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Johnson wins Libertarian Party presidential nomination

30 May 2016 08:46 (UTC +04:00)

Baku - APA. Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson on Sunday won the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination, getting more than 50 percent of the vote in a field of five.

Johnson, who was heavily favored to win the nomination, won with 55.8 percent of the vote, Fox News reports.

Though the Libertarian candidate is always a long shot to become U.S. president, Johnson in recent polls has double-digit popularity among voters, in a three-way matchup with presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, who each have historically low popularity.

Johnson had also been the Libertarian candidate for president in 2012, but his nomination was far from a cakewalk as the vote had to go to second ballot.