That's certainly one way of looking at the statistics, and not inaccurate (although I came up with a figure closer to 20%). On the other hand, another way to look at them, according to the CNN 2000 Exit Polls, is that only 1% of the voters who identified themselves as Republicans said they voted for Nader, compared with 2% of those who said they were Democrats and 6% of the independents. In light of which, Doug's observation -- "I wouldn't count on Ralphie getting many Republican votes" -- seems pretty accurate: 1% isn't many.
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