Epic troll job, but not 100% accurate. Here’s some other stats:
1) 308,000 Democrats in Florida voted for Bush, compared to 24,000 Democrats voting for Nader
2) 191,000 liberals in Florida voted for Bush, compared to less than 34,000 who voted for Nader
3) Gore lost the vote of white women by 9 points.
4) Many felons were denied the right to vote
5) Studies show that if Gore had asked for a full recount, he probably would have won Florida
6) 52% of voters nationwide either voted for third parties or did not vote at all, mostly the latter, so Gore had a wide pool to choose from, yet couldn’t pull 538 people into a voting booth in Florida
7) Gore didn’t even win his home state of Tennessee
Among other statistics, this shows that there were many reasons that Al Gore lost Florida, but 95% of those causes were Al Gore’s own fault. Blaming progressives for trying to change the system is extremely lazy and a fear tactic used my Democrats who don’t have any principles of their own to stand on. Maybe if the Democratic Party were actually progressive, they would be able to win progressive votes without stoking fears.
Besides, the President, regardless of party has limited powers and voting for President does not have to impact Congressional races, where the real action happens. The real incentive to vote for a third party candidate like Jill Stein or Gary Johnson is to get one to 5% of the national popular vote, or about 6-7 million votes (based on 2012 turnout and anticipated increases in turnout and voting population). This gives a party millions of dollars in federal campaign funding that they can use to build state parties and build viable alternatives. If both those parties succeed in getting 5%, then you can say goodbye to Republican and Democratic dominance as we know it by 2020. And the Greens and Libertarians would be able to do it without a lick of help from the corporate media.
1) Libertarians in recent years have polled higher than Greens nationwide and, with Cruz and Kasich dropping out, interest in the Libertarian Party has grown rapidly. Look at this article that says, “ Almost one in five Americans say they’d consider a third party candidate if the nominees were Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.“ So even if a few votes here and there leave the Democratic Party, even more votes are leaving the Republican Party, so there would be almost no tangible difference hurting the Democrats.
2) Both the Green and Libertarian Parties could easily obtain 5% of the national popular vote without affecting the Electoral College at all. In most states in the U.S., including D.C., a Republican or Democrat will win by 10 points. In those states, either the Green Party or Libertarian Party can earn 10% of the vote that would go to the dominant party and only then would there be a difference. California and Texas alone could bring in huge numbers for the Green and Libertarian Parties, respectively. In addition, if the Greens and Libertarians earn away votes in equal numbers, then the margin between Republicans and Democrats stays the same regardless of the states. Eventually, if they earn away votes in equal numbers, those numbers will keep rising while the margin between Republicans and Democrats stays the same. If that happened in every state where both Greens and Libertarians are on the ballot, then those two would become the dominant parties just like that. Would the Democrats still be able to use their fear argument if they were running in third or fourth place in every state?
3) Don’t forget that there are a lot of moderate Republicans who would switch their vote to Hillary Clinton, which would make up way more ground than a realistic look at the Green Party would show. Even if Greens won the vote of 5% of Democrats, at least 5% of Republicans would surely vote for Hillary. As I said earlier, 308,000 Democrats voted for Gore in Florida in 2000, so party registration is not wholly indicative of ideology. Democrats can bear to lose a progressive 5% of voters, while Republicans can bear to lose a libertarian 5% of voters. Plus, if you factor in independent voters and those who wouldn’t vote otherwise, there’s an easy path to 5% for the Green and Libertarian Parties while Hillary maintains the margins she needs to (god forbid) become the President, no matter how detrimental her foreign policy will be to the rest of the world or how gutless her domestic policy is.
In conclusion, stop spreading disinformation, stop fearmongering, and definitely stop blaming progressives for trying to do away with our current system without the help of anyone other than libertarians.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/06/1260721/-The-Nader-Myth
http://www.cagreens.org/alameda/city/0803myth/myth.html
http://disinfo.com/2010/11/debunked-the-myth-that-ralph-nader-cost-al-gore-the-2000-election/
http://prorev.com/green2000.htm
http://www.salon.com/2000/11/28/hightower/
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