2016: Gary Johnson enters the debates

[BigVic]

#LetGaryDebate was a hashtag to let Gary Johnson participate in debates in the 2016 election. How would he perform had he been in the debates thst year.

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[NewYorkExpress]

"What is Aleppo".

Johnson would get humiliated on a debate stage.

[An American Tail: Fubart Goes West]

"What is Aleppo".

Johnson would get humiliated on a debate stage.

I just can’t get over how this was supposedly a campaign ender with all of the $h*t Trump said. Are we to assume that Trump just wasn’t treated as a serious candidate despite being the nominee of a major party while a ticket of two former governors on a third party ticket is somehow killable by one single flub?

[NewYorkExpress]

"What is Aleppo".

Johnson would get humiliated on a debate stage.

I just can’t get over how this was supposedly a campaign ender with all of the $h*t Trump said. Are we to assume that Trump just wasn’t treated as a serious candidate despite being the nominee of a major party while a ticket of two former governors on a third party ticket is somehow killable by one single flub?

Trump shouldn't have been considered a serious candidate either, but at least he seemed to understand what/where Aleppo is.

[BigVic]

The Aleppo gaffe costed Johnson some votes and denied him entering the debates.

[Torrain]

Two options:
1. Johnson humiliates himself, and Clinton benefits from the collapse in the third party vote


2. Johnson overperforms, due to a shift in perceptions. The increase in third party vote throws the election out of whack, and alters the outcome in close states. Example:



I think that Johnson's appearance could feasibly benefit either candidate, both of these are just random hypotheticals. I really don't think Johnson can win an electoral vote in 2016, but he could definitely flip a few states between the Dems and GOP

[Former Crackhead Mike Lindell]

Another interesting event possibly occurring in this universe: three-way Vice Presidential debates! Weld- Kaine-Pence! That'd be an interesting dynamic.

[lord_moxley]

Assuming Johnson holds 15% till election day