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What do independent and minor Presidential candidates get out of it all?
I just now learned that Rosanne Barr, of Rosanne fame, is running for President of the United States with the Peace and Freedom Party. Much as I would dearly love for her to win, it seems fairly obvious that only Obama and Mitt Romney have a snowball in Hell's chance of doing so.
So what's the point? What does she, and the many others like her, stand to gain from running at all? They can't really expect to win. Is there, like, a runner-up prize or something?
Forgive me, I'm not really au fait with the American democratic process. Here, it'd be about winning seats in the Government for your party. Does a similar thing apply there?
