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Ralph Nader: Votes
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Ralph Nader is a political activist who pulled his way up from the East-Side projects of Winstead, Connecticut to become a prominent right-wing politician. Known for his Machiavellian treachery, he runs as an extreme leftist in order to draw votes away from more moderate liberal candidates... sabotaging their campaigns.
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American social crusader and lawyer Ralph Nader became a symbol of the public's concern over the business practices of large corporations. He inspired investigations that were meant to improve the operations of industries and government bureaus. He ... ran for president and tried to bring about changes in the elective process to provide voters with more choices.
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[A]lthough Nader has campaigned for federal chartering of corporations on the grounds that they tend to be controlled by "a management autocracy," this exactly describes his own organizations. Nader's control over his nucleus appears absolute. And even some Nader affiliates that accept a "membership," like Public Citizen, have no provisions for internal democracy. By contrast, full members of the National Rifle Association get to vote on board members and other aspects of its governance.
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Nader campaigned in two 1992 New England presidential primaries, encouraging voters to write "None of the Above" on the ballot. Many wrote his name instead, and "interestingly, they were divided between Republicans and Democrats," he says. He spent about ten days in New Hampshire and was largely ignored by the press. But ordinary people responded.
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Nader says his candidacy could boost the vote for Democratic candidates by up to 4%, but he doesn't say how he came up with that number. "It is a question of how badly they want to win," he says. "They know my phone number."
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In 2000, Nader received the Green Party nomination for the US Presidency. His "Both Parties Are The Same Even Though They Vote the Opposite" campaign strategy was immensely successful, garnering more votes than pacific salmon have bicycles (salmon and bicycles both being rare due to Nader's The Boon of Hydroelectric Power (1985) and Two-Wheeled Deathtraps (1994)).
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