In 2015, Michael Moore announces he is running for the nomination of the Green Party and seizes control of the party from Jill Stein. Nina Turner of Ohio agrees to join his ticket.
Arguing that both candidates are phonies who "don't care about you," he spends all his time in the Midwest slamming bad trade deals and the political establishment that has forgotten the white working class. When Moore starts to rise in the polls, Democrats are apocalyptic, claiming he will spoil the election, just like Ralph Nader did. The Clinton camp pours money into MI and WI and adjusts its message to be more populist to squeeze Moore. The shaming of Moore becomes so intense he stops criticizing Clinton and turns his guns on Donald Trump, claiming the latter is a phony. Trump responds to the bait and spends the final week of the campaign trading insults with Moore.
The final result:
Clinton/Kaine - 278 (47.4%)
Trump /Pence- 260 (45.4%)
Johnson/Weld - 0 (3.3%)
Moore/Turner - 0 (2.5%)
Is this a plausible scenario?
