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Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout
While it would be state by state, I started checking the 1948 election where the Dixiecrats carried several deep south states. One was with 32% or so.
Then I checked 2020 and not all states had 50%+1. Looks like it's a winner takes all, regardless of the winner having a majority of total votes.
Thus Trump would likely render GOP unelectable if he ran as an independent.
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You may be right. I couldn't find clear language written everywhere and saw some mention of elector being bound to the majority in states where they are bound.
If you have red states that went 40 Biden/35 Trump/25 Desantis, then I have no doubt the electoral college would be a #### show!
I imagine an election with a 3rd candidate getting into the 30% range would end up taking a year to resolve.
I guess the bottom line is that Trump enjoys knowing he has leverage of a nuclear 3rd party threat and will certainly use that if things start going badly for him.