As with Perot, there are plenty of voters who voted third party that would have never voted Dem or GOP. Ever.
But they'll vote for someone else who tells them what they want to hear.
Yet the Dems and GOP treat each vote as something they are entitled to instead of something they have to earn.
I've been told that conservatives are careful to maintain their objectivity, and that they avoid being drawn into blindly partisan positions.
Speaking of the little Texan with the Dumbo ears, I can state with my head held high that I voted for Perot in 1992. Why, you may ask? Was I disgusted enough with GHWB to want the Hillbilly Whore-Hopper dirtying the sheets in the White House?
No, I voted for Perot in 1992 because I live in California and was stupid enough to wait until AFTER WORK to go to the polls. Of course, by that time, the "fifth column" (aka the "Fourth Estate" or the MSM) had long since called the election over that year. So, the Perot vote was a "who cares how I vote, I've just been told I don't matter" vote.
Also remember in 2000, when Dan Rather-not called Florida for Gore WHILE THE POLLS WERE STILL OPEN IN FLORIDA? That came too close to being a self-fulfilling prophesy for my liking.
I guess my point here is that how many Montanan GOPers and others in the Western part of the US were disgusted with the early calling of Congress for Nancy and the Dems to not bother standing in line (probably in the cold weather) to vote, figuring their vote didn't count for much?