Huckabee threatens to leave GOP

[IceSpear]

Who cares? I know narcissism is present in most politicians, but attention whoring among GOP presidential hopefuls seems to be at an all time high lately. Cruz, Huckabee, Palin, etc. are like teenage girls in a twerking competition desperately trying to impress the boys (or in this case, the base).

Hopefully he runs for president as an independent though, that'd be awesome. I'd love to see Hillary win 400+ EVs.

[IceSpear]

Yes, abortion isn't going anywhere.  Gay marriage and birth control will need to go if they want to win a presidential election anytime soon.  What would a Huckabee independent run look like in 2016?

Probably something like this?

Clinton/Warner 42.5%
Paul/Walker 36.5%
Huckabee/Palin 21.0%

Really? You think a HUCKABEE/PALIN ticket would attract a non negligible amount of Democratic support? Almost all of his vote share would be coming from otherwise Republican voters. Unless you're assuming Hillary would lose to Paul 57-43 as a baseline, which is even more ridiculous. Huckabee would also not do nearly that well. In fact, I doubt he'd win a single state, though he could potentially snag second in a few like Perot did.

If Huckabee is more of a Nader-like annoyance than an actual contender (ex: he wins 3-5%) Hillary would still probably crack 400 EV due to him siphoning away Republican votes in key states: something like 52D-43R-4I in the popular vote).

If Huckabee is more of a Perot-like (or better) contender, Hillary would probably win over 500 EVs. (51D-25R-23I).

[IceSpear]

Yes, abortion isn't going anywhere.  Gay marriage and birth control will need to go if they want to win a presidential election anytime soon.  What would a Huckabee independent run look like in 2016?

Probably something like this?

Clinton/Warner 42.5%
Paul/Walker 36.5%
Huckabee/Palin 21.0%

Really? You think a HUCKABEE/PALIN ticket would attract a non negligible amount of Democratic support? Almost all of his vote share would be coming from otherwise Republican voters.

It looks to me like Huckabee IS getting his vote share from Republican voters on that map. Huckabee isn't shown winning a single Obama state, Clinton is shown winning seven Romney states (clearly due to a split in the GOP vote, at least partially); and the only states Huckabee is shown winning are staunchly Republican states.

I was referring to the popular vote totals.