Make This 2020 Scenario Happen

[libertpaulian]

1. Trump is reelected.  He wins the EC and wins the PV by the narrowest of narrow margins.
2. A third-party run by Amash or Sanford (you can decide which one) makes a very strong showing.
3. Democrats manage to take back the Senate.

Discuss with maps and your story/summary.

[Grassroots]

This is impossible.

[bagelman]

You do it

[libertpaulian]

This is impossible.

It can happen if enough voters decide that Gardner and Tillis are too establishment, for example, and they leave those Senate spots blank.

[OBD]

Donald Trump (R-NY) / Mike Pence (R-IN) 320 EVs 44.69%
Bernie Sanders (D-VT) deceased / Beto O'Rourke (D-TX) 218 EVs 44.59%
Justin Amash (I-MI) / Jesse Ventura (I-MN) ) 0 EVs 8.66%

Senate
R Pickups: AL
D Pickups: CO, AZ, ME, NC, GA
Senate Balance: 51-49 D

In this (admittedly unlikely) scenario, Bernie Sanders wins the Democratic nomination and takes a commanding lead over Donald Trump, but then unexpectedly dies from a heart attack and complications a week before election day. With Beto O'Rourke now effectively the candidate, several Sanders voters stay home, or defect to the Amash unity ticket (either because of confusion or believing O'Rourke to be too inexperienced to be President). Combined with Russian interference, this is enough to tip the election to Trump.