For a time, the voting public’s extraordinary, historic dislike of this year’s two major party presidential hopefuls propelled Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson to previously unseen heights. As late as mid-September, Johnson was polling at 9.2 percent — stratospheric for a party that’s never cracked 2 percent in a presidential election.

The Libertarian ticket has come back to earth in the weeks since, the result of voters drifting back to the major parties with the election nearing and a string of embarrassing blunders on the part of Johnson (forgetting what Aleppo is, finding himself unable to name a single foreign leader, inexplicably hanging his tongue out while answering an interview question). Johnson’s support is now less than half of what it was at its peak.

Yet for some attracted to Bernie Sanders’s insurgent campaign, Johnson retains some appeal. In addition to his anti-establishment sheen, Johnson espouses some policy positions in line with the Left’s goals.