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Originally Posted by getbak
In the last 50 years, McGovern's 37.5% in 1972 and Bush's 37.4% in 1992 are the lowest percentages of the popular vote received by the two parties' candidates.
In today's environment, 45% is probably the low mark for either party. Right now, Trump is at 47.3%.
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In fairness to Bush, Perot took 19% of the vote. Perot likely took a big bite out of what Bush would have recieved.
Make you wonder what this election would have looked like if there was a strong (for a) third party candidate from the right (or at all).
Imagine if Bloomberg just ran as an independent/third party.
The drawback of the US system is that it's binary. Status Quo or Commuisim? Fascism or America?