Ben Carson, an author running for president of the book tour, is currently on a whirlwind tour of Florida. Today he had three scheduled events. How much of a presidential candidate was Ben Carson today?

On this Wednesday, the 4th of November, Dr. Ben Carson was 0 percent presidential candidate.

Here’s a quick breakdown of the data: Carson, according to The 2016 Committee Super PAC website, made three stops in Florida today.

1. Bookstore1 in Sarasota, FL

2. Books-A-Million in Fort Myers, FL and

3. Costco in Naples Fl

Spotting a trend?

And because FEC regulations require book signings to be wholly separate from campaign events, we can confidently say Carson was 100 percent technically not campaigning today.

To that end, in a phone interview with the Miami Herald, Carson freely admitred he’d never heard of several U.S. policies relating to Cuba.

“He’s a person first and a politician second,” a Tampa Bay fan tells Bloomberg.

And both of them are trying to sell some books!

We’ll continue to check in on the Ben Carson Presidential Campaign and unrelated Book Tour, periodically determining what level of presidential candidate he’s trending at that day.


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