[lbo-talk] 3rd party candidates drawing minimal support

[Doug Henwood]

There's a lot of noise in numbers like these, and there are also  
rounding issues when you're dealing with numbers 2% and below. So it's  
really hard to say who went where.

Third party support usually dwindles as Election Day approaches, too.

On Oct 10, 2008, at 12:36 PM, shag wrote:


> the widening of the gap occured because people said they wouldn't  
> vote, not because mccain voters shifted to obama. is this common  
> across the board? or just this poll?
>
> At 12:19 PM 10/10/2008, Doug Henwood wrote:
>> <http://www.gallup.com/poll/111079/ThirdParty-Candidates-Receiving-Only-Minimal-Support.aspx   
>> >
>>
>> PRINCETON, NJ -- A recent Gallup Poll in which four third-party
>> candidates were explicitly listed for voters along with the two  
>> major- party candidates found only minimal support for any  
>> candidate other
>> than John McCain or Barack Obama.
>>
>>                   Oct 3-5     Sep 8-11
>>
>> Obama                48%          47%
>> McCain               42           44
>> Nader                 2            4
>> Barr                  1            1
>> McKinney              1            1
>> Baldwin               -            -
>>
>> other                 2            1
>> won't vote            3            1
>> no opinion            1            1
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