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« on: September 19, 2005, 03:20:52 PM »

not just my party, but all third parties in general.  I'd say Maine with the most friendly, possibly rank Minnesota or Vermont up there-I think those states with a third party governor or congressman have a better presidential showing.   Probably the most solid states that haven't had a disrupt would qualify as least friendly-maybe Oklahoma because of restrictive ballot access laws, or Utah because of the sheer solidity.
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« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2005, 03:32:54 PM »

Maine and Alaska are probably the most friendly.
Didn't Conn also had a 3rd partygov? Or was that maine?
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« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2005, 03:39:32 PM »

Maine and Alaska are probably the most friendly.
Didn't Conn also had a 3rd partygov? Or was that maine?

Maine had Rufus King in the 1990s as governor, who actually won over 50% in one election.  As for Connecticut, I don't know.
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« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2005, 04:13:31 PM »

Montana also has areas that elect third parties to the state legislature - sadly, it's the Constitution Party.
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« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2005, 04:16:24 PM »

connecticut had the republican turned independent lowell weicker as governor.
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« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2005, 05:13:23 PM »

The northeast/new england has a history of being more third party friendly than the rest of the nation.  See John Anderson, Ross Perot, and Ralph Nader.
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« Reply #6 on: September 20, 2005, 01:44:49 AM »

Montana also has areas that elect third parties to the state legislature - sadly, it's the Constitution Party.

Yes, but the democrats stole that seat, so no worries.
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« Reply #7 on: September 20, 2005, 02:06:34 AM »

Montana also has areas that elect third parties to the state legislature - sadly, it's the Constitution Party.

Yes, but the democrats stole that seat, so no worries.

Right, the Democrats stole it because they undid the result where the Republicans counted invalid votes (listed more than 1 person), just to tie it, and then broke the tie with the then Republican governor. Get your head out of your ass.
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« Reply #8 on: September 20, 2005, 02:19:36 AM »

Montana also has areas that elect third parties to the state legislature - sadly, it's the Constitution Party.

Yes, but the democrats stole that seat, so no worries.

Considering that it was rural Montana where the Constitution Party was competitive, I doubt Democrats held the majority on the election board.
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« Reply #9 on: September 20, 2005, 05:16:28 AM »

Most would clearly be New York because of its election laws, allowing different parties to endorse the same candidate, and add the totals, and any party getting 50,000 votes in a governor election (even if it was endorsing some other party's candidate) gets ballot status for the next 4 years. 

In terms of statewide elections, a case could be made for MN, VT, and ME. However NY did elect a Conservative (that's a capital C) Senator in 1970.

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« Reply #10 on: September 20, 2005, 11:15:49 AM »

However NY did elect a Conservative (that's a capital C) Senator in 1970.

That was James Buckley. I think he's William Buckley's brother.

Apparently, James Buckley was less conservative than most Republicans are today. He gave us the highly useful Buckley Amendment, which bars schools from releasing private student records. Now conservatives are trying to get that law repealed.
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« Reply #11 on: September 20, 2005, 11:21:13 AM »

You'd think Kentucky would be the most anti-third party state, because I believe Kentucky has the highest percentage of voters registered with one of the 2 major parties. (It's 94% or something.) However, Gatewood Galbraith does do extremely well as a third party candidate. He came in second place in a lot of counties when he ran for governor in 1999. I think he actually beat Paul Patton in one county that Peppy Martin carried.

However, Kentucky did manage to keep Nader off the ballot in 1996. This was more because of his views than anything, because right-wing third parties like the Constitution Party were still allowed on the ballot.
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« Reply #12 on: September 26, 2005, 12:28:35 PM »

Generally, I think the South is unfriendly to 3rd parties unless they're Southern 3rd parties (such as Wallace or Thurmond).

New England and the West seems most friendly.
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« Reply #13 on: September 29, 2005, 04:30:59 PM »

Maine had Rufus King in the 1990s as governor, who actually won over 50% in one election.

Angus King

He received 59% of the vote in his bid for re-election in 1998.  The 2nd-place finisher (the GOP candidate) received 19%.
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« Reply #14 on: September 29, 2005, 06:35:55 PM »

my bad.  Looks like Oklahoma is most unfriendly to third parties.  I hear Illinios has some draconian ballot access laws too--that is if you base it off the legal standard
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« Reply #15 on: September 29, 2005, 08:43:21 PM »

Maine had Rufus King in the 1990s as governor, who actually won over 50% in one election.

Angus King

Alabama, Maine, 1990s, 1840s, what's the difference?
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« Reply #16 on: September 30, 2005, 07:17:15 PM »

Minnesota is third party friendly Smiley
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