| Line 4: |
Line 4: |
| | | | |
| | The [[Republican National Convention]] nominated the [[RINO]] [[Mitt Romney]] for president and [[Paul Ryan]] for vice president, and their strategy appears to be to duck and avoid social issues as much as possible. The selection and Paul Ryan as VP and polling during the first half of the convention showed only a slight bounce in voter support for Romney. | | The [[Republican National Convention]] nominated the [[RINO]] [[Mitt Romney]] for president and [[Paul Ryan]] for vice president, and their strategy appears to be to duck and avoid social issues as much as possible. The selection and Paul Ryan as VP and polling during the first half of the convention showed only a slight bounce in voter support for Romney. |
| − |
| |
| − | == Minor Parties ==
| |
| | | | |
| | {| class="wikitable" | | {| class="wikitable" |
| | |- | | |- |
| − | !Party | + | !Issue or Factor |
| − | !Candidate | + | ![[Mitt Romney]] |
| − | !Comments
| + | ![[Barack Obama]] |
| − | |-
| + | !Comment |
| − | |[[Constitution Party]]<ref>http://constitutionparty.com/</ref>
| |
| − | |Virgil Goode<ref>http://www.goodeforpresident2012.com/index.html</ref>
| |
| − | |Popular ex-Congressman from Virginia who had previously won election as a Democrat, Independent, and Republican. Joined the Constitution Party in 2010. Opposes illegal immigration and calls for a reduction in legal immigration as well. Won the Constitution Party nomination for president in April on the first ballot.
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | |[[Green Party]]<ref>http://www.gp.org/index.php</ref>
| |
| − | |Jill Stein<ref>http://www.jillstein.org/</ref>
| |
| − | |Defeated Rosanne Barr for the Green Party nomination. Criticizes Obama for allegedly perpetuating the policies of the Bush administration. Supports the Occupy Wall Street protests. Was previously the Green Party candidate in a series of elections in Massachusetts including a Gubernatorial Election against Mitt Romney (among others).
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | |Justice Party<ref>http://www.justicepartyusa.org/</ref>
| |
| − | |Rocky Anderson<ref>http://www.voterocky.org/</ref>
| |
| − | |Former mayor of [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]] (2000-08)
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | ||[[Libertarian Party]]<ref>http://www.lp.org/</ref>
| |
| − | |[[Gary Johnson]]<ref>http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/</ref>
| |
| − | |The former [[Republican]] two-term governor of [[New Mexico]], Johnson favors the fair tax, ending American military actions overseas, legalizing marijuana, expanding legal [[immigration]] and allowing same-sex marriage. Given Ron Paul's libertarian campaign for the Republican nomination and the exclusion of Johnson from most of the debates, there was little room for Johnson as a Republican this election cycle. He won the Libertarian Party nomination on May 5, 2012.
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | |Peace and Freedom Party<ref>http://www.peaceandfreedom.org/home/</ref>
| |
| − | |[[Roseanne Barr]]<ref>http://www.roseanneforpresident2012.org/</ref>
| |
| − | |Comedian and TV actress
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | |Party for Socialism and Liberation<ref>http://www.pslweb.org/</ref>
| |
| − | |Peta Lindsay
| |
| − | |Student and activist (not constitutionally qualified to serve as president - less than 35 years of age)
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | |America's Party<ref>http://www.selfgovernment.us/</ref>
| |
| − | |Tom Hoefling<ref>http://www.tomhoefling.com/</ref>
| |
| − | |
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | |[[Objectivist]] Party<ref>http://www.objectivistparty.us/</ref>
| |
| − | |Tom Stevens
| |
| − | |
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | |Socialist Workers Party<ref>http://www.themilitant.com/index.shtml</ref>
| |
| − | |James Harris
| |
| − | |
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | |Socialist Party USA<ref>http://vote-socialist.org/</ref>
| |
| − | |Stewart Alexander<ref>http://www.stewartalexandercares.com/</ref>
| |
| − | |
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | |American Third Position Party<ref>http://american3rdposition.com/</ref>
| |
| − | |Merlin Miller<ref>http://merlinmiller2012.com/</ref>
| |
| − | |
| |
| − | |-
| |
| − | |Grass Roots Party<ref>http://www.ballot-access.org/2012/07/07/grassroots-party-nominates-a-presidential-ticket/</ref>
| |
| − | |Jim Carlson
| |
| − | |
| |
| | |- | | |- |
| − | |Freedom Socialist Party<ref>http://www.socialism.com/drupal-6.8/</ref> | + | |Social issues |
| − | |Stephen Durham | + | |Mitt runs away from them. |
| − | | | + | |Barack addresses directly, even though many disagree. |
| | + | |Like Tom Dewey in 1948, this is how Mitt could lose the election that he should win in a landdslide |
| | |- | | |- |
| − | |Prohibition Party<ref>http://www.socialism.com/drupal-6.8/</ref> | + | |Economic issues |
| − | |Jack Fellure | + | |Mitt's policies are better. |
| − | | | + | |Barack says he inherited the crisis from [[Republicans]]. |
| | + | |The advantage here is Mitt's. |
| | |- | | |- |
| − | |Socialist Equality Party<ref>http://www.socialequality.com/</ref> | + | |Debates |
| − | |Jerry White | + | |Mitt is a good debater. |
| − | | | + | |Barack can struggle without a teleprompter, but will benefit from liberal moderators. |
| | + | |Slight -- but perhaps meaningless due to lower viewership -- advantage to Mitt. |
| | |- | | |- |
| | + | |VPs |
| | + | |Paul Ryan has youth and energy, but is party of the Big Government Republican leadership in Congress, which has an ultra-low approval rating. |
| | + | |Joe Biden is a gaffe-prone goofball, but protected by the [[liberal media]] |
| | + | |Toss-up here. |
| | |} | | |} |
| | | | |
| Line 83: |
Line 41: |
| | *[[Swing States 2012]] | | *[[Swing States 2012]] |
| | *[[Presidential Election 2012 (disambiguation)]]'' for other presidential elections | | *[[Presidential Election 2012 (disambiguation)]]'' for other presidential elections |
| − | *[[Gubernatorial elections 2010]]
| |
| | *[[Senate Elections 2012]] | | *[[Senate Elections 2012]] |
| | | | |