There is absolutely no reason why Kennedy could not be on the Libertarian ticket in some states. A political party has the right to nominate anyone, and if the candidate is an independent there is no conflict with any other party. Also, Libertarians should get off their high horse if Kennedy doesn't match up verbatim on each and every issue. A political party needs to be a large enough tent to accommodate reasonable nuances. Kennedy should also look seriously at the platform of the Green Party. He is weak on macroeconomic issues, while the Greens have a certain strength in their support of Dennis Kucinich's 2011 NEED Act that would replace the Federal Reserve with a system of true national currency. Bitcoin does not hack it for macroeconomic policy. The NEED Act does.
If there is no candidate with 270 electoral college votes, it falls to the Congress to decide, doesn't it? Are there enough independent votes to be had there?
If the election goes to the House Kennedy will lose. The Dems and Repubs will cut a deal. Instead, look at the election of 1860 where Lincoln won with 38% of the popular vote in an election where four parties were running. Kennedy could do the same and has said so. He is within striking distance of such an outcome already, provided he is on the ballot in enough states. Remember, within a given state, electoral votes go to the plurality winner.
Hmmm, I read that it goes to all of Congress, not just the House.
And I also read that each state decides how the electoral votes go.
Here's from Wikipedia:
"If no candidate achieves a majority there, a contingent election is held by the House of Representatives to elect the president and by the Senate to elect the vice president."
"The states and the District of Columbia hold a statewide or districtwide popular vote on Election Day in November to choose electors based upon how they have pledged to vote for president and vice president, with some state laws prohibiting faithless electors. All states except Maine and Nebraska use a party block voting, or general ticket method, to choose their electors, meaning all their electors go to one winning ticket. Maine and Nebraska choose one elector per congressional district and 2 electors for the ticket with the highest statewide vote."
There is absolutely no reason why Kennedy could not be on the Libertarian ticket in some states. A political party has the right to nominate anyone, and if the candidate is an independent there is no conflict with any other party. Also, Libertarians should get off their high horse if Kennedy doesn't match up verbatim on each and every issue. A political party needs to be a large enough tent to accommodate reasonable nuances. Kennedy should also look seriously at the platform of the Green Party. He is weak on macroeconomic issues, while the Greens have a certain strength in their support of Dennis Kucinich's 2011 NEED Act that would replace the Federal Reserve with a system of true national currency. Bitcoin does not hack it for macroeconomic policy. The NEED Act does.
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If there is no candidate with 270 electoral college votes, it falls to the Congress to decide, doesn't it? Are there enough independent votes to be had there?
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If the election goes to the House Kennedy will lose. The Dems and Repubs will cut a deal. Instead, look at the election of 1860 where Lincoln won with 38% of the popular vote in an election where four parties were running. Kennedy could do the same and has said so. He is within striking distance of such an outcome already, provided he is on the ballot in enough states. Remember, within a given state, electoral votes go to the plurality winner.
Hmmm, I read that it goes to all of Congress, not just the House.
And I also read that each state decides how the electoral votes go.
Here's from Wikipedia:
"If no candidate achieves a majority there, a contingent election is held by the House of Representatives to elect the president and by the Senate to elect the vice president."
"The states and the District of Columbia hold a statewide or districtwide popular vote on Election Day in November to choose electors based upon how they have pledged to vote for president and vice president, with some state laws prohibiting faithless electors. All states except Maine and Nebraska use a party block voting, or general ticket method, to choose their electors, meaning all their electors go to one winning ticket. Maine and Nebraska choose one elector per congressional district and 2 electors for the ticket with the highest statewide vote."
So, we could end up with Trump as president and Kamala as VP? I wonder what the deep state would do then.
It's a state by state vote in the House.