A 3rd Party may tip the election in 2016

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8. My point isn't that the Democrats should become Penn Gillette

I used Gillette as an example of the kind of Libertarian who could pull votes from the left. I was using shorthand for a type. The reason I suspect it will be the Libertarian Party that is the likely to become the most viable 3rd Party option in 2016, is because of the issues in which many see no difference between Rs and Ds.

Here's who someone like Gillette potentially pulls from the left.

Atheists
Civil libertarians
Those who want drugs decriminalized
Those who want to make a protest vote, and go with the most visible option
Those for whom the name Penn Gillette has higher favorability ratings than either of the other candidates

How big a percentage is that? I have no idea. How likely is that? At this moment, nothing indicates it is likely at all. I throw this into the "be careful what you wish for" category.