It will be interesting to see what impact, if any, Third-Party candidate Frederick John LaVergne has in New Jersey's close 3rd Congressional District race between Democrat Aimee Belgard and Republican Tom MacArthur.

Voting at the Silver Bay Elementary School in Toms River
Voting at the Silver Bay Elementary School in Toms River (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
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LaVergne is representing the Democratic-Republican Organization of New Jersey and 48 percent of registered voters in the 3rd District are unaffiliated.

"The voting block that comes out in mid-term election tends to tilt more toward the Republican Party," said Joe Patten, Department Chair of Political Science & Sociology at Monmouth University in West Long Branch.

Patten pointed out lower voter turn-out in mid-term elections also could benefit the GOP.  "The mid-term election tends to be maybe more white than the national Presidential election and generally speaking, mid-term elections tend to attract perhaps more conservative voters than say a General Election where you just have a larger turn-out," he said. Having a Democratic President also could be an advantage for Republicans, he added.

"We tend not to vote for Third-Party candidates in any significant numbers," said Richard Strada, retired Ocean County College Political Science Professor. "If it gets to a 49-50 race, than maybe. But, generally, the people who are going to vote for Third-Party candidates rarely are going to come out in a mid-term election," he said.

If you are interested in learning more about the 3rd Congressional District Race, watch the debate between the candidates, held Friday night at Ocean County College, here (To see the entire debate, forward to the 1:00 mark on the video):

 

 

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