Republican voters consider third party possibility

other in recent memory… could the republican party itself shift or even split? abc-7’s andrew j. polk is live with this story… … you’ll see only on abc-7. andrew? rick and estela, no-one could have predicted the impact and staying power of donald trump before this race started. but his division of even long time republican voters is a serious concern for the party: “he makes me less nervous tha anyone who’s running for democrat.” “well sometimes i feel like he’s too much of a loud mouth.” republican voters are divided on donald trump… and that split has led to rumblings of dissent on the national level. could a separate conservative candidate run become a reality? ” think there’s people that think, that are concerned as to where the party’s going and what they’re doing. and there’s always people that are going to say we disagree with the position of a certain candidate.” e paso county republican chairman adolpho telles says a party split has been discussed at the local level. you have to go back decades and even centuries to find examples of realistic multi-party races in the u.s… but previous parties have come and gone. utep political science professor gregory rocha says with how unpredictable this race has been… a split and separate run isn’t out of the question. “that could very well be. and again, i think it would be the more moderate, long-standing leadership within the party who are – see power getting wrestled away from them.” while local party leadership say they will stand with the eventual nominee, local voters abc-7 spoke with say they’d consider a third party conservative candidate. “yes.” “yes .” . ” of course, one of the other possible outcomes from a conservative split could be an easy democratic win. but there have been rumors of an independent run by a liberal candidate like former new york mayor michael bloomberg as well. the only thing that seems likely is that this race will continue to surprise. rick and estela? our new mexico mobile newsroom is all over dona ana county tonight.