%0 Journal Article
%T Plan to Restore the Vote: Ron Paul and the Third-Party Voting Dilemma
%A Jonathan C. Anzur
%J Pitt Political Review
%D 2012
%I 
%R 10.5195/ppr.2012.24
%X Texas Congressman and Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has been a figure in American politics for more than 40 years. While Paul has commanded a dedicated support base composed of both liberals and conservatives, he remains well behind in the 2012 Republican primary race. This article examines the hypothetical case of a Ron Paul third-party presidential run, and the dilemma that voters face between voting conscientiously for Paul and voting strategically for the most electable and ideologically similar candidate.
%U http://ppr.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/ppr/article/view/24