I suspect the Johnson/Weld Libertarian Party ticket will have quite the impact

[cali]

My guess is that it's impact will mostly be its draw from republican voters, but who knows? What we do know is that both Clinton and especially Trump have high unfavorable.

[msongs]

1. good home for the bernie or bust crowd nt

[swhisper1]

7. no, not really better than Clinton

[cali]

9. as usual- and really, one can't expect anything but-

a remark that is nothing if not petty and mean spirited.

[swhisper1]

12. what? You are for Johnson? sorry if I offended

[cali]

18. oh no. my deepest apologies. My comment was not intended for you

[swhisper1]

19. apologies accepted

[swhisper1]

16. there, I edited a word so as not to offend those who misread intent.

[WolverineDG]

15. Just can't resist stirring the pot, can you? nt

[Cal Carpenter]

20. How so? n/t

[Gidney N Cloyd]

2. They'll draw people who have lots of complaints about gov't but low-info on how it actually works.

[snooper2]

3. What about Soltysik/Walker?

He should get mad votes just for having cool tats alone!

[tonyt53]

4. Well considering that they won't be on many state ballots, they won't have much effect.

They don't have the money for the filing fees. Bernie Sander would be in the same predicament.

[swhisper1]

6. they are on all 50 state ballots. Please keep up

[swhisper1]

8. anyone know how many state ballots Stein has?

The general is going to be very interesting

[cali]

10. considering that YOU are woefully uninformed.....

[LAGC]

17. The Libertarian Party is the third largest political party in America and growing rapidly.

Active and registered in all 50 states, they only polled 1% in 2012, and are polling over 12% right now.

If things keep up, the Republican-Democrat duopoly is going to be broken here in a few more election cycles...

[NobodyHere]

21. Pre-election polling is almost meaningless in regards to 3rd parties.

It's a safe place to lodge a protest vote. But in the general election they'll be lucky to get even a fifth of that.

However with that said, if they can poll 15% then the major parties might let Johnson onto the debate stage.

[swhisper1]

5. If that ticket reaches 15%, then yes, they will influence the outcome greatly

Being on the debate stage will attract the fence sitters for sure, and give the republicans a path away from Trump

[cali]

11. finally, a comment with some thought. Thank You.

I agree, it's an out for republicans, though it could also well receive a lot of independent votes.

[swhisper1]

13. sad but maybe

[WolverineDG]

14. Weld at the top of the ticket would have drawn more people

but I suspect that if Trump continues to implode & the GOP does not replace him, the Libertarians will be the Ross Perot of 2016.