Who Are the Viable Options for President in Your State, Besides Trump, Biden, and Jorgensen?

     In all 50 states and the District of Columbia, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and Libertarian nominee Jo Jorgensen will all appear on the ballot for president on November 3rd.

     The only other viable candidates are Howie Hawkins (Green Party), Gloria LaRiva (Party for Socialism and Liberation), and Brian Carroll (American Solidarity Party).

     What follows is a list of states, and which viable candidates - besides Trump, Biden, and Jorgensen - voters in that state can vote for. Viability is determined by ballot access in enough states with enough electoral votes to potentially win the election.

Alaska: Hawkins (write-in), LaRiva (write-in), Carroll (write-in)

Alabama: Hawkins (write-in), Carroll (write-in)

Arizona: Hawkins (write-in), LaRiva (write-in)

Arkansas: Hawkins (on ballot), LaRiva (on ballot), Carroll (on ballot)

California: Hawkins (on ballot), LaRiva (on ballot)

Colorado: Hawkins (on ballot), LaRiva (on ballot), Carroll (on ballot)

Connecticut: Hawkins (on ballot), LaRiva (on ballot), Carroll (on ballot)

D.C.: Hawkins (on ballot), LaRiva (on ballot)

Delaware: Hawkins (on ballot), LaRiva (write-in), Carroll (write-in)

Florida : Hawkins (on ballot), LaRiva (on ballot), Carroll (write-in)

Georgia: Hawkins (write-in), LaRiva (write-in), Carroll (write-in)

Hawaii : Hawkins (on ballot)

Idaho: Hawkins (write-in), LaRiva (write-in), Carroll (write-in)

Illinois: Hawkins (on ballot), LaRiva (on ballot), Carroll (on ballot)

Indiana: Hawkins (write-in), Carroll (write-in)

Iowa: Hawkins (on ballot), LaRiva (write-in), Carroll (write-in)

Kansas : Carroll (write-in)

Kentucky: Hawkins (write-in), Carroll (write-in)

Louisiana: LaRiva (on ballot), Carroll (on ballot)

Maine: Hawkins (on ballot), LaRiva (write-in)

Maryland: Hawkins (on ballot), Carroll (write-in)

Massachusetts: Hawkins (on ballot), Carroll (write-in)

Michigan: Hawkins (on ballot), Carroll (write-in)

Minnesota: Hawkins (on ballot), LaRiva (on ballot)

Mississippi: Hawkins (on ballot), Carroll (on ballot)

Missouri: Hawkins (on ballot), Carroll (write-in)

Montana: Hawkins (on ballot), Carroll (write-in)

Nebraska: Carroll (write-in)

Nevada: none (Don Blankenship is on the ballot, but he is not viable)

New Hampshire: Hawkins (write-in), LaRiva (write-in), Carroll (write-in)

New Jersey: Hawkins (on ballot), LaRiva (on ballot), Carroll (write-in)

New Mexico: Hawkins (on ballot), LaRiva (on ballot)

New York: Hawkins (on ballot), Carroll (write-in)

North Carolina: Hawkins (on ballot)

North Dakota: Carroll (write-in)

Ohio: Hawkins (on ballot), Carroll (write-in)

Oklahoma: none (Kanye West, Jade Simmons, and others can receive votes, but are not viable)

Oregon: Hawkins (on ballot), LaRiva (write-in), Carroll (write-in)

Pennsylvania: Hawkins (write-in), LaRiva (write-in), Carroll (write-in)

Rhode Island: Hawkins (write-in), LaRiva (on ballot), Carroll (on ballot)

South Carolina: Hawkins (on ballot)

South Dakota: none (Jorgensen is the only minor party candidate on the ballot; there are no write-ins)

Tennessee: Hawkins (on ballot), LaRiva (on ballot), Carroll (write-in)

Texas: Hawkins (on ballot), LaRiva (write-in), Carroll (write-in)

Utah: Hawkins (on ballot), LaRiva (on ballot), Carroll (write-in)

Vermont: Hawkins (on ballot), LaRiva (on ballot), Carroll (on ballot)

