Albert R. Hunt, Columnist

Libertarians Could Hurt Somebody. But Who?

It's a good year for a third party to siphon votes from unpopular Republican and Democratic candidates.

May 31, 2016 at 4:04 PM UTC

Albert R. Hunt is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He was the executive editor of Bloomberg News, before which he was a reporter, bureau chief and executive Washington editor at the Wall Street Journal.

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Gary Johnson and Bill Weld may be the Ralph Naders of 2016, though it's not clear whether the casualty would be Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton.

Johnson and Weld, former Republican Governors, were tapped last weekend as the Libertarian candidates for president and vice president. This party has never received even 1 percent of the vote in a presidential election.