Ben Sasse, Clinton, trump

[jman123]

how would the electoral map look like?

Ben Sasse, Clinton, Trump

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

It may actually help Trump, with splitting anti-Trump votes. Sasse would probably end up around 5% in the very best scenario, but that may have effect in several crucial states.

The only state I could see him winning is Utah. Of course his career would be over after that.

[Orthogonian Society Treasurer]

Mr. Donald J. Trump (R-NY)/Former Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) - 268 EV (48%)
Former SoS Hillary Clinton (D-NY)/Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) - 260 EV (46%)
Senator Ben Sasse (I-NE)/Former Senator Tom Coburn (I-OK) - 10 EV (5%) ✓

[jman123]

Mr. Donald J. Trump (R-NY)/Former Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) - 268 EV (48%)
Former SoS Hillary Clinton (D-NY)/Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) - 260 EV (46%)
Senator Ben Sasse (I-NE)/Former Senator Tom Coburn (I-OK) - 10 EV (5%) ✓

such a situation would cause an uproar and a demand for trump to win

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Mr. Donald J. Trump (R-NY)/Former Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) - 268 EV (48%)
Former SoS Hillary Clinton (D-NY)/Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) - 260 EV (46%)
Senator Ben Sasse (I-NE)/Former Senator Tom Coburn (I-OK) - 10 EV (5%) ✓

such a situation would cause an uproar and a demand for trump to win

Any scenario where Trump doesn't win is going to lead to the orange fascist calling for violence, he's made that quite clear. Actual votes are irrelevant.

[VPH]

Clinton would win in a landslide, let's not kid ourselves.

[An American Tail: Fubart Goes West]

I'll make a map later, but:

Clinton would win in a landslide, let's not kid ourselves.

[henster]

Sasse would be a terrible 3rd party candidate, he has no name ID, little experience, no money to self fund.

[i4indyguy]

Virtually identical to a pure Trump v. Clinton map.   There is no 3rd party guy who I feel could flip a state.

[Mr. Morden]

Sasse would be a terrible 3rd party candidate, he has no name ID, little experience, no money to self fund.

Any Republican member of Congress deciding to run 3rd party against both Trump and Clinton would of course generate plenty of media coverage.  His current name ID doesn't matter.

I mean he'd still lose badly, of course.  But "Name ID" isn't an issue in a scenario like this.

[Badger]

I'm likely going to be doing a thread on this sometime soon, and probably multiple times before November, but can we please drop the fantasy that PA is a swing state in this election?

[Vega]

I think for a third party candidacy to legitimately pick up steam outside of  the media (I'll call that Jon Huntsman syndrome) they would have to be known. Mitt Romney is an example of someone who could do that.

[Mr. Morden]

I think for a third party candidacy to legitimately pick up steam outside of  the media (I'll call that Jon Huntsman syndrome) they would have to be known. Mitt Romney is an example of someone who could do that.

Again, any current Republican member of Congress who's reasonably well liked by the elites pining for a #NeverTrump candidate to rally around--anyone like that who actually decides to pull the trigger and run--it would be a big news story.  So even if they're not known now, they'd become pretty well known rather quickly.  It doesn't really matter what their *current* name ID is.

[Kingpoleon]

276: Donald Trump/Erik Paulsen(45.6%)
242: Hillary Clinton/Ronald Kind(40.4%)
20: Benjamin Sasse/Mia Love(13.6%)
Others: 0.4%

[MK]

Something like this.

[An American Tail: Fubart Goes West]

I'll make a map later, but:

Clinton would win in a landslide, let's not kid ourselves.

The promised map:

Clinton/Becerra 48.6% 362 EVs
Trump/Sessions 40.7%  162 EVs
Sasse/Love 8.1% 14 EVs
Johnson/Who Knows 1.5% 0 EVs
Stein/Who Cares 0.8% 0 EVs

Sasse won't be on the ballot in Texas and South Dakota.

Trump will barely break double digits in Utah, placing third. Sasse gets second in Wyoming and NE-2. North Dakota was tricky. It could potentially go for anyone, I think. It's a pity that there isn't a popular vote for the caucuses that I could've used. MT would probably be Johnson's best state this time. I think he could break 5% there and potentially in NM and AK as well.

Sasse tips the scales for Hillary in FL, NC, AZ, and MT.

No idea about running mates. Xavier Becerra would be good for Clinton. Not sure who would be good for Trump and who would accept. Maybe Jeff Sessions? Mia Love wouldn't be a bad pick for Sasse (thanks for that idea, Kingpoleon).

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Clinton 359 (48%) - Trump 173 (42%) - Sasse 6 (7%)

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Clinton 359 (48%) - Trump 173 (42%) - Sasse 6 (7%)