August 13, 2015
By Tal Kopan
Washington (CNN) Current Republican (click here) presidential hopeful Donald Trump won't rule out running as a third-party candidate for president should he fail to secure the Republican nomination -- but he'll have to beat obstacles in every state, including some "sore loser" laws.
By Tal Kopan
Washington (CNN) Current Republican (click here) presidential hopeful Donald Trump won't rule out running as a third-party candidate for president should he fail to secure the Republican nomination -- but he'll have to beat obstacles in every state, including some "sore loser" laws.
Still, it's not impossible. In 1980, John Anderson pulled out of the Republican primary and ran unsuccessfully as an independent, appearing on all 50 states' ballots. In 1992, Ross Perot mounted a third-party bid that had him on all 50 states' ballots. In 2012, Gary Johnson began as a Republican candidate, but ended up running as a Libertarian -- making the ballot in 48 states and the District of Columbia....
I don't think Donald Trump is losing sleep over this. Did Ross Perot run for the Republican candidate? I thought he was only a third party candidate. Perot really tried to save the country from adverse outcomes, but, he lost.
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"Sore loser" laws for presidential candidates (click here)
Inconsistency can be really irritating, huh? My sympathies.
I don't think Donald Trump is losing sleep over this. Did Ross Perot run for the Republican candidate? I thought he was only a third party candidate. Perot really tried to save the country from adverse outcomes, but, he lost.
Ballotpedia: Ballotpedia has email updates. In case it's important to the story.
"Sore loser" laws for presidential candidates (click here)
Inconsistency can be really irritating, huh? My sympathies.
