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Ralph Nader received 738,475 votes for 0.56 percent of the popular vote in the 2008 United States presidential election. He ran as an independent. His running mate was Matt Gonzalez. Nader announced his U.S. Presidential candidacy, running as an independent candidate, on February 24, 2008 on NBC's ''Meet The Press''.〔 〕 It was Nader's fifth campaign; he ran in the four election cycles prior to 2008: 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004. The 2008 election was the third in which he had officially run a national campaign. While Nader ran as an independent, in some states he had ballot access with the Independent-Ecology Party, the Natural Law Party, and the Peace and Freedom Party.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Presidency 2008 )〕〔 〕 Nader received 738,475 votes. ==Pre-announcement== In February 2007, Nader criticized Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton as "a panderer and a flatterer." Asked on ''CNN Late Edition'' news program if he would run in 2008, Nader replied, "It's really too early to say...."〔(Nader Leaves '08 Door Open, Slams Hillary ) Reuters, February 5, 2007.〕 Asked during a radio appearance to describe the former First Lady, Nader said, "Flatters, panders, coasting, front-runner, looking for a coronation ... She has no political fortitude."〔(Ralph Nader: Hillary's Just a 'Bad Version of Bill Clinton' ) Feb. 16, 2007〕 Some Greens started a campaign to draft Nader as their party's 2008 presidential candidate. In June 2007, Nader said, "You know the two parties are still converging -- they don't even debate the military budget anymore. I really think there needs to be more competition from outside the two parties." Nader praised Dennis Kucinich, Mike Gravel, and John Edwards during the race for the Democratic nomination. After the election became a contest between Clinton and Barack Obama, Nader hinted more towards his own presidential bid by participating in the Green Party Presidential Debates in San Francisco on January 13, 2008, though not as an announced candidate. Then he formed a presidential exploratory committee on January 30, 2008, telling CNN he would run again if he could raise the necessary funds. Before entering the race, Nader was asked by Wolf Blitzer on CNN's The Situation Room if he liked any of the Democratic presidential candidates in 2008, and said "in terms of his record, Dennis Kucinich and in terms of a great Democratic stengthened Democracy proposal, Mike Gravel." A petition was started to urge Nader to run with Mike Gravel as a vice presidential candidate. In the weeks before the Iowa caucus, Nader praised former Senator John Edwards and his populist message, calling him "a Democratic glimmer of hope" and encouraging Iowans to "give him a victory." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ralph Nader presidential campaign, 2008」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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