Which historical third party candidate is Evan McMullin most similar to? (user search)
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« on: October 23, 2016, 12:53:20 AM »

John Palmer, 1896. He ran as a "Gold Democrat" against William Jennings Bryan (who supported bimetallism) and won about 1% of the vote. Bryan didn't have the personal scandals of Trump, but he did represent a major ideological change for the party, and Bryant's intraparty opponents were motivated enough to run a third party candidate after Bryan won the Democratic nomination.

Palmer didn't have the sort of focused appeal that McMullin seems to have in Utah and a couple surrounding states. But the split among Democrats in 1896 was a bit like the split among Republicans today.
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