PhotoGary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate for president, may be on track to win more votes than any third-party candidate in 20 years, if current polling holds up. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThirteen percent of Mr. Johnson’s backers are black or Latino, compared with just 6 percent for Mr. Trump. More than six in 10 Americans view the Republican Party unfavorably, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll from July. Originally an entrepreneur, Mr. Johnson has cast himself as an alternative to Mr. Trump by focusing on reducing the size of the government while embracing a hands-off approach to social issues. Mr. Johnson is currently nowhere near where Mr. Perot was in 1992, when he briefly led both Bill Clinton and George Bush in the polls.

Source: New York Times September 05, 2016 00:00 UTC