Goode returned home after the convention , and participated in Constitution Party ballot access efforts in Virginia . Throughout the campaign , Goode would focus much of his efforts on Virginia , driving around the state in his Honda Accord . In an interview with '' The Farmville Herald '' of Farmville , Virginia published April 24 , he said that ballot access would be the campaign 's focus for the next two months , hoping to gain access in " at least 40 states " for the general election . He also told the newspaper that he wanted to use the national media for exposure , but would rely on the internet to reach out to potential supporters , particularly those of Ron Paul following the Republican National Convention . With Romney likely coming out of the convention as the GOP nominee , Goode told the '' Martinsville Bulletin '' that he also hoped to win support among those members of the Tea Party movement concerned about " Romneycare " and government spending . Additionally , he expressed his desire to appear in the national presidential debates , though he said it was a " tough row to hoe " due to the Commission on Presidential Debates 's inclusion criteria of having enough ballot access to theoretically win the election and holding an average of 15 percent support in at least five national polls . Despite securing a spot on the New Mexico ballot to increase the ticket 's total of ballot-qualified states to 17 , the first criteria had not yet been met . Furthermore , by this point , Goode had not been included in any national polls , and so did not meet the second criteria either . Nevertheless , he did register five percent support in a late-April Public Policy Polling survey of Virginia voters . Though short of the debate requirements , if replicated in the election , it would meet scholar Walter Dean Burnham 's five percent threshold for successful third party runs
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