# Mark Cuban open to running for president as an independent
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-cuban-open-to-running-for-president-as-an-independent/834016
**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Created:** [May 15, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-cuban-open-to-running-for-president-as-an-independent/834016 "2019-05-15T18:53:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-cuban-open-to-running-for-president-as-an-independent/834016/1 "2019-05-15T18:53:04Z")
> **[Mark Cuban leaves open possibility of running for president as an independent](https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/14/mark-cuban-leaves-open-possibility-of-running-for-president-as-an-independent.html)**
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> "We'll see," billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban tells CNBC's Scott Wapner when asked about a 2020 presidential bid.
Sounds like he is very unlikely to run.
He adds he likes Biden but thinks no Dem running now can beat Trump.
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### Author:  [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-cuban-open-to-running-for-president-as-an-independent/834016/2 "2019-05-15T18:55:34Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#):
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> [https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/14/mark-cuban-leaves-open-possibility-of-running-for-president-as-an-independent.html](https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/14/mark-cuban-leaves-open-possibility-of-running-for-president-as-an-independent.html)
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> Sounds like he is very unlikely to run.
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> He adds he likes Biden but thinks no Dem running now can beat Trump.
I would add that no independent running now can beat Trump.
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### Author:  [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2019, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-cuban-open-to-running-for-president-as-an-independent/834016/3 "2019-05-15T19:00:38Z")
I’m all in, if it means he stops running the Mavericks.
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### Author:  [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2019, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-cuban-open-to-running-for-president-as-an-independent/834016/4 "2019-05-15T19:12:58Z")
Oh, FFS… Who’s next on the ticket? The ghost of Gary Coleman?
Fine. I’m running too. My platform will be banning “Don’t Stop Believin’’” and “Bohemian Rhapsody” from Karaoke for 2 years. Also, anything by Adele. 😃
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### Author:  [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2019, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-cuban-open-to-running-for-president-as-an-independent/834016/5 "2019-05-15T19:31:29Z")
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> Cuban said the more than 20 Democratic candidates so far are all politicians.
This is not true. Andrew Yang is not a politician. Cuban didn’t even bother to look at the list.
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> Cuban said most of the Democratic proposals so far are just “headline porn.” “I don’t think they believe what they’re proposing is passable,” he said.
It might be the slightest bit interesting if he proposed a plan that would be passable.
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### Author:  [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-cuban-open-to-running-for-president-as-an-independent/834016/6 "2019-05-15T20:45:44Z")
also Marianne Williamson is not a politician but she did run for Congress and lost.
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### Author:  [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-cuban-open-to-running-for-president-as-an-independent/834016/7 "2019-05-15T20:50:56Z")
Just how close are we to running the presidential election in a reality show format?
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### Author:  [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2019, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-cuban-open-to-running-for-president-as-an-independent/834016/8 "2019-05-15T20:53:01Z")
Trump possibly could have won if he ran 3rd party. Ross Perot was leading polls in 1992 before he went loony and quit the race.
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2019, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-cuban-open-to-running-for-president-as-an-independent/834016/9 "2019-05-16T00:00:58Z")
Anyone who is running for President is, _by definition_, a politician.