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Title:
LP makes strides in a poor year for alternative parties
Author:
Webmaster_LPM
Date:
11/5/2008
Body:
Bob Barr polls at .4% (487,089 votes) behind Ralph Nader at .5% (652,867 votes).  Scotty Boman reaches 2% (76,397 votes). Both Prop 1 (medical marijuana) and Prop 2 (stem cell research) in Michigan were victorious.  For a complete picture of 2008 election results, visit this CSpan link: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/specials/election_night_2008/election_map_premium/index.html?SITE=CSPANELN&SECTION=POLITICS
 
From Greg Stempfle here is a table of past LP presidential performance:
 

2008 Primary  Ron Paul  54,475  6.27%
(Ron Paul ran as a Republican in 2008)
2004  Michael Badnarik  10,548  0.22%
2000  Harry Browne  16,711  0.39%
1996  Harry Browne  27,980  0.70%
1992  Andre Marrou  10,121  0.24%
1988  Ron Paul  18,567  0.50%
1984  David Bergland  10,055  0.26 %
1980  Ed Clark  41,597  1.06 %
1976  Roger MacBride  5,406  0.15 %
1972  John Hospers  not on ballot  
Expires:
11/19/2008
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