Talk:John B. Anderson

message: This article really should have more complete information about his campaign platform in 1980. It would also be interesting to know who he supported in the 2004 presidential election. If anyone reading this knows anything about either of these things, please add it. Academic Challenger 04:10, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
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message: 1.  In "Radicals for Capitalism", it is asserted that the Libertarian Party in 1984 considered trying to get Anderson to run as a Libertarian.  Anderson did well enough in 1980 that he would have qualified for federal funding had he run and the Libertarians were somewhat in disary following internal bickering.
2.  I am not sure the Anderson race really was an example of IRV -- Reagan got more than 50% of the vote anyway. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amcalabrese (talk • contribs) 01:38, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
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message: The article suggests that Anderson didn't run for reelection for his House seat in 1980 because of the crowded field of candidates. It's more likely that he had to drop out because state law prevented him from running for two offices at once. Most states don't allow this, consequently most House members who run for President or Vice President have to leave the House to do so. Does anybody know for sure? --MiguelMunoz (talk) 00:54, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dropping out of the House 

message: I removed the quote section because Wikiquote can cover that material. In fact, I just now created that entry. The material is not encyclopedic enough for this article. Binksternet (talk) 14:35, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
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message: This quote -- "Anderson's campaign turned out to be "simply another option for frustrated voters who had already decided not to back Carter for another term. Polls found Anderson voters nearly as likely to list Reagan as their second choice as Carter"" -- isn't supported in any way. The link is dead, and even if it was "alive," it's a link to 'Doonesbury!' If someone has a real link to a legitimate poll or study, post it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.143.202.206 (talk) 02:20, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, that's more than a little POV; even supported, it should be replaced with the facts that support it, not summarised in a way that makes Wikipedia an opinion-post as well... whole point of NPOV is readers should have the facts and draw their own conclusions, one way or the other. Schissel | Sound the Note! 04:17, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

text: Another Wikipedia entry: "John Anderson's independent candidacy, aimed at eliciting support from liberals, was also seen as hurting Carter more than Reagan,[18] Skinner, Kudelia, Mesquita, Rice (2007). The Strategy of Campaigning. University of Michigan Press. . Retrieved October 20, 2008.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.216.234.162 (talk) 20:36, 14 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  1980 Impact 

message: Trudeau did a little more than just run several strips sympathetic to Anderson's campaign- he had Mike Doonesbury become one of Anderson's volunteers, canvassing and making phone calls on his behalf - more, however I think, to demonstrate how much current election law and practice (federally and in the various states) were biased in favor of the two existing major parties (none of whose Presidential candidates, once past their primaries, had to jump through the hoops that minor-party candidates had to in order to get on the ballots), than specifically, I think, sympathetic to Anderson - though there were, I think, one or two of those there also. Would have to check my collected Doonesbury editions (specifically, the one called "He's Never Heard of You, Either" - as in, Mike Doonesbury's response to "Never heard of him.")  :) Schissel | Sound the Note! 04:14, 20 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  John Anderson in popular culture 

message: In the infobox of this article, it states that Anderson was a member of the Evangelical Free Church of America denomination. Are there any sources for this? If not, it should be removed. --1990'sguy (talk) 19:47, 13 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Religious beliefs - What is Anderson's denomination? 

message: The note at the top says the subject or someone close to them has edited the article. Does anyone know what's going on with this? --71.194.19.81 (talk) 09:35, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: The template was added by an IP editor a few months ago. I don't know why it was added, so I have removed it. Dustin (talk) 20:18, 27 November 2016 (UTC)
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message: The article has a photo of a debate from the 1980 campaign, listing Howard K. Smith as the moderator, at center. It is not Howard K. Smith. The Wikipedia article  on Phil Crane (also a candidate in the photo) says the moderator in the same photo is Eric Sevareid, but I doubt that is true, either.Closedthursday (talk) 18:22, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: The photo's file name says the moderator was Eric Sevareid.  edited the caption on July 7, 2017 with the edit summary "Howard K. Smith was misidentified in a caption as Eric Sevareid. I corrected this error. I checked news clips from the 1980 Republican presidential debate in Chicago and confirmed it was Smith, not Sevareid who moderated the debate." Strawberry4Ever (talk) 18:49, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
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