as the washington post points out, quote, almost immediately, reactions began pouring in at a furious clip, noting some on the left fumed that a schultz run would split the anti-trump vote, essentially handing the incombt the election. it reenited a perennial debate, how much do third parties actually influence elections. it s a complicated question because there s no way to definitively know how a third party voter would have voted if they could only choose between a democrat and republican. however, in a key 2016 swing states of michigan, wivlg whisk, and pennsylvania, green party candidate jill stein won a larger number of votes than clinton lost to trump by. so if all those stein votes or even some of them had gone to clinton, she would have won the presidential election. and catch this. in the year 2000, al gore lost florida to george w. bush by 537 votes, by some counts, but green party candidate ralph nader got more than 90,000 votes in
we have about 30 more seconds. president trump: i m just honored because no matter where i go, it s the same way. it s not like just in ohio or justin indiana or just here in missouri, i m so honored by it. there is something going on and it reminds me of dougal years ago where i knew something was going on and you knew it and people who are with us knew at that they were looking at each other. i will never forget to go reporters looking at each other making a speech with 32,000 people and they were going, that was a great time and i think that s going to be a great time. sean: election day, you are going to get bad news 5:15 that afternoon, lost florida, north carolina, pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin. and you won them all. polls don t mean anything. president trump: when they counted the actual votes, we won very easily.
hillary clinton. and those saying i want something new, looking at gary johnson, jill stein. i covered the bill clinton white house. a great deal of dysfunction between the vice president many job, al gore and first lady s job. hillary clinton had health care a big portfolio, traveled the world. al gore didn t like that. bygones are bygones. let s remember what s at stake. i m running against a guy who denies science, denies climate change, says it s a hoax created by the chinese! your vote really, really, really counts. a lot. you you can consider me as an exhibit a of that group. the crowd was chanting at one point, you won, you won, to al gore. you know, some people still debate that, but al gore lost florida, pretty big state, by
270 electoral votes. does not become president. al gore would. if you are wondering what adds up r up, with that message for voters, why are democrats worried about history repeating itself? hillary clinton with a healthy lead with millennials and young voters. 20% of millennial voters are opting for a third party choice. that s one of the reason al gore lost florida. the green party candidate was on the ballot and got 90,000 voter. without him, gore probably wins florida. do young voter who is would otherwise take clinton over trump opt for a third party candidate? that is why they have al gore sounding the alarm. sounding a warning bell for voters. they do not make the same decision you made 16 years ago