I know that in several states with primaries you have to be a declared member of the party whose ballot you are running on. But not all IIRC. Would it ever be possible for a person to run for the nominations of both parties basically at the same time? Especially in early states because I suspect that if a candidate won several early states there would be pressure on one or both parties to change their rules and allow the candidate in future primaries regardless or party affiliation.
I can't imagine how or why. That's why the primaries and then the election -- to narrow it down from several to two to one. Am I missing something here?
Possibly. That seems to be what Trump did, though he ended his Democrat campaign years before the 2016 election.
the President is a libertarian, they have a better chance with the republicans. his democrat campaign was a waste of time.
Good question. But one could argue legally that the Democratic nomination ballot and the Republican nomination ballot are in fact two separate elections. I know we've had senators run for reelection for senator in their state while at the same time being on the ballot for vice president or something similar.
I guess, but i thought you meant a guy running in the GENERAL election as BOTH a Republican and as a Democrat. I don't think the State would allow that.. And that's moot anyway, as I don't see any Party going along with it. After all, being in a Party isn't just cosmetic. The Party has a platform, and you are assumed to be in at least overall general agreement with it, are you not? And that would sort of preclude your agreeing with both platforms
No. The key is kind of in the THREAD TITLE where I specifically said the "Democratic" and "Republican" , "NOMINATION" Sorry if you were confused.
I don't think he's libertarian, at all. I do give him credit for appointing people who are quietly reducing the size of the Federal government. I like that he's balancing the courts. What do you think makes him libertarian?
Could A Person Run for the Democratic & Republican Nomination simultaneously? There's nothing in the Constitution preventing it. In fact, it's actually closer to what the framers originally envisioned happening, since no political parties existed in the U.S. until after G. Washington became President the first time. However, I imagine individual states do have laws that would affect such an undertaking. I think it would be a difficult challenge for anyone trying it.
IIRC Dwight Eisenhower actually harbored a fantasy when he started running in 1952 that he might get both the Republican and Democratic nominations. Of course that didn't come about and Eisenhower even had to push to be nominated by the GOP over Taft. And of course 1952 was prior to much of the current primary system being set up.
Agreed, he is against roe vs wade, for the drug prohibition, and spend money like water with a 1trill deficit, gets us tied up with Isreal and Saudi Arabia, almost got us involved in Velenzuela- how anyone can thing he is anything close to a libertarian is beyond me. He is a republican. Rand Paul is a libertarian/Republican.
he is smarter than ross perot, a libertarian has no place in government unless they trick the majority.
Is it possible? Theoretically yes in New York. Basically the way it works here is the vote goes to the person, not the ticket. This lets people run under multiple different parties. For example the Working Family Party nomination is often a democrat, and same thing for the Independent party and Republicans. It's kinda weird but it works and I like the system. I forget what this style of voting is called. But to answer the OP's question, yeah it's possible. Likely? No, but possible.
