2024 Third Party and Independent Candidate General discussion

[Stranger in a strange land]

Surely the 13th completely irrelevant leftist splinter group with negligible ballot access will make a huge impact, even though the first 12 didn't.

I think the argument is that West himself is well-known and therefore might get more votes than some activist nobody has ever heard of, not that the outfits that will promote him are particularly relevant. Nader's campaigns in 2004 and 2008 didn't really leave a trace in terms of organization, but they both at least did better than Hawkins 2020.

Is West really that well-known though? He seems a lot less present in media than he was 5-10 years ago, and the People's Party has always been somewhere between a vanity project by its founders and an irrelevant joke.

[Stranger in a strange land]

Had West run for the Dems I probably would give him my vote. Right now the only reason I’m considering Williamson is more in spite of rather than because of her. I just want a more progressive delegation to the DNC.

edit, maybe not with all the pro-russia BS now. Why the hell are so many leftists garbage on foreign policy

Because their understanding of foreign policy begins and ends with "America Bad".

But in all seriousness, this is a BIG problem I have with DoreKnobs, Marinanne-stans, Krystal Ball fans, and now seemingly Cornell West: if your flagship policies are abandoning Ukraine, opposing vaccine mandates, and holding hands and singing Kumbaya with January 6 Insurrectionists, then I honestly don't care how good you are on other issues. These three are a complete deal-breaker.

[Stranger in a strange land]

This has more Perot potential than the Democrats on here are able to believe. If you told me he got 10% of the vote I wouldn’t be surprised.

If Kennedy wins 10% of the vote, then Joe Biden is winning in a landslide.

Nope little bro

https://twitter.com/iapolls2022/status/1708878614387691774?s=46&t=J_equ31A3o...

How about polls in different STATES? That is what matters.
Why do people bother with national polls when they are not what matters most?

More to the point, there is no way that RFK Jr is getting 14% of the vote nor that he's taking more support from Biden than Trump. At most he might be getting some very soft Biden voters who are looking for an excuse to not vote for him and won't vote for him anyway. This reflects voters being unsatisfied with both Biden and Trump, not any real support for RFK Jr.

[Stranger in a strange land]

“Brother Harlan Crow”
https://twitter.com/cornelwest/status/1715038844129583389?s=46&t=o2RmfeV6yYJ...

lmao
https://twitter.com/cornelwest/status/1715394377671946708?s=46&t=o2RmfeV6yYJ...

Figures that "Brother Harlan Crow", Clarence Thomas's sugar daddy and the cause of the recent Supreme Court Scandal, would bankroll West's candidacy, in much the same way that Texas oilmen donated to Ralph Nader in 2000.

[Stranger in a strange land]

Wait, so did RFK Jr just choose a literal random woman as his running mate, or is she well known in circles that I don't follow?