[scarface367]

Conservatives, libertarians, and independents would all unite behind the 3rd-party candidate.

And your facts to back this up would be...

Wishful thinking without understanding political reality gets you nowhere. The truth is that either the Republican or Democrat will win the presidential election. A third party run by a conservative would only work to elect the Democrat. Now if you actually have facts to support your claim, by all means let us see them.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Wrong, wrong, wrong. Conservatives won't vote for Rudy because of his social liberalism. Libertarians won't vote for him because of his authoritarianism. Independents will break 3rd party as Rudy and Hillary's views are identical except for the war.

No facts needed, it's pure common-sense. Liberals aren't going to vote for Rudy - they'll just shrug and vote for Hillary. Rudy would be 3rd in a three-way race.