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Originally Posted by AynMisesLibertarian
(The Constitution states that the HoR will decide between the top 3 Presidential candidates.)
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That's the top three
electoral vote recipients. To garner electoral votes one must win the popular vote in one or more states. The last third-party candidate to get any electoral votes was George Wallace in 1968. Before that it was Strom Thurmond in 1948. Unless Johnson supports using the full weight and power of government to keep the coloreds from pestering decedent, law-abiding white folk - and he wouldn't be much of a libertarian if he did - he's not getting any electoral votes.
Of course, Johnson did win two statewide election in New Mexico, but he did that as a Republican. Running as the Libertarian candidate for president in 2012 he got less than 4% of the popular vote.
Electoral college and House of Representatives fantasy scenarios make good clown punching material for political wonks, but that's about it.