Virginia: none (Jorgensen is the only minor party candidate on the ballot; there are no write-ins)

Washington: Hawkins (on ballot), LaRiva (on ballot), Carroll (write-in)

West Virginia: Hawkins (on ballot), LaRiva (write-in)

Wisconsin: Hawkins (write-in), LaRiva (write-in), Carroll (on ballot)

Wyoming: Hawkins (write-in), LaRiva (write-in), Carroll (write-in)

Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-party_and_independent_candidates_for_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election

Published on October 20th, 2020

Most Likely Paths to Electoral College Victory for the Libertarian and Green Party Presidential Nominees in 2020

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Note:

Libertarians had more support in 2016 in California than they did in

Delaware, Nevada, Vermont, and West Virginia

(by percentage of the popular vote in each state).

The map above does not reflect that fact, because

it is extremely unlikely that the Libertarian Party would take California

away from the Democrats; furthermore, that would require a landslide.

It would only require a smaller plurality of Electoral College votes,

for the Libertarian Party nominee to win.

That would require winning Delaware, Nevada, Vermont, and West Virginia,

but winning California would not be necessary.

The Libertarian Party nominee could still receive the most votes in the Electoral College

if the candidate were to win California, but not the other four states mentioned above.

Source:

http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/

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Source:

http://editions.lib.umn.edu/smartpolitics/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/jillstein2016.png

Images created and published on August 21st, 2020

Libertarian Party Nominates Dr. Jo Jorgensen for President, by Joe Monack

Libertarian Party Nominates Dr. Jo Jorgensen for President

by Joe Monack

Written on May 23rd, 2020

     On Saturday, May 23rd, 2020, the Libertarian Party nominated Dr. Jo Jorgensen for president at a virtual convention with about 1,000 delegates from 50 states and D.C. 

     After several rounds of runoff voting, Jorgensen received 51 percent to secure the nomination for president. Other candidates seeking the nomination at the convention were Adam Kokesh, Jim Gray, John Monds, Vermin Supreme, and Jacob Hornberger. (Congressman Justin Amash of Michigan said he was going to run but dropped out before the convention began.)

     Jorgensen was born in Libertyville, IL in 1957. She got her Bachelor's in psychology at Baylor and then an MBA from Southern Methodist University. Finally, she earned a Doctorate from Clemson where she is now a senior lecturer of psychology. She was the Vice-Presidential candidate of the Libertarian Party in 1996, running on a ticket with Harry Browne.

     Jorgensen is the Libertarian Party's first female presidential candidate in its history of elections dating back to 1972. She is considered more moderate/pragmatic than others in the party -- a feature that could theoretically dampen her support among some purists, but could also bring in more mainstream voters who dislike both Donald Trump and Joe Biden. For example, Jorgensen does not argue that we need to totally eliminate government, like an anarchist would, but that, "We have got to cut the size and scope of the government." 

     Despite being seen as somewhat moderate for a Libertarian, she is still less "statist" (that being the use of government to attempt to solve problems) than the two major parties' candidates. She called the government's response to coronavirus “the biggest assault on our liberties I’ve seen in my lifetime" and opposes government bailouts for businesses, unlike Trump and Biden. The Libertarian Party is sometimes described as socially liberal, economically conservative, although many describe themselves as consistently for liberty or consistently against government meddling.

     Her running mate will be chosen on Sunday as the convention continues for a third day. There may also be a vote on whether to make the porcupine the official mascot of the Libertarian Party, although that's still up in the air.

     For more information on Dr. Jo, visit her website.  http://joj2020.com/

Sources:

http://reason.com/2020/05/23/jo-jorgensen-wins-libertarian-party-presidential-nomination/

http://www.kgun9.com/news/political/jo-jorgensen-named-first-female-libertarian-presidential-nominee

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Jorgensen

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/05/16/michigan-congressman-justin-amash-drops-out-of-presidential-race-as-third-party-candidate/

Update (written on May 24th, 2020):

Spike Cohen won the VP nomination.

Written by Joseph Monack on May 23^rd and 24^th, 2020

Published to this site on May 24^th, 2020

with permission from the author