That statement proves how little you know about politics.
I got 66 Libertarian votes during the primary or 100% of the votes of Libertarians voting in the primary election.
http://primary2006.sos.ca.gov/Returns/usrep/3500.htm
This is merely the election to see whose names will appear on the ballot during the general election....dumbass.
In the general election the votes broke down like this...
Maxine Waters (Dem)
82,498 Votes
83.8 %
Gordon Michael Mego (AI)
8,343 Votes
8.5 %
Paul T. Ireland (Libertarian)
7,665 Votes
7.7 %
Here's a little information about California's 35th district. It's among the safest districts in the United States for the Democratic Party. It has a higher percentage of registered Democrats than any other district.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Califor...ional_district
I ran in a highly gerrymandered district
(racially and along party lines) where I knew I had no chance of winning the election. I had no plans on actually winning. Yet, I got a higher percentage of votes than any other Libertarian to run in the district in a 3-way race at any point since the district was created before or since.
I got the 2nd highest percentage for any third-party candidate, behind Gordon Mego. Mr. Mego got more votes than me because the Republican Party vote was split, and he's an anti-abortion, mix church and state, the war in Iraq is just fine, whacko so he got more of the Republican vote.
I did very well in the election considering I didn't spend a penny of my own money and only about $1500 of money donated to my campaign while doing most of the work myself.
My very successful vote totals had nothing to do with a lack of people skills. In fact, they prove the opposite.
Thanks for once again showing us all that you have no clue what you're talking about and no sanity, intellect, or honor to speak of along with your ever present transference attempts to foist your narcissistic personality disorder onto me.