Seeking to play on voters’ dissatisfaction with both major-party candidates, Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson wrote an op-ed published in Wednesday’s New York Times that “the America I know wasn’t on the television screen on Monday night.” Johnson, a former two-term governor of New Mexico, posited that Americans want a third option in this year’s presidential election, a suggestion backed up by multiple polls. The Libertarian said America is not as divided as its presidential candidates would make it seem, and that his is the ticket that best represents what Americans want. “My America is about the freedom to make choices, pursue your dreams and use your skills as entrepreneurs. It is about having more choices than just red versus blue,” he wrote. “I’m offering that choice. I wasn’t part of the presidential debate on Monday, but as Americans listened in dismay to the so-called major parties’ candidates, Google searches for ‘Gary Johnson’ skyrocketed.” Read more http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/gary-johnson-new-york-times-op-ed-228824
