Dems Are Beginning to Worry That One Man Could Spoil Biden’s 2024 Bid
Democratic strategists are growing concerned that Dr. Cornel West, a philosophy professor and media personality, could threaten President Joe Biden’s path to reelection by running under the Green Party.
Biden’s supporters are pointing to former Green Party nominee Jill Stein’s 2016 campaign, which some have blamed for Hillary Clinton’s narrow loss, as a cautionary tale about third party “spoiler” candidates, according to The Hill. While some strategists believe Biden’s campaign is safe from the third party threat because of its openness to more left-wing ideas, others fret that West could pull enough votes from Biden to cost him reelection.
“Get them in a f***ing room and ask what they want and include it in the platform,” one Democratic campaign strategist said, according to The Hill. “I think [progressives will] be happy if he moves Biden[’s] rhetoric left.”
In 2016, the Green Party played an outsized role in tipping the election to Donald Trump.
Now, with Cornel West as their likely nominee, they could easily do it again.
Risky business,— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) July 7, 2023
“This is not the time in order to experiment. This is not the time to play around on the margins,” DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison said, according to the outlet.
In 2016 Stein won more votes than former President Donald Trump’s victory margin in several key states, though it’s unclear whether her supporters would have voted for Clinton if Stein weren’t on the ballot. (Read more from “Dems Are Beginning to Worry That One Man Could Spoil Biden’s 2024 Bid” HERE)
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