Third parties and independent candidates since 2008


More 3rd party connections to Sarah Palin

August 30th, 2008 · 40 Comments

IPR has previously reported that Sarah Palin had been involved in various ways with the Alaska Libertarian Party from 2004-2006, culminating in an endorsement from that party for her 2006 gubanatorial campaign. Well, that isn’t her only involvement in the third-party scene,apparently. Palin also recently sent a recorded video message to the Alaskan Independence Party [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party · Right-wing minor parties

Barr 5%, Nader 2% in national Zogby poll

August 30th, 2008 · 6 Comments

An online Zogby poll of 2,020 likely voters across the U.S. conducted August 29-30 (+/- 2.2%) shows Libertarian Bob Barr at five percent and independent Ralph Nader at two in a four-way race. Barr draws two percent of Democrats, four percent of Republicans, and 11 percent of independents; Nader draws one percent of Democrats, one [...]

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Tags: Independents · Libertarian Party

Libertarian Kevin Barrett to appear on Alex Jones Show, Labor Day

August 30th, 2008 · 11 Comments

Controversial Libertarian congressional candidate, Kevin Barrett, will be appearing on Alex Jones’s popular Internet radio show on Labor Day, Monday, September 1. The show airs at 1:00 p.m., Eastern at prisonplanet.com.

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Libertarian Barr at 8% in Ohio poll

August 30th, 2008 · 4 Comments

In his blog on the Sandusky Register website, Tom Jackson writes, “A Zogby International poll released Aug. 22 showed Libertarian Bob Barr is drawing support from 8 percent of the Ohio’s voters. (The poll placed Barack Obama at 41 percent and John McCain at 36 percent, Ralph Nader at 1 percent and “Not Sure/Other” at [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Green McKinney to campaign in Wisconsin next week

August 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Wisconsin’s Racine Journal-Times reports Green presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney will visit several Wisconsin cities, including Baraboo, Madison, Milwaukee, and Racine, next week.

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Tags: Green Party