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1992: Democratic […]William J. Clinton Albert Gore, Jr. 370 68.8% 44,909,326 43.0% Republican George Bush Dan Quayle 168 31.2% 39,103,882 37.4% Independent H. Ross Perot James Stockdale 0 0% 19,741,657 18.9% 2000: Republican […]George W. Bush Richard Cheney 271 50.4% 50,455,156 47.9% Democratic Albert Gore, Jr. Joseph Lieberman 266 49.4% 50,992,335 48.4% Green Ralph Nader Winona LaDuke 0 0% 2,882,738 2.7% 2016*: Democratic Hillary Clinton Tim Kaine 232 43.1% 65,788,564 48.2% Republican election party winner Donald Trump Mike Pence 306 56.9% 62,955,340 46.2% Libertarian Gary Johnson William Weld 0 -- 4,487,570 3.3% Green Jill Stein Ajamu Baraka 0 -- 1,448,603 1.1% https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/elections/1992 *this doesn’t capture the wreckage wrought by Bernie Sanders. I found one state that happened to have results near the top: over 9,000 people really looked at Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump and believed the lie that they were the same thing and would yield the same results and wrote in Bernie Sanders. It did not change the fact that Clinton won that state, but across the country how many states did people making similar decisions, or even abstaining from voting altogether, change the outcome? She won the popular vote. https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/politics/2016/12/30/write-in-presidential-votes-in-ri-clear-choice-was-bernie-sanders/22938002007/ |
The partisanship cannot be taken out of politics, no matter how many stupid no labels this, third way that movements arise. Is it basically just a group of people who are too embarrassed to admit they are Republicans? Not sure. |
So? What does any of that prove? None of that matters. The possibility always exists for a successful third party. Whether it is 2024 or sometime later. |
Success for this third party is having the Republican win. Doubt 2024 will be the year for that. Maybe next time |
Dear centrist republicans,
Fix your party. We didn’t break it, so we ain’t buying it. Sincerely, Everybody else |
Sorry, cheering more for a liberal, Andrew Yang, Forward Party to grow over the next few cycles and maybe have a good candidate at federal level in 2028/32 but support third parties in general. So I hope that a No Labels party gains some traction and shake things up. |
You are sorry. |
How do 3rd parties shake things up other than helping with the republican or the democrat get elected? Please give an example of any other outcome? |
As someone who wants nothing more than for Trump to never serve in a public service role again, I feel obligated to help you with this explanation. Biden became the overwhelming favorite to win the Democratic nomination in 2020 soon after officially announcing his intent to run in April of 2019. The polling data average for a head to head match-up with Trump had Biden leading by double digit margins for most of 2019 and some of 2020. By election day, that polling average margin of victory for Biden was 8%. The 2020 election rendered a margin of 4.5% with Biden being the victor. The election results indicated Trump performing more favorably on election day relative to the polling data. The same applied for Trump in the 2016 election. Currently, the polling data for a Trump vs Biden rematch in 2024 is much closer with unfortunately Trump being ahead by a slight margin in most polls. These current polling figures and the 2019/2020 polling figures are derived from the same mainstream polling sources. We were all quick to jump on board with Biden in 2019 due to the perception that he had the best chance of beating Trump in 2020 and consequently we were rewarded with a victory over Trump. Applying that same data supported logic to the 2024 election, anyone who truly doesn't want to see Trump in office again needs to come to grips with the fact that Biden is not the overwhelming favorite to beat Trump that he was in 2019/2020. He is actually an underdog at this point if you factor in the current polling data along with Trump's history of performing better on election day relative to the polling data. Take this info as you may. In my opinion, after considering the factual data mentioned above, I think it would be foolish for those of us that don't want Trump back in office to not be considering alternative candidates; whether they be Democratic candidates or 3rd party candidates. It's a messy situation and I understand the all-in Biden thought process but it's looking less and less likely that Biden is the sure thing to beat Trump. It is what it is. |
All that matters is the voters in a few swing states. |
Yeah, have you noticed that the only names floated for “No Labels” are Democrats? They are clearly just a Republican front group whose only objective is to split the Democratic vote enough to ensure Trump wins the election. I honestly think they will try to recruit RFK Jr after he loses the Dem nomination to Biden. |
It isn’t a third party if they have only a candidate for President and no other candidates or state organizations. That’s just a spoiler campaign. There is no third party movement at all.
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The one or two GOP/No Labels boosters were hoping you didn’t notice that. |
Trump will not be a candidate. |