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Originally Posted by Matt-ADX
Yeah I agree with a lot of what you are saying.
What are your thoughts about having to poll nationally @ 15% to get into the presidential debate? I listened to quite a bit of Gary Johnson and I really think that had he been allowed to debate he would have convinced a massive number of people to vote for him because so many felt they had little choice with such poor candidates on both sides.
Why did you not vote Johnson this time and went with Trump? Was it because you felt you needed to vote for the lesser of 2 evils?
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I think the debates should be open to any candidate polling more than 1%.
That 1% is a LOT of people. And of course if you aren't part of the debates you don't get any media coverage and you can't win.
As for why I didn't vote Johnson this election...2 reasons.
1. Main reason is I've never seen anything like Trump in my lifetime. He is a political unicorn and represented the opportunity for a real citizen (not a politician or lawyer) to be President. And of course his economic ideas.
2. In 2012 Johnson seemed strong and focused. I really liked him and his open talk about freedom and being "Pro-Everything" when they asked him about abortion. He straight up said he was for FREEDOM and liberty for individuals. That spoke to me.
BUT...in 2016, he just seemed goofy acting to me. The media was so anti-Trump that they mistakenly thought that Libertarians all vote Republican and they thought they could split the Republican vote if they gave Johnson some air time.
So CNN gave him a town hall that they broadcast live and CNN and MSNBC interviewed him several times in prime time.
That is when they discovered (to their shock and horror)...that Libertarians are more socially liberal than Democrats by far.
They then began attacking the hell out of Johnson and burying him. lol
But as I said...he made himself look goofy. Making weird faces and giving dumb answers to questions they asked him.
So I looked at the non-politician with similar ideas to mine on economics VS the goofy guy who no longer looked strong and divisive in Johnson and went with Trump.