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PPP: Looking at the third party dynamic for 2012

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Americans think both major political parties are ideologically extreme. And 37% of them say they’d be open to supporting a third party candidate for President next year. Will 2012 be the year that finally sees a viable candidate from outside the two party system? Probably not.

37% of voters may be open to supporting a third party candidate but there’s considerable division within those ranks about what kind of third party candidate they’d want to support. 14% of them want someone who’s to the left of the Democrats. 29% want someone who’s to the right of the Republicans. The largest group at 48% does want a centrist- someone more conservative than the Democrats but more liberal than the Republicans- but that only accounts for 18% of the overall electorate even open to supporting a middle ground third party candidate for President. That’s not going to pick you up too many electoral votes.

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