Bloomberg: ‘No way an independent can win’ in 2020

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Bloomberg: ‘No way an independent can win’ in 2020
By Lisa Hagen - 01/28/19 01:19 PM EST

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who’s considering a presidential bid in 2020, said that there’s “no way” an independent candidate can defeat President Trump.

Bloomberg, a former independent who recently re-registered as a Democrat, said in a Monday statement that it was “no secret” he’d been exploring an independent run. But he argued that the data backs up that it’d be very difficult for an independent to win and ultimately help Trump get reelected.

“Given the strong pull of partisanship and the realities of the electoral college system, there is no way an independent can win. That is truer today than ever before,” Bloomberg said in a Monday statement.

“In 2020, the great likelihood is that an independent would just split the anti-Trump vote and end up re-electing the President. That's a risk I refused to run in 2016 and we can't afford to run it now.”

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[libertybele]

I bet he thought that there would be no way Trump would win either.

[jmyrlefuller]

After seeing how much McMullin, with virtually no money and an outright lousy campaign, was able to pull in Utah, I'm convinced there is a third-party path. You won't be able to compete nationwide, but it would have to be targeted at specific states overlooked by the major parties as "safe."

With 22 billion dollars, Bloomberg could pull something like that off... but the problem is, nobody really likes him.

[libertybele]

After seeing how much McMullin, with virtually no money and an outright lousy campaign, was able to pull in Utah, I'm convinced there is a third-party path. You won't be able to compete nationwide, but it would have to be targeted at specific states overlooked by the major parties as "safe."

With 22 billion dollars, Bloomberg could pull something like that off... but the problem is, nobody really likes him.

I've mentioned it before.  If there were a mass exodus of conservatives to the Constitution Party, I'd think they'd have a chance.  Unfortunately, I received an e-mail from some within that party that wants to reform the Constitution Party so that it is more acceptable to the average Joe Voter.  I gave them my two cents.  They would only be repeating the mistakes of the GOP who moved left in order to appease more voters.  How's that working out for them?

[240B]

I like the idea of an Independent Party run. I want as many Parties as possible running. The people who support Trump will not defect. However, the Left is not really married to any candidate.

There will be 50+ people competing for the Democrat nomination. This is great because it will cause massive division and chaos on the Left. Add to that multiple Leftist Parties trying to grab a piece of the pie, and Trump will win again, if he decides to run.

With so much screaming, treachery, sabotage, and treason, coming from the Left over Trump's win, it is very possible that he may decide that it would be better for him to step down rather than have the Left continue their blatant destruction of the economy, the American Judicial System, and the United States in general just to get at him.

We shall see.

[austingirl]

Michael, don't you go discouraging Howie from his run as an independent.

[Smokin Joe]

After seeing how much McMullin, with virtually no money and an outright lousy campaign, was able to pull in Utah, I'm convinced there is a third-party path. You won't be able to compete nationwide, but it would have to be targeted at specific states overlooked by the major parties as "safe."

With 22 billion dollars, Bloomberg could pull something like that off... but the problem is, nobody really likes him.

I wouldn't want thee man who has campaigned against and funded campaigns against the RKBA as POTUS. Bloomberg is about as rabidly anti-gun as they come.