Re: [Marxism] Tomorrow's third party debate...dead as a can of spam

["Ruthless Critic of All that Exists" <ok.president+marxml@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Mark Lause <markalause@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> If he's referring to the candidates of the SLPs (Socialist Lilliputian
> Parties), I don't know the answer.  The focus here were candidates on
> the ballot in enough states to matter, and were running to win voters

Don't forget that because of the electoral college system, a
small-party in a battleground state can well make the difference in an
election.

In 2000 in Florida, not only Nader but ALSO David McReynolds, the
Socialist Party USA candidate, receieved MORE votes than the final,
official difference in votes between Bush and Gore.

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