Michael:  Gary Johnson, like Bernie Sanders, has a number of good ideas which can, and, hopefully, will benefit the American people.  I really think Bernie drug Hillary several steps to the left....today, IMO, she only resembles a slightly right-of-center Republican.....  (just a little gallows humor there)

So long as we have our "closed" two party system third party and independent candidates will be "footnotes" to our political history.  I hope there will be a strong national movement to support the adoption of preferential voting so supporters of such candidates can vote for them and, if they don't make the "top two" have their vote transferred to their second choice.  I feel such a system would give a tremendous boost to "minor" candidates.  Of course, with nearly all Congresspersons completely "owned" by one of the two major parties, any action toward a Constitutional Amendment to install preferential voting will have to come from the people......  regards, Gary