CNN has the current tallies:
Obama
65,775,311
53%
McCain
57,669,961
46%
Nader
684,283
Barr
503,132
Baldwin
180,944
McKinney
148,207
Keyes
37,844
Paul
19,852
La Riva
7,465
Calero
7,197
Moore
6,563
None of these candidates
6,251
Duncan
3,703
Harris
2,616
Jay
2,346
Polachek
1,223
McEnulty
781
Wamboldt
770
Stevens
720
Amondson
639
Boss
604
Phillies
518
Weill
470
Allen
310
Lyttle
106
With votes still being tallied, IPR is watching out for the following benchmarks: Nader to top his 1996 total of 685,297, and then perhaps to top 700,000 votes.
Baldwin to top Howard Phillips’ 1996 total of 184,820, and then perhaps to top 200,000 votes.
Cynthia McKinney to top 150,000 votes.
This popular vote total is the second best the LP has received in the presidential race, and the fourth highest percentage (after Ed Clark in 1980, Harry Browne in 1996 and Ron Paul in 1988).
23 responses so far ↓
1 Libertarian Joseph // Nov 10, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Atleast we hit the 500k mark. This shows that the party improved since 2004.
Look at how much the BTP received LOL. Charles Jay is an opportunist, he reminds me of a watered down Wayne Allyn Root.
2 paulie cannoli // Nov 10, 2008 at 2:54 pm
LP, CP, GP and Nader all improved from 2004, probably mostly because it was not so close this time.
3 Libertarian Joseph // Nov 10, 2008 at 2:57 pm
Yeah, but why desn’t the BTP just join the LP? We need some solidarity. Spliting them up just splits the votes up, makes it easy for MSM to continue marginalizing libertarians.
4 paulie cannoli // Nov 10, 2008 at 2:58 pm
I don’t think another 2,000 votes would have made the day for Barr. In any case, many of those were people who were very much opposed to Barr being the LP nominee, and would not have voted for him even if Jay had not run.
5 HumbleTravis // Nov 10, 2008 at 2:59 pm
This is very much a half-empty/half-full situation for the LP. Will the national party learn from it’s mistakes or will the 500,000 be considered as “proof” of a successful campaign?
6 Libertarian Joseph // Nov 10, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Barr was touting the party line, what was the problem? Ron Paul wasn’t even a “perfect” libertarian, didn’t he run as pro-life which angered pro-choice libertarians? Besides, Ron Paul is a paleocon.
7 George Dance // Nov 10, 2008 at 3:02 pm
WTF? George Phillies just went over 500 votes, and no comments (much less no story)?
8 Libertarian Joseph // Nov 10, 2008 at 3:05 pm
500? lol. He’s catching up to the BTP!
9 paulie cannoli // Nov 10, 2008 at 3:06 pm
WTF? George Phillies just went over 500 votes, and no comments (much less no story)?
LOL
10 Libertarian Joseph // Nov 10, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Mr. Phillies isn’t even as libertarian as Barr. Doesn’t he support protectionism?
11 Jimmy Clifton // Nov 10, 2008 at 4:39 pm
I predict the Green Party and the Constitution Party will eventually have more members than the LP. The LP made a huge mistake by nominating Barr.
12 paulie cannoli // Nov 10, 2008 at 4:41 pm
There’s a pretty good chance of a radical backlash starting to show results at the 2010 convention, though.
13 johncjackson // Nov 10, 2008 at 5:20 pm
The best radical backlash is not being involved in politics. The nature of electoral politics and the LP itself is very statist, so of course it is inviting for disgruntled Republicans. How radical is it to attempt to control a political party?
14 paulie cannoli // Nov 10, 2008 at 5:30 pm
The best radical backlash is not being involved in politics.
If you choose not to be involved in politics, it doesn’t mean politicians will choose to leave you be. Involvement in partisan politics does not mean you think the system should exist, just an acknowledgment that it does exist.
15 Mike Gillis // Nov 10, 2008 at 6:05 pm
In other news, the Nader/Gonazalez ticket just surpassed the Nader ’96 ticket’s numbers to become his second best run in terms of votes.
16 José C // Nov 10, 2008 at 7:30 pm
500,000+ votes. The Barr haters will not like this. Second best vote total behind Ed Clark.
I agree with George Dance. Where is the analysis on the vote totals for George Phillies, Ron Paul, and Charles Jay? Combined they do not come anywhere near 500,000+ votes.
17 paulie cannoli // Nov 10, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Many, possibly most, votes for Ron Paul and/or Charles Jay were write-in votes, and have not been reported yet.
I honestly don’t see the point of making these types of reports for candidates who were on in 1, 2 or 3 states. For that matter, we haven’t yet made any such reports for the various socialist, prohibition, etc. candidates. Maybe at some point, I don’t know.
As previously noted, Barr did 4th best in percentage terms, behind Clark 80, Browne 96, and Ron Paul 88. His percentage was almost exactly the average of the five previous races.
18 Morgan Wick // Nov 10, 2008 at 7:57 pm
11: The Greens, no, they’re just “the Democrats but more so”. The Constitution Party, though, could attract a number of Libertarians of both radical and disgruntled-Republican stripes if the Libs go the path of the Reform Party.
19 paulie cannoli // Nov 10, 2008 at 8:00 pm
The Greens, no, they’re just “the Democrats but more soâ€. The Constitution Party, though, could attract a number of Libertarians of both radical and disgruntled-Republican stripes if the Libs go the path of the Reform Party.
So, you could say the CP is like the Republicans, only more so.
If I am to choose between the two I’d go Green, easily.
20 Trent Hill // Nov 10, 2008 at 8:01 pm
We will, almost inevitably, report the vote totals of the 2-3 state candidates–the Socialists, Prohibitionists, Boston Tea Partiers, etc. Prolly all in one post.
21 paulie cannoli // Nov 10, 2008 at 8:12 pm
We’ve already been doing that; they are talking about making a whole post about, say, Phillies passing the 500 vote mark, just to make fun of him.
22 Libertarian Joseph // Nov 10, 2008 at 11:43 pm
I would never join the anti-free speech Constitution Party!
23 Mel // Oct 25, 2009 at 11:19 pm
Ron Paul is a neo-confederate not a paleocon.
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