Libertarians perform well in CA
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.
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