Could Democrat Hillary Clinton Play Spoiler In November?

The Democratic ticket is running surprisingly strong this election season, and threatens to pull enough support from Johnson to ensure a Trump victory.

Josiah Tullis
My Take
2 min readOct 5, 2016

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Source: The Atlantic

Despite her overwhelming lack of popularity and perception as untrustworthy Hillary Clinton seems to be gaining traction in this year’s presidential election. To anyone who was sure Johnson would win in an unopposed Johnson-Trump fight, Clinton is polling high enough with certain “principled” voters to threatens to spoil Johnson victory. Clinton’s campaign is siphoning votes away from popular two-term governor and Libertarian Party Nominee Gary Johnson. If she performs well-enough, she could steal enough of Johnson’s support to ensure a Trump victory. For voters looking to defeat Donald Trump in November, rallying behind Gary Johnson is even more of an imperative.

Though most voters admit that they don’t fully align with Clinton’s policies, she is seen as better at pop-quiz trivia questions– an issue that many voters are putting at the forefront this election season.

In direct response to Clinton’s growing popularity and the threat it poses, liberal groups are passing around embarrassing videos of Clinton and running ads against her.

In case you didn’t get it, this post is meant as satire to mock the countless articles claiming Johnson will spoil a Clinton victory.

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