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That's still a large number of people, and his name still reached critical acclaim during the primaries. The projection made wasn't about resulting presidentia
by iamdave 15y ago
That's still a large number of people, and his name still reached critical acclaim during the primaries.
The projection made wasn't about resulting presidential elections, it was about a permeating balkanization of political lines.
- philwelch 15y agoThere were fringe candidates before the Internet, too. Many of them were more successful than Ron Paul.
- a3camero 15y agoMay I suggest: Ross Perot @ 19%: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Perot_presidential_campaign,_1992 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Perot_presidential_campaig... Ralph Nader @ 3%: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Nader_presidential_campaign,_2000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Nader_presidential_campai...
- philwelch 15y agoJohn Anderson, 7%: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._Anderson#1980_Presidential_campaign http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._Anderson#1980_President... George Wallace, 14% and 46 electoral votes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wallace_presidential_campaign,_1968#General_election_results http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wallace_presidential_cam... Eugene V. Debs, 3% three times and 6% once: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_V._Debs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_V._Debs