Johnson taking more voters from Clinton than Trump

[struggle4progress]

By Douglas Perry | The Oregonian/OregonLive
on August 30, 2016 at 11:16 AM

... Clinton holds a respectable 6-point lead over Trump in a head-to-head match-up, 48 percent to 42 percent. But when you add in Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein, Clinton's lead drops to four points (close to the margin of error), with Clinton at 41 percent, Trump at 37 percent, Johnson at 11 percent and Stein at 5 percent.

This has been consistent in polls for weeks. Stein is garnering very limited support -- most likely from fringe leftists and disaffected Bernie Sanders supporters, many of whom are expected to sit out the election -- while Johnson appears to pull in independent voters, more so from Clinton than from Trump ...

http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2016/08/gary_johnson_taking_more_voter.html

[Beartracks]

1. I suppose we should never underestimate...

... just how much Republicans loathe Hillary Clinton, to the point that they would still rather vote for Trump and not abandon him, rather than "waste" their votes on Johnson. Unfortunately, then, it seems a not-insignificant chunk of independents and Democrats have no problem at all "wasting" their vote on a third-party candidate rather than "risking" a Hillary administration.

Great....

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[IVoteDFL]

2. I'd be willing to bet my last penny it's because of legalization of marijuana

With younger voters especially.

It would be really easy to get them back on board, though.

[Warren DeMontague]

3. Yeah, and politically astute, too, given that most Americans support legalization.

At least our platform goes further than ever before in committing to the principle.

[GWC58]

4. I don't

trust tRump on anything, especially cannabis. Neither should anyone else. The gop platform is definitely anti cannabis.

[Warren DeMontague]

5. No, I mean the only reason he wouldnt make Christie AG is just to further humiliate the guy

But I suspect that would be a likely appointment in a Trump Admi---- gah, I cant even say it--- anyway, Christie has made shutting down recreational and medical marijuana in legal states his top priority if he gets the chance.

No, no one should trust the GOP on that issue- but if we display real leadership on legalization, we can negate a big chunk of appeal the Libertarians might have with younger voters particularly.