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The Struggles of a
Two-Party Systems Outsiders
Johnson &
Steins Decline
Mallery Rockwell
Third-party
candidates often
decline as Election Day approaches,
and Jill Stein and Gary Johnson are no
exceptions. Even though many critics cant
stomach the major candidates for the 2017
election as leading runners, third-party
candidates still seem to fall behind.
According to a New York Times
article, an ABC News/Washington Post
poll showed that Johnson fell to 5 percent
nationally in September. John Harwood
said that most of the support Johnson lost
came from Republicans and Republicanleaning independents.
Jeffrey Stonecash is a distinguished
professor of political science at Syracuse
University. He said that third party
candidates usually lose support closer to
the election, especially if the race is close.
With popularity of the major candidates
continuing to rise, the public may view
these candidates as the only plausible
options.
Tim Chambless is an
associate professor and lecturer
for the Political Science
Department at the University
of Utah. He gave some valuable
insight into Stein and Johnson
in regards to the 2017 election,
specifically for Utah.
He said that Utah voters
initially considered Stein and
Johnson as valid runners in the election.
Utah voters, unhappy with the
presidential nominees of the two major
parties chosen at the party conventions
in July, did consider the Libertarian and
Green Party presidential candidates during
August and September as alternatives, he
said.
He said that the primary factor
for Stein and Johnsons downfall in the
election is due to their lack of money,
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