page_title: Joe Schriner
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caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of Brian Carroll and Joe Schriner at the 2019 ASP Midwestern Regional Meeting at the Carlisle Inn of Walnut Creek
context_page_description: Joseph Charles Schriner is an American political activist and journalist. Schriner has run for the United States presidency in five consecutive election cycles spanning from 2000 to 2016. Advocating Christian democracy politics, he has primarily run as an independent candidate, until the 2020 presidential election when he ran as an American Solidarity Party candidate instead. He also ran as a Republican during the early portions of the 2000 and 2016 presidential election cycles. He also vied unsuccessfully for the Green Party presidential nomination during the 2008 election cycle.
  Before becoming a perennial candidate, Schriner spent a significant amount of travelling across the United States and conducting ad hoc interviews with individuals he met. Schriner purports that these subjective experiences leave him better-informed about national social, political, and economic issues than experienced policymakers. He has been interviewed by numerous media outlets over the years and has spoken at various colleges and universities.
  Schriner has been billed as "average Joe" in the media. He is also sometimes referred to as "Joe the Painter."
context_section_description: Joseph Charles Schriner (born March 3, 1955) is an American political activist and journalist. Schriner has run for the United States presidency in five consecutive election cycles spanning from 2000 to 2016. Advocating Christian democracy politics, he has primarily run as an independent candidate, until the  2020 presidential election when he ran as an American Solidarity Party candidate instead. He also ran as a Republican during the early portions of the 2000 and 2016 presidential election cycles. He also vied unsuccessfully for the Green Party presidential nomination during the 2008 election cycle.
  Before becoming a perennial candidate, Schriner spent a significant amount of travelling across the United States and conducting ad hoc interviews with individuals he met. Schriner purports that these subjective experiences leave him better-informed about national social, political, and economic issues than experienced policymakers. He has been interviewed by numerous media outlets over the years and has spoken at various colleges and universities.
  Schriner has been billed as "average Joe" in the media. He is also sometimes referred to as "Joe the Painter." He is currently self-employed as a house painter. In addition, he is a free-lance writer for his hometown newspaper, The Bluffton News.
caption: Schriner participating in a presidential debate for the nomination of the American Solidarity Party in 2019
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