LOL — somebody should send the 51K that voted for Stein a thank you card — had half her voters flipped for hellery, MI would have been hers... LOL
Had Stein not run, they would simply have voted for some other loon, stayed home, or left the ballot blank.
Those who don't vote major party are making a statement, which would have remained valid in their minds even if Stein per se had not been the choice.
I don’t think you can assume that a majority of Stein votes would’ve gone to hillary. Logic is that most people who didn’t vote for hillary had decided that they didn’t care if she won or not, but couldn’t bring themselves to vote for Trump.