MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!
Kalwejt
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« on: June 16, 2016, 05:09:12 PM » |
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Even if we had a legitimate three-way race (which is as likely as Sanders winning a contested convention), it's still hard for a third party candidate to reach 20%
Looking at credible third party candidates:
1912: Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive): 27.4% and 88 evs (OK, it was an exceptional race)
1924: Robert M. La Follette (Progressive): 16.6% and 13 evs
1948: Strom Thurmond (Dixiecrat): 2.4% and 39 evs (he was basically a regional candidate and in states he carried Truman was not on the ballot)
1968: George Wallace (AI): 13.5% and 46 evs
1992: Ross Perot (Ind.): 18.9% and 0 evs
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