Why Rocky Anderson is being called the candidate of the 99%
by 99%
The Solution Zone, aired December 15, 2011 voterocky.org
Rocky Anderson, former Mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah announced this Monday that he will run for President of the United States with a new political party, called The Justice Party.
One of the Most Progressive Mayors in America, Rocky Anderson was successful in making Progressive changes in Salt Lake City Utah — an extremely conservative state . From 2000 to 2008 he argued vehemently against the Iraq war, and fought for environmental responsibility, independently implementing the Kyoto Climate Change Protocols and exceeding them by 48% he is also an extremely vocal champion for LGBT rights, accountability and economic regulation and reform.
Poll: Two-thirds would vote indie
(1.20.12) More than two-thirds of Americans would consider voting for a third-party presidential candidate, while nearly half of all voters think a third-party is needed, a new poll shows.
Sixty-eight percent of voters said they would “definitely vote for” or “consider voting for” a third-party candidate whom they agreed with on most issues, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll Friday.
Only 28 percent said that they would definitely not vote for an independent candidate.
Americans are split over whether the creation of a third party is necessary, however — 48 percent consider a third party necessary, while 49 percent say that it is not necessary.
The most likely to support the creation a third party? A majority of independents (61 percent), liberals (60 percent) and moderates (51 percent) said that a third party was necessary.
The Washington Post-ABC News poll was conducted Jan. 12-15, with a sample of 1,000 adults and a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
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