for the Patriot Act they're both for the war on drugs that the two parties have really become.

Despite their rhetoric almost a chemical it.

But they're different on social issues and that's one of the things about the Libertarian Party and particular Gary Johnson had talked about pot in the legalizing pot and that explains.

Why in Washington State he wound up with 1%.

In telephone -- rather a Colorado he wound up with one point 3% of the vote because pop was also on the ballot.

-- the opposite yeah I think the -- I think the country's ready for someone who is a fiscal and economic conservative but socially tolerant.

That's where the majority.

Of the people are the problem of course is that we have a duopoly so the big parties the two major parties control.

Ballot access who gets in the debates which is crucial.

And in the end it's really about money Ross Perot got 19% as a third party candidate.

But he also spent ten million dollars -- his own money so he was tickets so if there's a really rich libertarian out there they would have a better shot and my phone number -- All right -- and it was a pleasure great to do it you all right but when he --

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