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Ron Paul has stated he wouldn’t run on a third party ticket. This may be driven by his supporters, however, if true what’s in it for him? What would be his motivation?

He can’t seriously believe he could win, so why do it?

[skipper18]

He’d do it for the same reason anyone does it ... to spark a viable 3rd party in the US to break up the stranglehold the 2 parties have on our electoral system.

I can see why they’d be motivated to do it ... look at how close the 2 parties are on like 90 % of everything. It’s given us this ridiculous system where personality conflicts between candidates are substituted for policy differences. Lots of screaming, nastiness, childishness .. it’s indecent and probably one of the main resaons our culture has become so course and nasty. When the people being held up as ‘leaders’ operate like 3rd graders, it has an effect on the rest of us, no?

I hope Ron dosent do this. This election is already an uphill fight for us.

[arderkrag]

He can’t seriously believe he could win, so why do it?

From the standpoint of one who belongs to a third party, it's like this:

You've got a candidate who could possibly get you enough votes to appear on the ballot next time, something third parties are constantly struggling against. This candidate is getting no traction in his current party. Now, wouldn't it be great if he left his party and came to yours, bringing his constituents with him, thus getting you the percentage of votes you need to appear on the national ballot?