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Right again. It is crucial for American democracy that Trump is not reelected. 2024 is the crunch.

Others more knowledgeable have written it could be America's last democratic election. See again:

Third-party candidates will help Trump win

"Robert F. Kennedy is headed for a breakup with the Democratic Party
Kennedy's expected independent presidential campaign is based on the conspiracy theory that the party has "rigged" the primaries against him."

Kennedy is low enough even to make claims with dollops of Trumpist Trumpism in them.

Robert Reich

If a third-party candidate takes even a small part of the anti-Trump vote away from Biden, Trump is likely to be returned to the White House

Mon 11 Sep 2023 20.21 AEST
Last modified on Tue 12 Sep 2023 02.44 AEST

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Biden has no margin for error. Even a small drop-off from his 2020 anti-Trump vote would make him vulnerable.

Just 44,000 votes out of more than 10m cast in Arizona, Georgia and Wisconsin – less than half of 1% – were the difference .. https://www.npr.org/2020/12/02/940689086/narrow-wins-in-these-key-states-powered-biden-to-the-presidency .. between the Biden presidency and a tie in the electoral college that would have thrown the election to the House of Representatives, and hence to Trump.

If candidates from No Labels, the Green party and the People’s party peel off just 15% of the anti-Trump vote from Biden, and Trump’s base stays with him, Trump would win all five swing states comfortably and return to the Oval Office.

These third parties are urging people to “vote your conscience”, “give the people a real choice” and “not settle for the lesser of two evils”.

If the upcoming election were an ordinary one – pitting a conservative Republican against a liberal Democrat – I’d say the more the merrier. If people want to vote for a third-party candidate, fine.

But the upcoming election isn’t an ordinary one. We’ve already witnessed what Trump has tried to do to remain in power. If he’s re-elected, 2024 could mark America’s last democratic election.

The reality is that any anti-Trump votes these third parties pull away from Biden will only help ensure a Trump victory.

The risk to the future of American democracy is enormous. If No Labels were a legitimate third party rather than a Trump front, it would withdraw from all ballots for the 2024 election, and try again in 2028. If Cornel West and the Green party had positive intentions, they would do the same.

The rest of us must spread the word about what’s at stake.

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