<p>The Hill columnist and Fox News analyst <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/juan-williams/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Juan Williams</a> threw his analysis behind failed presidential candidate <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/evan-mcmullin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Evan McMullin</a>, arguing that the independent Senate candidate could win against incumbent Senator <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-lee/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Lee</a> (R-UT) — because of &#8220;Star Wars.&#8221;</p>
<p>Williams laid out the case for McMullin — and for a viable third party in general — in a <a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/3660943-juan-williams-an-odd-race-in-utah-gives-hope-to-the-nation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">column</a> published by The Hill on Monday. He noted that the race was certainly a long shot, especially for a third-party candidate, and compared it to the final scene of &#8220;Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.&#8221; McMullin, he said, was no different from Luke Skywalker attempting to take out the Death Star.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">What makes <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Utah?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Utah</a> significant is that <a href="https://twitter.com/EvanMcMullin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EvanMcMullin</a>  win potentially opens a new way for politicians to get out of the rut of polarized, do-nothing, two-party politics. Think of Evan as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars trying to blow up the Empire’s starship. <a href="https://t.co/4ZQ2yBctQF">https://t.co/4ZQ2yBctQF</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Juan Williams (@TheJuanWilliams) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheJuanWilliams/status/1574864969304346624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Williams&#8217; column, titled &#8220;An odd race in Utah gives hope to the nation,&#8221; opened with the fact that only eight independent U.S. Senators have been elected since 1971 — and noted that the Utah race is just strange enough to possibly deliver a ninth.</p>
<p>Dubbed &#8220;the strangest Senate race in America&#8221; by Politico, the Utah Senate race features an incumbent Republican (Lee), no Democrat, and McMullin running as an independent. McMullin has the support of some Utah Democrats in this contest.</p>
<p>&#8220;What takes it beyond strange to significant is that a McMullin win potentially opens a new way for politicians to get out of the rut of polarized, do-nothing, two-party politics,&#8221; Williams opined. &#8220;Think of McMullin as Luke Skywalker, the rebel pilot in Star Wars, trying to blow up the Empire’s star ship.&#8221;</p>
<p>Williams went on to note that American voters have often said that they would like to see a viable <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/329639/support-third-political-party-high-point.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">third-party</a> option — but that when it came time to vote, nothing changed.</p>
<p>&#8220;Last year, 62 percent of voters told Gallup they want a third-party alternative to the Republicans and Democrats. Those numbers mean McMullin is an underdog in the right place at the right time to benefit from widespread discontent,&#8221; Williams explained, adding, &#8220;In other words, to continue the Star Wars analogy, a lot of people well beyond Utah’s corners are hoping &#8216;The Force&#8217; is with McMullin.&#8221;</p>
<p>According to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mike-lee-narrowly-leads-evan-mcmullin-utah-senate-race-poll-2022-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recent polling</a>, Lee still holds a slight lead over McMullin — 36%-34% — but another 16% of those polled said that they had not yet made a decision about the race.</p>
<p><em>A previous version of this article incorrectly stated McMullin ran as a Republican in 2016. He ran as an Independent. </em></p>

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