Voters Not Clamoring for Third-Party Candidacy This Year

[rodeodance]

Source: GALLOP


January 22, 2008
Voters Not Clamoring for Third-Party Candidacy This Year
Americans seem satisfied with current crop of presidential candidates


by Frank Newport

PRINCETON, NJ -- New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg continues to mull over the possibility of running for president as an independent candidate, much as fellow billionaire Ross Perot did in 1992. Last week, Bloomberg said, "I am not a candidate." But speculation that he might jump into the presidential race continues unabated, in part because his personal wealth would make it easy for him to begin a campaign without the usual rounds of fund raising, and in part because he refuses to rule out the possibility and expresses obvious interest in running.

There has been much discussion this year about the American public's desire for "change," at a time when the significant majority of Americans indicate that they are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the United States today, and when there is growing concern about the economy. At the same time, change after this year's election is inevitable, given that the incumbent president and vice president are not running for re-election.

Additionally, recent Gallup polling has assessed some of the public's attitudes that could be related to the ultimate success of an independent or third-party candidate running against the two major-party candidates this year. The data show that Americans are quite positive about the candidates running for president so far, and believe they have suggested good solutions to the nation's problems, marking a sharp contrast with what these same measures showed in early 1992. Thus, while dissatisfaction in general is high, the American public does not appear to believe it is important or necessary for an independent candidate outside of the traditional two major parties to step into the race in order to save the nation.

Read more: http://www.gallup.com/poll/103846/Voters-Clamoring-ThirdParty-Candidacy-Year.aspx

[PATRICK]

1. LOL

As if they care what the people want, say or think. You could have easily three candidacies entirely bent away from the people's clear major desires and all a form of corporate bias and none well representing their party membership or even supposed core constituencies.

Bloomberg is a spoiler for gain pure and simple and that is not how they will portray him.

[Kolesar]

2. An un-charismatic insider from New York for president

And he has no following. I cannot believe all the ink this guy gets.

[peace13]

3. What I love...

hypnosis...you are happy with the candidate that we picked for you, you are happy with the candidate we picked for you.....

[Lorien]

4. That about sums it up. n/t

[truedelphi]

5. TV news last night had a reporter saying to the camera

That the big issue in the upcoming Calif. primary is that people want to know that the
results of the election immediately.

He kept up that frame, remarking how upset voters were since high requests for absentee ballots (which have to be counted by hand and each one must be checked against its signature) might make the vote counting a lengthy ordeal.

He shoved his microphone in front of people's faces -- asking them how they felt about how long it was going to take to count the primary votes. Not a single person said "Oh my God it will be the end of the Friggin' universe if I don't know before I go to bed on election night."

People said, "It will take as long as it will take." "I'd like to know before I go to sleep, but my knowing can wait."

Undeterred, in closing, he remarked to the camera that it was shame that people had to be so very upset because of the awkwardness of the absentee process.

[Javaman]

6. I wish someone would have told that sycophant to

go fuck himself and stop fishing for a story that doesn't exist.

[truedelphi]

7. Oh ,but sadly that story does exist. It is a meme I have seen on this station

For several years now.

Sadly I have seen it on other stations with other reporters and talking heads also.

It is not that this reporter is stupid or pig headed. He is making this be the story because NBC in Sacramento wants this to be his story.

And that is because the corporations need to insure that they get their guy in the WH next fall is by setting us up for the Networks calling the win. Andy Card called the win for Bush in Nov '04 - but the networks backed him up by mysteriously flipping the predictions of who was going to win.

I have heard other talking heads saying how important it is in America that we get our election results instantly. I forget the metaphor they use - but it is used by several talking heads on several different channels. Something like, "We want our election results fast because in AMrica, voters are used to getting their food fast, and an election is more important than food so it is even more important that our election night results be instant."

Slowly they are conditioning our brains to the notion that our election results absolutely MUST BE INSTANTANEOUS. (TV is a medium that duplicates the brain rhythms necessary for hypnosis.)

[JPZenger]

8. A bachelor pro-gay rights Jewish gun control advocate

This guy just won't be that attractive in the heartland of the US. Most of his popularity is in the northeast states - and those voters are so motivated to get a Democrat elected that they will not even think about any third party candidate.

Only Bloomberg would be bored running the largest city in North America.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

9. Oh, yeah, that's was missing from the race...

A millionaire insider. :sarcasm: