“In fact, absent a well-known candidate (like Perot, Anderson, LaFollette and Roosevelt) no third party ever gets much more than 2% of the vote.”
John Anderson in 1980 received 7%
Reread the sentence of mine that you posted.
Sorry, kicking myself now...
I must have looked at what you wrote half a dozen times, at least!
Oh well, its good practice for screwing up and I’m bound to need the experience.