re: #50 Charles Johnson

Republicans will not be split by a third party.

Third parties inevitably hurt Democrats far more than lockstep Republicans.

With the 3rd party a traditional Republican who does not say the quiet part out loud, and the Republican candidate a madman who attempted a coup and stole highly classified documents, it might go differently than you expect. Republicans want to think of themselves as good people while being trash, and Trump only gives them permission to be trash. He does not offer them the illusion of being good people.