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Whats the difference between voting republican and voting Conservative? Can someone explain the difference?
In New York?
In New York, candidates are allowed to run on multiple lines. It does not always work out that the Democratic candidate runs on the Liberal line and the Replublican candidate on the Conservative line. Rudy Gulliani, for example ran as a Republican/Liberal.
That being said, it doesn’t matter to the candidate — he gets the vote regardless of which line you use. The party, on the other hand, cares very much. In order to continue to have a guaranteed spot on the ballot, the party has to receive a certain percentage of votes (I forget the percentage off the top of my head). If they fail to get that percentage, then they have to petition to get on the ballot (like a brand new party) the next year.
In addition, after the Dems/Repubs, the parties are ranked on the ballot in order of how well they did the previous year. So, for example, if the Conservative Party gets the most votes in this election from among all the third parties, they will have line “C” on next year’s ballot.
The Wolf
there are more moderate republicains take for example John McCain
One difference is that there are several Democrats who are running with the support of the Conservative Party.
Wolf:
The party must receive at least 50,000 votes in the gubernatorial race to have a guaranteed party slot for the next 4 years.
And btw, the Dem/Rep do not get the A & B slots if a “third party” receives more votes than them. (Almost happened 4 years ago.)
BT,
Fair enough. Thanks for the additional info and the corrections.
The Wolf
And that means we’ll be seeing Jimmy McMillian again on future ballots.
Did he get 50,000 votes? Last I heard, he was at about 1% of the total.
Even if he didn’t receive the requisite votes, he can always petition the next time around too. So you might be seeing him regardless.
The Wolf
It looks like the Conservative Party is poised to have gotten enough votes to move up in terms of ballot position, to “Row C,” right next to the GOP line. The ballot placement is a major issue with the minor parties. If the Conservatives take Row C, they’ll be displacing the Independence Party, the current occupant of that space.
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