Senator Goldwater (R-WA)/Senator Rob Portman (R-OH): 396 electoral votes, 51.6 percent of the popular voteSenator TNF (D-KY)/Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT): 139 electoral votes, 39.1 percent of the popular voteRepresentative ElectionsGuy (L-WI)/Fmr. Governor Gary Johnson (L-NM): 3 electoral votes, 8.0 percent of the popular voteModerate and well-respected Washington Senator Goldwater is nominated as the Republican candidate for the general election, facing off against fiery socialist Senator TNF of Kentucky, who waged a bloody primary battle against Hillary Clinton, and narrowly won. In addition to the two major candidates, staunch libertarian Wisconsin Representative ElectionsGuy has bolted from the Republicans to serve as the nominee of the Libertarian party, in protest against the internationally interventionist policies of Goldwater. The latter holds a comfortable lead throughout the campaign, and although both TNF and ElectionsGuy put up stiff competition (TNF steadily climbed the polls from 29 percent pre-convention to 40 percent on election day), Goldwater goes on to win the biggest landslide for a Republican candidate since 1988. However, the Libertarians, thanks to the strength of their candidate, win their highest vote share yet in a Presidential Election and their first electoral votes.