My question is do we really think he can win? I know it matters whom each party selects but we haven't seen a third party take an electoral vote since George Wallace and Strom Thurmond ran on segregationalist platforms, a much more polarizing issue than anything in this election.
Third parties have always run the strongest when they have a single polarizing issue to get behind. Maybe this will be different b/c with Bloomberg's bankroll he can match what either party will spend on the general election if not top it.
I hope he runs and is successful, I'm just not sure if this is a good election for a third party candidate, especially with everyone jumping on the "change" bandwagon now. It will be much harder for him to position himself as the outsider if everyone else is trying to do the exact same thing.
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