In a Sanders vs. Trump election, would a third party candidate do really well?

[RR1997]

Discuss.

I think that a third party candidate could do really well in this scenario. Maybe even better than Perot, and may possibly even win.

If this scenario were to happen, hopefully some billionaire, stunningly good-looking and charismatic, Harvard-educated, fiscally conservative/socially liberal, hedge-fund manager runs a self-financed third party campaign, and defeats both of these nut jobs. That would be my dream scenario.

On a more serious note, I think that a third-party would do very well, but I can't think of any third-partier whose sane. Gary Johnson and Jill Stein are too extreme. Hopefully some independent, sane (policy wise), billionaire wins by self-financing his campaign. Much like Perot in 1992, but even better.

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Probably not, even though an evangelical to the right of Trump could gain up to around 5%.

[Blair]

Huntsman/Bayh would get like 8%

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[Bigby]

Yes, but only a Sanity Party ticket like Huntsman/Bayh.

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No, most people would vote for one of the 2. People who would only vote for a moderate or hardline free traders are not a large percentage of the population.

[Blue3]

2% MAXIMUM

[Pyro]

No, most people would vote for one of the 2. People who would only vote for a moderate or hardline free traders are not a large percentage of the population.

[Brewer]

Yeah, as much as Atlas yearns for this situation, no third party ticket would be even close to winning.

[Blue3]

Especially in this election, you can't go much further left than Sanders or right than Trump. In a past election year, Sanders would fit in better with the Green or Socialist parties than the Democrats, and Trump would fit in better with the Constitution or Libertarian parties than the Republicans. There would be a clear choice, and that would deny political oxygen to those third parties. The only third party that would have some political oxygen would be a centrist/moderate one, like a Kasich/Webb.

[Brewer]

Especially in this election, you can't go much further left than Sanders or right than Trump. In a past election year, Sanders would fit in better with the Green or Socialist parties than the Democrats, and Trump would fit in better with the Constitution or Libertarian parties than the Republicans. There would be a clear choice, and that would deny political oxygen to those third parties. The only third party that would have some political oxygen would be a centrist/moderate one, like a Kasich/Webb.

How on earth can you not go farther to the right than Donald Trump? Have you paid attention to anything other than his anti-immigrant rhetoric?

[defe07]

I really think that a Wall Street backed third party ticket can get between Perot '96 and Perot '92 numbers, if the fundraising and promoting is serious. I wonder what a map would look like between Trump v. Sanders v. Johnson/Paul or Huntsman/Bayh.