Take a look at the third-party presidential nominees
As you probably know, the two frontrunners for this year’s election are Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, and many people are not a fan of either of them, including me.
The question to be asked now is if we should really vote for one of these two candidates or look into other options. So, I researched third-party candidates. You may be asking yourself: Why pick a third-party candidate, if they’re not going to win? For me, it’s my way of saying that I’m glad I didn’t vote for Clinton or Trump. But, in order to say yes to a third party candidate, you have to do your research.
First, the Libertarian Party presidential nominee is Gary Johnson. This man is the former governor of New Mexico and former Republican that turned Libertarian in 2012. He is a social liberal and is pro-life, for protecting guns rights, legalizing marijuana, term limits, and the Keystone pipeline, and opposes ‘building a wall’ on the Mexico border.
However, it seems that he’s not smarter than he looks. He asked what Aleppo, a city in Syria, was and there are people claiming he doesn’t know Kim Jon-un’s name.
To make matters worse, he doesn’t seem to think alike with his vice presidential running mate William Weld on Hillary. Weld said in an interview that Hillary might be the most qualified to be president (to which I say, not!).
Next on the third-party list is Jill Stein with the Green Party. Stein stands for many things that she thinks should be rights, such as jobs, health care, and education. She also stands for gun control, giving rights to the people, ending poverty, and creating a green new deal. Her website states she plans to “create millions of jobs by transitioning to 100 percent clean renewable energy by 2030, and investing in public transit, sustainable agriculture, and conservation.”
The downside for Stein is that she has an arrest warrant. Because she was a part of the protests in North Dakota, regarding the Keystone pipeline.
Next comes the Constitution Party’s Darrell Castle. This guy is pro-life and believes in removing the United States from the United Nations, NATO, and other organizations. According to the Libertarian Republic website, a few things he believes in are banning all immigrants, opposing term limits, eminent domain, and holding gun creators responsible for the weapons of destruction they have created, even though he supports the Second Amendment.
Even with all that being said, Glenn Beck, an American television and radio host, has been quoted saying that he will vote for Darrell Castle.
Then comes the Reform Party candidate and businessman Rocky De La Fuente. He is a former Democrat who tried to run for the Democratic nomination, but decided to switch to third-party when that didn’t work out. He stands for fixing foreign policy, Medicare, the economy, operation systems, and education policy.
The sad part is, he’s not getting much attention and is not close to being on top of the polls. Not only that, he’s also currently running for a Florida Senate seat as a Democrat. Attempting to run for a President and Senate at the same time may not have been his best move.
Next comes an Independent Party candidate Evan McMullin, who is a Utah native, former CIA operative and BYU graduate. He supports the Second Amendment, religious freedom, free trade, and opposes abortion demands. After watching an interview, I have to say he’s smarter than he looks. There was a little I didn’t agree with, but I feel like he knows what he’s doing and is smarter than Johnson, even more sane and stable.
While there’s two you-know-who’s in the election, you could pick these third-party candidates, just to say you didn’t vote for them. However, it’s your decision to make and not mine.
I’ve had the pleasure of meeting one of the third party candidates you mentioned, Rocky De La Fuente, and have followed him ever since. Just for clarification, he isn’t running as a Democrat (or anything else) for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat. Patrick Murphy is the Democratic nominee for that office.
Mr. De La Fuente is running for President in Florida as the nominee of the Reform Party. He also won the American Delta Party’s nomination and is running in multiple states under that party’s banner and as an independent in others. I believe he’s on the ballot in 20 states and is a write-in in about 15 more with an electoral potential well in excess of the required 270 (I remember seeing something like 359 somewhere).
What makes him particularly interesting is that he’s become the election reform candidate. His website says he personally experienced in the Democratic primary, and he has a ton of information about election fraud on his website. I happen to be concerned about that issue, so I’ve begun to use his website as a source of information on that subject. If anyone has an interest in learning about how vulnerable our election system has become, I’d recommend a visit to his “Election Reform” page.
CALEB WIEDERHOLD
I’ve had the pleasure of meeting one of the third party candidates you mentioned, Rocky De La Fuente, and have followed him ever since. Just for clarification, he isn’t running as a Democrat (or anything else) for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat. Patrick Murphy is the Democratic nominee for that office.
Mr. De La Fuente is running for President in Florida as the nominee of the Reform Party. He also won the American Delta Party’s nomination and is running in multiple states under that party’s banner and as an independent in others. I believe he’s on the ballot in 20 states and is a write-in in about 15 more with an electoral potential well in excess of the required 270 (I remember seeing something like 359 somewhere).
What makes him particularly interesting is that he’s become the election reform candidate. His website says he personally experienced it in the Democratic primary, and he has a ton of information about election fraud on his website. I happen to be concerned about that issue, so I’ve begun to use his website as a source of information on that subject. If anyone has an interest in learning about how vulnerable our election system has become, I’d recommend a visit to his “Election Reform” page.
“Rocky” Roque De La Fuente