JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — In close elections, it doesn`t take much for third-party candidates to play an outsize role — as Democrats learned the hard way in 2016. President Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in Michigan by fewer than 11,000 votes that year while left-leaning Green Party candidate Jill Stein netted over 51,000 and Libertarian Gary Johnson won 172,000. In Wisconsin, Trump won by about 23,000 votes, fewer than Stein`s 32,000. And in Pennsylvania, Stein`s 49,000 votes eclipsed the margin by which Trump defeated Clinton. Victory in those three states catapulted Trump into the White House. As he seeks another term amid a pandemic and sudden Supreme Court vacancy, there are questions...
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