Little support for third-party candidates

Published: Aug. 13, 2008 at 9:08 AM
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PRINCETON, N.J., Aug. 13 (UPI) -- There are few signs of any below-the-radar support for third-party U.S. presidential candidates, the Gallup Poll said Wednesday.

Using a method where no actual third-party candidates are named in questions but accepting all such names given, Gallup pollsters said about 2 percent of those questioned in its Aug. 7-10 U.S. presidential poll indicated they planned to vote for a third-party candidate in November.

The New Jersey polling firm said the results in the early August poll were similar to the 1 percent third-party strength typically shown in its daily tracking poll. The open-ended question yielded a 1 percent showing for Libertarian Party candidate Bob Barr and 1 percent for independent candidate Ralph Nader.

Less than 1 percent mentioned Cynthia McKinney, the Green Party's nominee, while no other organized third parties running a presidential candidate were named in the poll, which surveyed 903 registered voters and had a sampling error of 4 percentage points.

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