2016 Postmortem

DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Tue Aug 16, 2016, 12:23 PM Aug 2016

Far Right Party In California Will List Trump As Its Nominee On The Ballot

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Donald Trump will be on the ballot not once, but twice in California.

Trump will be listed as both the Republican Party nominee and the nominee of the far right American Independent Party.

The American Independent Party is best known for supporting segregationist George Wallace in the 1968 election where he won five states, a feat that has not been replicated by any third party candidate since.

“We are the demographic that Trump is appealing to,” Markham Robinson, the secretary of the American Independent Party of California told the LA Times. “We are heeding the voice of our voters.”

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-to-be-on-the-ballot-twice-in-california

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Far Right Party In California Will List Trump As Its Nominee On The Ballot (Original Post) DonViejo Aug 2016 OP

Not sure if it's good or bad. It really depends on state election law. Exilednight Aug 2016 #1

I would guess they get counted separately so even less votes for him in the 'pug column???? winstars Aug 2016 #2

Exilednight

(9,359 posts)

1. Not sure if it's good or bad. It really depends on state election law.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Aug 16, 2016, 12:32 PM

Aug 2016

In some states you can be listed under two parties and the vote totals are combined.

In other states, if you're listed twice on the ballot under two different parties, the only votes that matter is the highest vote total.

winstars

(4,220 posts)

2. I would guess they get counted separately so even less votes for him in the 'pug column????