But Clinton won just 37.6 percent of the vote, to incumbent President George H.W. Bush’s 35.1 percent. The spoiler was Texas billionaire Ross Perot, who as an Independent candidate received 26 percent of the Montana vote.

Advocates of the two-party system say a vote by dissatisfied partisans for a third-party candidate is a throwaway vote that could decide an election.

“I think that’s the dumbest argument, because I’m voting for the actual proven track record,” Zolnikov said. “The reason we keep getting what we get in politics is because people are always saying, ‘You waste your vote, you’re going to get the worst of two evils.’”

Zolnikov said he wouldn’t be supporting any of the of the other Libertarian candidates running in Montana political races.

Three Libertarian candidates are running for statewide office and six for state Legislature.

Johnson is not recognized as a candidate yet in Montana, according the Secretary of State records. However, the Libertarian Party is a recognized major party in Montana, which means the party merely has to submit Johnson's name. There are no filing fees or signatures required.