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Can Gary Johnson win the presidency in 2016?
Interesting. What about the electoral college? How does that affect the chances of third-party candidates?
The electoral college can make it difficult for third-party candidates to win the presidency because the candidate needs to win a majority of the electoral college votes, rather than just a plurality of popular votes. This means that a third-party candidate would need to win several states outright in order to have any chance of winning the presidency.