Tiny Presence, Unknown Impact for Third Parties
Posted on 10/5/2012 by Election 2012 | Politics | Comments
Bulletin Today | PoliticsBy Brian Bakst of The Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Third-party candidates Gary Johnson and Virgil Goode are blips in the presidential race. They have little money, aren’t on stage for presidential debates and barely register in the polls — when survey takers even bother to list them as options. Yet in a tight race between Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney that likely will be won or lost at the margins, even blips can …
