A sobering alternative? Prohibition party back on the ticket this election

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http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/11/prohibition-party-2016-election-ballots-jim-hedges

by Adam Gabbatt
May 11, 2016

“Zero. None whatsoever.”

Jim Hedges is the 2016 presidential candidate for the Prohibition party. He isn’t optimistic about his chances of winning.

Nor should he be. The Prohibition party got 270,000 votes in one presidential election, but that was in 1892. In 2012, the party made it on to the ballot in only one state and only 518 people voted for it.

But this time will be different, Hedges says. The Prohibition party is hoping to be on the ballot in six states.

“If I get a thousand votes in each of these six states I’ll be happy,” Hedges says. “It’ll make us look like a going concern again.”

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Interview with James Hedges, 2011

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Calling Don Quixote .....

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Calling Don Quixote .....

I'm just perplexed a party founded on the principles of conservative Christian living nominated an atheist, environmentalist progressive who wants nationalized health care and blames Bush for all our problems.