Libertarians perform well in CA

Buckethead Buckethead

Looking over the election results from the recent unpleasantness in California, I was reminded of a comment thread we had here a while back. In that discussion, we pondered the utility and viability of the Libertarian party.

I think that this result supports my argument:

Candidate Party Votes Percentage Rank
Arnold Schwarzenegger Rep 3,552,787 48.1 1
Cruz M. Bustamante Dem 2,379,740 32.2 2
Tom McClintock Rep 979,234 13.3 3
Peter Miguel Camejo Grn 207,270 2.9 4
Gary Coleman Ind 12,443 0.2 8
Ned Fenton Roscoe Lib 1,941 0.0 33

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I'm a little shocked by this. Gary Coleman beat the hell out of the Libertarian candidate?!

You know what this tells me? Despite the poor showing of the Libertarians, it looks to me like the two-party system isn't the whole story any more. Governer Schwartzenegger-- wait a second, and let that sink in-- [em]Governer Schwartzenegger[/em] is a Republican in name only, backed by the Kennedys, who gained office on the strength of his fame and vaguely populist pleas. A Green came in fourth. Gary fucking [em]Coleman[/em] came in eighth.

Granted, after the first three, there's a REEEEAL huge dropoff... but do you realize that Ueberroth-- in sixth place, and Huffington-- in fifth, weren't even running?

Seems to me that American politics is more a riot than

Johno Johno

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