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It explains how there's a third way for the election instead of Hillary or Trump. It also explains the flaws that need attention that neither candidates cover. Apparently, the people may be confused on choosing a candidate, and that there is another option if they don't agree with either party, the libertarian party.

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The America I know wasn't on the television screen on Monday night. 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.

Americans want to be able to choose a president who is capable of reason, of learning from failures, and of telling them the truth, even when it hurts. Most of all, they want to choose a president who will adhere to the Constitution and will make government live within its means.

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.

I'm the third candidate - the leader of the Libertarian Party. My name will be on every ballot alongside that of my running mate, Bill Weld, who like me was a twice-elected Republican governor of a strongly Democratic state. Contrary to the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates, Bill and I don't believe the United States is a polarized nation.

We don't deny that there are very real tensions on the fringes, and we can't simply ignore those tensions. But when it comes down to the basics, most Americans really aren't that far apart.

Our kids are better educated than ever before. Our technology enables entrepreneurship and transparency. Our military is second to none, as it should be. But our two-party political system is an entirely different story. Hyper-partisanship may be entertaining, but it's a terrible way to try to run a country. We're the alternative - and we're the only ticket that offers Americans a chance to find common ground.

People might call us fiscal conservatives. Like most Americans, I believe that government does too much and costs too much. As governor of New Mexico, I vetoed more than 750 bills and reduced government involvement in business, better known as "crony capitalism."

Some would call us social liberals. I've been vocal in criticizing the disparity in the treatment of black Americans by the police. I want reform in our criminal justice and sentencing systems. "Three strikes" laws and mandatory minimums have put the United States among the world leaders in incarceration. Treating drug use and abuse as crimes, rather than health issues, has put far too many Americans behind bars.

What would government be like in a Johnson administration? First, we would begin the conversation about the size of government by submitting a real balanced budget. Every government program would have to justify its expenditures, every year. Cuts of up to 20 percent or more would be on the table for all programs, including military spending. Changes to Social Security and Medicare must also be considered.

As governors, we balanced our budgets and reduced taxes: I cut taxes 14 times; Bill Weld did so 21 times in his six years leading Massachusetts. It just requires commitment and certainty.

Hillary Clinton's and Donald J. Trump's proposals call for much more spending. Both parties are responsible for our unsustainable fiscal problems: President George W. Bush nearly doubled our national debt, to $10 trillion from $5.7 trillion. President Obama is on track to double it again.

Second, we would protect the Constitution and civil liberties and stop treating immigration as a bad thing. In the difficult case of abortion, I support a woman's right to choose. I've long supported civil liberties, including marriage equality and freedom from mass surveillance.

Given the way it has served as both a launching pad and a crash-landing site for Republican presidential prospects, immigration was strangely absent from Monday's debate. Neither the Republican-controlled Congress nor President Obama has done anything to fix the dysfunctional immigration system. Deporting millions of noncriminal undocumented immigrants and building a wall, as Mr. Trump proposes, are ludicrous ideas.

A majority of Americans can actually agree on a solution. We would allow those immigrants who are here without documents, but with otherwise clean records, to come forward, pay taxes, undergo a background check and legally reside in the United States. We'd eliminate categories and quotas on immigration, and border enforcement would be devoted to keeping out real criminals and would-be terrorists.

Third, we would offer free trade to all nations, but limit military intervention to when our nation is attacked. We would honor all treaty obligations and pursue strategic alliances that made our country safer.

Mrs. Clinton wants to continue a muddled mix of intervention, regime change and bombing campaigns. That approach brought us Syria, Iraq, Libya and failed nation-building in Afghanistan. Our troops and the American people deserve clear objectives, with a well-drawn distinction between defense and futile interventions. And our troops deserve authorization from Congress for their activities overseas, an important detail that has fallen by the wayside.

The same common-sense attitude applies to trade and diplomacy. Our ticket is the only one to support free trade. The goal is to enhance prosperity and peace without sending our young people to war.

Less than six weeks before Election Day, independents and, particularly, young voters are increasingly turning to Bill Weld and me as reasonable, rational and experienced candidates. We are the party that can break the partisan gridlock which for too long has kept real solutions out of reach.

Gary Johnson, the governor of New Mexico from 1995 to 2003, is the Libertarian Party nominee for president.
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The FBI find some of Clinton's E-mails from a private server. This brings some irritation from Hillary supporters. On the other hand Trump supporters are glad the blindsiding happened. The Hillary supporters are furious that this happened so close to the election, but say the campaign can't be driven off course.

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Hillary Clinton's campaign is insisting it can't be thrown off course in the final week of the presidential race -- because it's already running on auto-pilot.

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Voters express violence if Trump loses the election, this worries others about a possible war. Many people were claiming that they will do anything to get Hillary out of the office. Trump himself even claimed the ballot was rigged. This makes even tighter tensions between voters and their parties.

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A campaign rally for Donald J. Trump in St. Augustine, Fla., on Monday. Credit Credit Eric Thayer for The New York Times

COLORADO SPRINGS - Big crowds still mob Donald J. Trump when he comes to town, with fans waiting in long lines to attend his rallies, where they eagerly jeer his Democratic rival and holler happily at his message.

But beneath the cheering, a new emotion is taking hold among some Trump supporters as they grapple with reports predicting that he will lose the election: a dark fear about what will happen if their candidate is denied the White House. Some worry that they will be forgotten, along with their concerns and frustrations. Others believe the nation may be headed for violent conflict.

Jared Halbrook, 25, of Green Bay, Wis., said that if Mr. Trump lost to Hillary Clinton, which he worried would happen through a stolen election, it could lead to "another Revolutionary War."

