Former Gov. Gary Johnson says he’s feeling good about his position in the current presidential race.“fifty percent of Americans are declaring themselves Independents and I happen to think that most people are Libertarians. It's just that they don't know it,” Johnson said.Johnson said he's getting about 30 national media requests a day. Four years ago he ran for president he only received one to two a week.He credited Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump for the demand.The latest Washington Post/ABC news poll shows 57 percent of voters view Trump and Clinton as unfavorable.“It's a rigged game. This two party system has been hoist on us and we think we don't have any other choices when in fact there are other choices,” Johnson said.However, Johnson's numbers are as high as Libertarians have seen. He earned 1 percent of the vote in 2012. This year he's polling at 10 percent when matched up against Trump and Clinton. He needs 15 percent to get into the national debates.“The advertising that goes along with being in front of 80 to 100 million people, if you put a dollar figure on that it's hundreds of millions of dollars,” Johnson said.If Johnson was in the presidential debates he'd be the first third party candidate to do so since Ross Perot in 1992. Perot was polling at 8 percent that year and saw his numbers sky rocket after the debates.Bill Clinton won that race and the two parties pushed for the rule to require candidates to poll at 15 percent to be in the debate.

Former Gov. Gary Johnson says he’s feeling good about his position in the current presidential race.

“fifty percent of Americans are declaring themselves Independents and I happen to think that most people are Libertarians. It's just that they don't know it,” Johnson said.


Johnson said he's getting about 30 national media requests a day. Four years ago he ran for president he only received one to two a week.

He credited Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump for the demand.

The latest Washington Post/ABC news poll shows 57 percent of voters view Trump and Clinton as unfavorable.

“It's a rigged game. This two party system has been hoist on us and we think we don't have any other choices when in fact there are other choices,” Johnson said.

However, Johnson's numbers are as high as Libertarians have seen. He earned 1 percent of the vote in 2012. This year he's polling at 10 percent when matched up against Trump and Clinton. He needs 15 percent to get into the national debates.

“The advertising that goes along with being in front of 80 to 100 million people, if you put a dollar figure on that it's hundreds of millions of dollars,” Johnson said.

If Johnson was in the presidential debates he'd be the first third party candidate to do so since Ross Perot in 1992. Perot was polling at 8 percent that year and saw his numbers sky rocket after the debates.

Bill Clinton won that race and the two parties pushed for the rule to require candidates to poll at 15 percent to be in the debate.