If a 3rd party had won...

[°Leprechaun]

That might depend on which third party candidate won.

There were a lot of them.
For example,
Castle, McMullin, Kotlikoff, Bradford Lyttle, Frank Atwood, Soltysik, Hedges...
and a few others as well as NOTC (NV) and write ins (many of whom may have
been for Sanders)
Since one could argue if one wanted that all so called "third party" candidate had about a zero chance,
then they all had an equal chance, since, as you may know 0=0.

If everyone who didn't vote had voted for the exact same "third party" candidate what would the map have looked like?

[°Leprechaun]

Thanks RI. Of course, there are two big problems. 1. Finding a unity candidate that everyone could vote for, which seems improbable. 2. Getting non-voters to vote for any third party candidate in the first place. Many would fall into the "lesser of two evils" trap, even if they voted. Many non-voters don't really want to vote anyway, perhaps, so all of these is unlikely.

However, since most people don't pay attention to what non-voters think, you don't see much discussion of how unpopular the two party duopoly really is. I like the map.

I would love to see what Nevada has, NOTC, because not enough Nevadans vote that way, probably because it is a swing state. If you had NOTC in places like CA, OK, and AK you might see more protest votes. If there were enough people willing to protest the status quo. However, this isn't going to happen, right?