Quote:LOL, well, you're not paying attention then...  Which is understandable because you are not a member of the democratic party.  But your analysis is shoddy on this one...

 

Biden and Hillary go after the same Washington-insider-class-type voter.  Bernie is on the outside of that and is getting a whole different group of voters.  Let me simplify it for you...  If Trump ran 3rd Party against a Democratic candidate and a Republican, who would it benefit and who would it hurt in terms of siphoning off votes?

 

I agree with you that Biden and Hillary go after the same voting bloc.  I also think that someone like Elizabeth Warren would get support from the very same people that support Bernie Sanders (the far left) gets.

 

There is no question that if Trump ran as an independent 3rd party candidate at this time he would cause damage to both republicans and democrats.  The question is, as you asked, which party would it benefit and which party would it hurt?  My feeling is that it depends on who wins the eventual republican nomination.

 

I also think that once the campaigns really start ramping up, support for Trump is going to fall, especially when it comes to the republican nomination.

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