POTUS Election thread

[Montmorency]

Seriously, stop babbling about Johnson/Stein policy platforms as though that has meaning for the political process in either principle or action.

[HopAlongBunny]

Largely agree.
It can have a significant effect though in dividing the vote.
Progressives who cannot stomach Hillary may well expend their votes for Stein; effectively helping Trump.
Johnson may draw protest votes from Trump and Hillary camps; Hillary would be the net loser I think; Trump base is largely a personality cult phenom.
Just my musings; I'm sure the number crunchers have examined the possible effects, who knows, maybe Trump is financing Stein.

[AE Bravo]

Largely agree.
It can have a significant effect though in dividing the vote.
Progressives who cannot stomach Hillary may well expend their votes for Stein; effectively helping Trump.
Johnson may draw protest votes from Trump and Hillary camps; Hillary would be the net loser I think; Trump base is largely a personality cult phenom.
Just my musings; I'm sure the number crunchers have examined the possible effects, who knows, maybe Trump is financing Stein.

It turns out this widespread theory is wrong now that the numbers have been crunched. If she loses it's entirely on her and her campaign.