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The Democratic nominee is Hillary Clinton. The Republican nominee is Donald Trump. The third candidate can be any number of possibilities: Jim Webb, Mike Bloomberg, Mark Cuban, Angus King, or an independent Republican ticket put up in opposition to Trump, such as Mitt Romney or Paul Ryan or Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio. However, since it’s my personal preference, in this scenario we’ll posit that it is Gary Johnson, former Governor of New Mexico, as the Libertarian nominee. The same basic premise can be played out with any of them.

Gary Johnson would have to do better than the .99% he got nationally and 3.55% he got in his best state (New Mexico) last time.

And Mark Cuban? What's the state he'll carry? And c'mon, he's supposed to be some kind of altenative to Donald Trump? More like a twin brother from another mother.

[Paleo Conservative]

Gary Johnson would have to do better than the .99% he got nationally and 3.55% he got in his best state (New Mexico) last time.

And Mark Cuban? What's the state he'll carry? And c'mon, he's supposed to be some kind of altenative to Donald Trump? More like a twin brother from another mother.

Has there ever been a presidential race before between two major party candidates where the candidates both have over 50% unfavorability ratings? Trump has about a 60% unfavorability rating. That's yuge!

In Utah which is the most Republican state in the union, voters would rather vote for Hillary than Trump. Gary Johnson might appeal to people who don't like Trump but can't stomach Hillary as president either. Colorado which has legalized marijuana isn't very fond of Hillary. Bernie won almost 60% in the Colorado Democrat caucuses.

[KC Burke]