Longshot Theoretical Question: Paul v Hillary

[TomCollins]

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The republican establishment would back a third candidate in order to siphon votes away from Dr. Paul. There by ensuring neither candidate would get the needed 270 electoral votes giving the presidency to Hillary because of the Democratic control of Congress.

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It's not quite this simple. Each state gets 1 vote. I'm not sure how the distribution pans out, especially since Republicans usually do well in a large number of small states, and the Democrats do well in a small number of large states.