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Trump's threat of a third-party run is undercut by 'sore loser' laws
Summary by Ground News
Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas, as well as Arkansas and Alabama, have laws that bar a candidate defeated in a major-party primary from running as an independent or on a third-party ticket in the general election. That would put Trump at the general-election starting gate with a deficit of 91 electoral votes of the 270 required to capture the White House. A third major candidate on a presidential ballot poses problems for the Republican or Democratic parties, which dominate U.S. politics.