Could Donald Trump Get a Third-Party Win in Texas?

Hey, Texplainer: Would Donald Trump have any chance of winning the presidential vote in Texas if he were to run as a third-party candidate?

Late last week, supporters of business tycoon and Apprentice star Donald Trump filed paperwork in Texas to establish the Make America Great Again Party so that "The Donald" still might be able to run for president here in the Lone Star state.

On Fox and Friends on Monday, Trump said he had nothing to do with the party filing in Texas, but is not ruling out a run for the White House. Trump flirted with a ...

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Comments (13)

January 3, 2012 @ 9:02 a.m.

Kirk Gehman

Does this fool have another book or TV show he is trying to promote? What else could possibly explain this publicity stunt?
January 3, 2012 @ 9:23 a.m.

gypsy314 ne

Any one but Obama!
Remember a vote for a democrat is a vote for Obama and illegal aliens, homosexuals and terrorist.
January 3, 2012 @ 11:03 a.m.

David Starkey

He'd have roughly the same chance as his hairdo would in the Winds of West Texas.
Which, in case you are wondering, can pretty much launch a carrier based aircraft without the wheels having to turn.
January 3, 2012 @ 12:37 p.m.

Sol Hombre

I for one welcome Trump to run. The sideshow that is the republican party right now just about secures this as a slam dunk for Obama. But add something like Trump into the mix, and Obama wins in a landslide.
January 3, 2012 @ 1:39 p.m.

gypsy314 ne

That coin goes two ways too
Anyone but Obama!
Remember a vote for a democrat is a vote for Obama and illegal aliens , homosexuals and terrorist.
January 3, 2012 @ 3:25 p.m.

Rob Turk via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Ugh please keep that nasty hairpiece out of my newsfeed.
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January 3, 2012 @ 3:36 p.m.

Debbie Spencer via Texas Tribune on Facebook

The way politics are here in Texas, the only way he could even get on the ballot is to buy a spot, so I guess he could. If the price is right.
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January 3, 2012 @ 4:02 p.m.

Donald Dickson via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Shall we refer to the members of the Make America Great Again Party as the MAGPIES?
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January 3, 2012 @ 5:02 p.m.

Scott Chase via Texas Tribune on Facebook

not a chance of winning.
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January 3, 2012 @ 7:55 p.m.

Stan Raines via Texas Tribune on Facebook

It'd be good for the Democrats. I don't think the Donald would attract many at all. He might be offended to find he had a Democratic following.
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January 3, 2012 @ 7:57 p.m.

Ronald Shenberger via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Just leave a lot of the Donald's money here. Talk about a poor bet.
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January 4, 2012 @ 12:30 a.m.

Mickey Meader via Texas Tribune on Facebook

Doesn't stand a chance.
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January 10, 2012 @ 2:25 p.m.

tmelinaraab

"The graph also charts the state's transition from blue to red. In 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson, a Texas Democrat, received more than 63 percent of the vote. By 1972, Richard Nixon was the favorite in Texas, earning 66 percent of the vote. From that point forward, the Republican candidates take the winning spot, though not always by such large margins."

Please update to account for the 1976 presidential election--Carter 2,082,319 votes; Ford 1,953,300 votes.