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11: Nader
Nader
As the other three candidates duelled, another candidate emerged. Activist Ralph Nader was running as the nominee of the Green Party, hoping to pick up votes from the disaffected left-wing of the Democrats. While Nader had been left out of the debates, he still commanded a respectable 5% support from voters, enough if he could hold it to ensure federal funding for the Green Party.
However, he had been greatly overshadowed by the Reform party's campaign, but Trump's candidacy wasn't all bad news for Nader. In fact, optimism for third parties was at an all time high now and Nader could successfully exploit that to bring attention to his long shot campaign.
Nevertheless, Nader was still excluded from the debates and he didn't have a real chance of outright winning. Still, Nader thought, he was running to bring attention to the Greens and the issues, as well as hopefully secure federal funding for the party. If anything he could at least leave his mark on history.
When interviewed about his opinions on the other candidates, Nader almost leant towards prefering Bush (only because he would likely be a bad president who would energize the left) but instead decided to lean towards Trump. He said that while Trump was still a billionaire, he respected his honesty and straight talk.
However, Nader was running as his own man, and he was intending to show the world that the Green party could be a force for change. If the dice rolled in his favour, he would get that chance.
As the other three candidates duelled, another candidate emerged. Activist Ralph Nader was running as the nominee of the Green Party, hoping to pick up votes from the disaffected left-wing of the Democrats. While Nader had been left out of the debates, he still commanded a respectable 5% support from voters, enough if he could hold it to ensure federal funding for the Green Party.
However, he had been greatly overshadowed by the Reform party's campaign, but Trump's candidacy wasn't all bad news for Nader. In fact, optimism for third parties was at an all time high now and Nader could successfully exploit that to bring attention to his long shot campaign.
Nevertheless, Nader was still excluded from the debates and he didn't have a real chance of outright winning. Still, Nader thought, he was running to bring attention to the Greens and the issues, as well as hopefully secure federal funding for the party. If anything he could at least leave his mark on history.
When interviewed about his opinions on the other candidates, Nader almost leant towards prefering Bush (only because he would likely be a bad president who would energize the left) but instead decided to lean towards Trump. He said that while Trump was still a billionaire, he respected his honesty and straight talk.
However, Nader was running as his own man, and he was intending to show the world that the Green party could be a force for change. If the dice rolled in his favour, he would get that chance.
- Abraham Washington
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