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Agnosticsherbet

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6. With the Libertarian ticket polling at 10% it is impossible to poll, at this time, the election

Reply to Purveyor (Reply #3)

Wed Jun 1, 2016, 12:42 PM

Jun 2016

result.

In 2012, Libertarians took 1% of the vote. So if the electorate remains roughly the same, the source of that extra 9% is critical.

If Libertarians tend to pull in the progressive left, Trump could win in a landslide.

If Libertarians pull in pull in Corporate Conservatives, Clinton or Sanders would take it in a landslide.

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