Nader Enters the Election

Ralph Nader has entered the presidential race under the Green party. This is not the first time Nader has run for the presidency, and he has never been seen as a threat before. However, some people are up in arms about him running for the presidency because they feel he will take away votes from the candidate that should be elected, and change the election. People are afraid of this because there is speculation that he took votes away from Al Gore leaving George Bush to be elected. If Nader takes votes away from candidates then it may change who is elected. In the presidential race with Al Gore and George Bush, Nader took 2.3% of the vote, so people felt he took the majority of that percentage from Gore. Also with a third candidate, it means that a candidate needs a lower percentage to win.

This presidential race can be compared to the United States election of 1860 involving Lincoln. In that election there was a third party, which took votes away from the two major parties, which could have been the cause for Lincoln winning. The election of Lincoln caused the nation to go into turmoil, and hopefully this presidential election will not be as controversial.