"People are going to march on the capitols," said Mr. Halbrook, who works at a call center. "They're going to do whatever needs to be done to get her out of office, because she does not belong there."

"If push comes to shove," he added, and Mrs. Clinton "has to go by any means necessary, it will be done."

Interviews with more than 50 Trump supporters at campaign events in six states over the past week revealed a distinct change from the rollicking mood earlier this year, when Mr. Trump's surprising primary successes and emergence as an unconventional Republican standard-bearer set off broad excitement. The crowds appeared on edge and quick to lash out.

And while some voters emphatically disputed polls suggesting that Mrs. Clinton would win, others offered an apocalyptic vision of what life would be like if she did.

"It's not what I'm going to do, but I'm scared that the country is going to go into a riot," said Roger Pillath, 75, a retired teacher from Coleman, Wis. "I've never seen the country so divided, just black and white - there's no compromise whatsoever. The Clinton campaign says together we are stronger, but there's no together. The country has never been so divided. I'm looking at revolution right now."

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Roger Pillath, a Trump supporter, at his home in Coleman, Wis. "It's not what I'm going to do," he said of what might happen if Hillary Clinton wins, "but I'm scared that the country is going to go into a riot." Credit Lauren Justice for The New York Times

Julie Olson, a rancher who showed up for a rally in Colorado Springs, said that she and her husband had been through rough economic times in recent years, and that a Trump loss would worsen their burdens.

"I'd probably go into a depression, because life is hard enough for us right now," Ms. Olson, 69, said. "And if Hillary gets in, it's going to be a whole lot worse - income, lack of income, small business, large businesses."

New York Times reporters spoke to people attending Trump rallies in Colorado, Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. In every crowd, there were supporters who echoed Mr. Trump's message that the polls did not reflect the "silent majority" who they said would turn out on Nov. 8 and elect him in a landslide.

"You go through any neighborhood and see how many Trump signs there are and how many Hillary signs there are, and I guarantee you it's not even going to be close," said Bill Stelling, 44, of Jacksonville, Fla. "The only way they've done it is by rigging the election."

An information diet from Trump-friendly news media like Breitbart News and Infowars has led many to believe that there is no way Mr. Trump can lose, and that even contemplating the possibility is foolish. "I'd be shocked," said Rick Hill, 58, of Fort Myers, Fla.

Mr. Hill added, "If you get on social media, he's got Hillary beat, 3 to 1."

But others expressed unease about what a Trump loss would bring.

"Unfortunately, I'm not a man of vigilante violence," said Richard Sabonjohn, 48, of Naples, Fla. "I'm more of a peaceful person. But I do think there will be a large amount of people that are terribly upset and may take matters into their own hands."

Mr. Trump has repeatedly called the election "rigged," raised concerns about voter fraud and said that he might not accept the results if he lost, making Democrats and Republicans alike worry whether the transfer of power will be smooth.

Even some of his supporters who say they would peacefully accept Mrs. Clinton as the next president fear that the nation will take a violent turn - especially if Mrs. Clinton tries to infringe on Second Amendment rights.

Paul Swick, 42, who owns a moving business, went with his wife and daughter to see Mr. Trump speak in Green Bay last week. Mr. Swick considers himself a "Bible Christian" and "Thomas Jefferson liberal," and said he hoped to beat Mrs. Clinton "at the ballot box."

But Mr. Swick, by his own estimation, also owns "north of 30 guns," and he said Mrs. Clinton would have trouble if she tried to confiscate the nation's constitutionally protected weapons. (Mrs. Clinton has said she supports the Second Amendment, but she favors certain restrictions, like tighter background checks for gun buyers.)

"If she comes after the guns, it's going to be a rough, bumpy road," Mr. Swick said. "I hope to God I never have to fire a round, but I won't hesitate to. As a Christian, I want reformation. But sometimes reformation comes through bloodshed."

Alan Weegens, 62, a retired truck driver in Colorado Springs, also wondered aloud how the country - with so many citizens who own guns and, he said, "are willing to trample a grandma on Black Friday at midnight to save $5 on a toaster" - would react if Mr. Trump lost.

"I am not going to take my weapon to go out into the streets to protest an election I did not win," Mr. Weegens said, "but I think that if certain events came about, a person would need to protect themselves, depending on where they lived, when your neighborhood goes up in flames."

Asked what might cause such a conflagration, he pointed to places like Ferguson, Mo., and Charlotte, N.C., which have been hit by unrest after police shootings of black men, and said, "Because hungry people get mean."

As Mrs. Clinton pulls away in many polls, some Trump voters found it difficult even to contemplate what a Clinton presidency would be like for them.

"I'd go home and cry for four years," said Ken Herrmann, 69, of Punta Gorda, Fla.

Kathy Maney, 61, a hairstylist from Fletcher, N.C., used the language of love lost. "I won't feel hatred or mad or anything like that, but my heart will be broken," she said.

And Vicki Sanger, 40, of Grand Junction, Colo., said she had more practical concerns. "I would just be scared that Hillary would be impeached before she finishes her term," she said.

But, Ms. Sanger added, she will accept the outcome on Election Day. "I would absolutely respect the result and support the next president," she said. "Pray for the next president, whoever it is."

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COLORADO SPRINGS - Big crowds still mob Donald J. Trump when he comes to town, with fans waiting in long lines to attend his rallies, where they eagerly jeer his Democratic rival and holler happily at his message.

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An example of Trump's official political flyer.

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A Cartoon that somewhat makes fun of major problems with candidiates

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A political cartoon about a 3rd party candidate. Its referencing how they barely get any votes hence the one guy in the audience.

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A political cartoon about Trump's opinion on mexicans, also one of his biggest flaws.

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A cartoon about Hillary's E-mails. This seems to be the most common issue with her.

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