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bearsfootball516

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1. Here are a few numbers

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Original post)

Thu Dec 21, 2017, 02:00 PM

Dec 2017

In Michigan, Trump defeated Clinton by roughly 11,000 votes.

In Michigan, Gary Johnson, Jill Stein and other third party candidates received about 250,000 votes.

By comparison, third party candidates received about 50,000 votes in Michigan in 2012.

In Wisconsin, Trump defeated Clinton by about 23,000 votes.

In Wisconsin, Johnson, Stein and other 3rd party candidates received a little less than 200,000 votes.

The trend continues in Pennsylvania, Ohio, etc.

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Concerning the "protest votes" that I keep hearing [View all] Ferrets are Cool Dec 2017 OP

Here are a few numbers bearsfootball516 Dec 2017 #1

But this is my legitimate question.... Ferrets are Cool Dec 2017 #3

There's no real way to tell exactly how many are protest votes bearsfootball516 Dec 2017 #4

The idea it gives me is that the election was Ferrets are Cool Dec 2017 #5

There is no question that LIV's going third party hurt. NCTraveler Dec 2017 #2