Ralph Nader Continues to Campaign (updated)

Connecticut native Ralph Nader is continuing his campaign for the independent party in the presidential election. He recently held rallies in Denver, Colorado in order to take some of the attention away from the Democratic National Convention. According courant.com, he plans to do the same next week in Minnesota where the Republican National Convention is being held.

Nader has been running in presidential elections for almost 20 years as part of the independent party, hoping to take voters from democratic candidates. Although he agrees with democrats on Medicare and civil rights, he feels that the current democratic party should focus on the poor, not only the middle class. By saying poor, he is referring to the 100 million people who make the least amount or no money in the United States. Nader says that these people "service us in all kinds of ways while they are underpaid, while they are overcharged." (courant.com) By getting American citizens to vote for him, Nader hopes to steal votes from democrat Barack Obama and deny him the presidency. Nader feels he has made a difference in the past, denying Al Gore the presidency in 2000 with the Florida tally. 

Nader plans to do a lot of campaigning in Connecticut, hoping he can persuade the "home-state crowd." According to courant.com, he has managed to take a higher percentage of votes in Connecticut compared to other states. He plans to visit the Constitution State sometime before November.