Lots of chatter around whether Michael Bloomberg will run as 3rd party candidates.
Raises a logical question …
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Has any 3rd party presidential candidate ever won any electoral votes?
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Quick: Has any 3rd party presidential candidate ever won any electoral votes?
August 5, 2015Lots of chatter around whether Trump (or Sanders) will run as 3rd party candidates.
Pundits are unanimous that a Trump 3rd party run would doom the GOP and hand the election to Hillary (presuming that she’s not in jail).
I’m not so sure.
In the next couple of posts, I’ll build to a scenario that has Trump running as a 3rd party candidate, but the GOP nominee getting the keys to the White House (<= note how I strained to avoid using the word “winning”).
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Let’s put the first puzzle piece in place and answer the question:
Has any 3rd party presidential candidate ever won any electoral votes?
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