On June 3, Mason-Dixon released a poll for president in Florida. The results: Hillary Clinton 45%, Donald Trump 42%, Gary Johnson 6%, undecided 7%. Thanks to Clifford Thies for the link.
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Although the Independent Party of Oregon had a government-administered presidential primary last month, that primary will not determine whom the party nominates. The party will choose its nominee in July, with a mail ballot to all its registered members. Instant runoff voting will be used. Oregon permits fusion, so the party is free to nominate someone who is also the nominee of another party.
See this article. The article says the party would not be free to nominate someone who sought the nomination of a major party and lost the presidential primary, but based on precedent, that is not correct. In 1980 John Anderson ran in the Oregon Republican presidential primary and was still permitted to be listed in November as an independent candidate. However, it is unlikely that anyone who ran in the Democratic or Republican presidential primary in Oregon would want to be listed on the November ballot as the Independent Party’s nominee in any event.
David Harshbargr, a former Democratic nominee for Governor of Massachusetts and the former Attorney General of that state has joined the United Independent Party. See this story.
The Hill has this piece by Jill Stein, on general election presidential debates.
On June 2, the government of Canada, which is controlled by the Liberal Party, agreed with Canada’s other parties that a new commission to study instant runoff voting and proportional representation should itself be composed proportionally. Previously the government insisted that a majority of the members be Liberals. See this story.