{"id":2327273,"date":"2024-08-20T04:29:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T08:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-united-about-third-party-candidates-ahead-of-dnc-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-20T04:32:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T08:32:30","slug":"democrats-united-about-third-party-candidates-ahead-of-dnc-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-united-about-third-party-candidates-ahead-of-dnc-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats united about third-party candidates ahead of DNC- Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-united-about-third-party-candidates-ahead-of-dnc-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2327273&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>At a recent \u2062Democratic National Convention in Chicago, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-communist-party-database-leaks-proves-party-members-have-infiltrated-foreign-governments-and-major-companies\/\" title=\"Chinese Communist Party Database Leaks, Proves Party Members Have Infiltrated Foreign Governments and Major Companies\">party members<\/a> expressed confidence that third-party candidates, such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Dr. Jill\u200b Stein, and Cornel\u200b West, do not pose \u2062a significant threat to Vice President Kamala \u200dHarris&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">presidential campaign<\/a>. Delegates argued that their focus should be on rallying voters to support the party, with\u2062 figures like Daniele Monroe-Moreno of the Nevada Democratic Party\u200b emphasizing the importance of \u200bengaging with constituents to\u200b convey the party&#8217;s message. <\/p>\n<p>While some candidates have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-labels-no-cash-third-party-ballot-access-group-raised-zero-dollars-in-first-six-months-of-2023\/\" title=\"Third-party ballot access group raised no funds in first half of 2023.\">gained ballot access<\/a> in states like Nevada, enthusiasm for third-party options appears to have waned, as many voters are now more interested \u200cin Harris and see her as a viable alternative to \u2062both\u2062 Biden and former\u2062 President\u200b Trump.\u200c However, dissent \u2062within the party exists, particularly among pro-Palestinian protesters who \u2062indicate they will\u200c not support Harris due to\u200d dissatisfaction with \u200dthe Biden administration&#8217;s policies on the \u2062Israel-Hamas conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the lack of widespread concern, some \u2064third-party candidates, \u200dparticularly Stein, claim that Democrats are \u2062still fearful of their potential impact. Kennedy&#8217;s campaign, though garnering low polling numbers, continued\u2064 to distribute campaign\u2063 materials at the \u2062convention. there is a prevailing sentiment\u2064 among \u200bDemocrats \u200dthat third-party candidates are unlikely to significantly disrupt the election outcome.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democrats united in dismissing threat from third-party candidates<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1712504\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>CHICAGO &mdash; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democrats<\/a> remain mostly confident that the handful of third<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abandon-biden-rebrands-into-abandon-harris-at-dnc-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Abandon Biden rebrands into Abandon Harris at DNC - Washington Examiner\">-party candidates running<\/a> in the presidential campaign poses little threat to Vice Presidential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a>&rsquo;s bid.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-national-convention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democratic National Convention<\/a>, party members and delegates remained united in saying that third-party candidates, such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Dr. Jill Stein, and Cornel West, were no longer a significant threat to the party.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t fear them. There&rsquo;s that saying you either run unopposed or you run scared,&rdquo; said Daniele Monroe-Moreno, chairwoman of the Nevada Democratic Party, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-carolina-democrats-tout-kamala-harris-visit-as-proof-state-is-in-play-in-2024\/\" title=\"NC Dems see Kamala Harris visit as evidence state is competitive in 2024\">top battleground state<\/a>. &ldquo;And it&rsquo;s our job as a party and our volunteers and my team just get the vote out and tell our story about the work that we have been doing, both at the national level and the state level, to make sure that people understand how they&rsquo;re voting and what that vote means.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No, absolutely not. I think it&rsquo;s not that they&rsquo;re irrelevant, they certainly serve purpose, but no, we will get enough votes with them or without them,&rdquo; added Gov. Tony Evers (D-WI)<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Nevada elections officials <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/robert-f-kennedy-jr-nevada-ballot-49d883fd272305050a7053bd4359e0cb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>verified enough ballot signatures<\/a> for Kennedy, the most formidable of the third-party candidates, to appear on the ballot. A week ago, Stein&rsquo;s Green Party was allowed to appear on Nevada&rsquo;s ballot, according to a state judge ruling who rejected a state Democratic challenge.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But Democrats are no longer panicking that third parties could throw the election to the GOP.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When President Joe Biden remained atop the Democratic ticket, party members formed groups and super PACs aimed at blocking the famous Kennedy member from gaining access to state ballots, citing fears of a repeat of 2016, when Stein siphoned votes from Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>But with excitement over Harris&rsquo;s campaign, enthusiasm for third-party candidates has decreased, as voters now have an option to vote for someone besides Biden and former President Donald Trump.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t hear too much fear about that. I guess we have such a negative opinion of Kennedy, I don&rsquo;t know that anybody takes them seriously,&rdquo; added Linda Norton, a 75-year-old Wisconsin delegate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m pretty confident that our candidate, she is just amazing, and that we are fighting together. And I don&rsquo;t feel that in Michigan it&rsquo;s an issue as much,&rdquo; said Aileen Pettinger, a Michigan delegate from Saginaw.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, pro-Palestinian protesters were adamant they wouldn&rsquo;t vote for Harris, due to the Biden administration&rsquo;s inability to impose a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.&nbsp;They continue to disrupt Democratic events, including the convention, claiming they won&rsquo;t stop until a ceasefire is reached and U.S. funding to Israel ends.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What I can say is that there&rsquo;s there are ways for my vote to have an impact, and one of them is for me to vote for Jill Stein, instead of being pressured by the apparatus of the Democratic Party that I have to vote for her or I&rsquo;m voting for fascism,&rdquo; said Sarah Bechdel, a 35-year-old Chicago resident.<\/p>\n<p>Stein told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that Democrats still fear her campaign before she addressed an Abandon Harris press conference Monday afternoon. &ldquo;Well, they announced back in March they were trying to do me, off the ballot, which they&rsquo;ve been trying to do. We are locked in the legal battle in many places around the country,&rdquo; said Stein. &ldquo;So yes, I think they are very afraid.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Kennedy&rsquo;s campaign passed out campaign buttons encouraging Democrats to vote for his presidential bid during the DNC. But he is currently polling at just 4.5% in a five-way matchup against Harris, Trump, Stein, and West, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/trump-vs-harris-vs-kennedy-vs-stein-vs-west\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>RealClearPolitics<\/em><\/a>. Stein polls at just 1% and West polls at 0.4%.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">First signs of RFK Jr counterprogramming at the DNC near McCormick Place.<\/p>\n<p>Bus driver is tossing out Kennedy pins to pedestrians. Pin reads &ldquo;The remedy is Kennedy.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jyXeO2apIB\">pic.twitter.com\/jyXeO2apIB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hailey Bullis (@HaileyBullis1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HaileyBullis1\/status\/1825562241086968207?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>West also attended and spoke at the Abandon Harris conference, where he implored voters to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people by bucking the two-party system.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll raise our voices, as long as we have vocal cords, because that&rsquo;s what it means to be a decent human being, some sense of integrity and honesty and decency and courage,&rdquo; West said before more protests commenced ahead of the DNC. &ldquo;And when we look at our politicians, we see accommodation to Empire, accommodation of organized greed, the cowardly, conformist, complacent. We shatter that cowardliness. We shatter that complacency. We shatter that accommodation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1712504\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1712504\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats are largely unconcerned about the impact of third-party candidates on Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s presidential campaign. During the Democratic National Convention, party members expressed a consensus that figures like Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Dr. Jill Stein, and Cornel West do not pose a significant risk to their chances. Daniele Monroe-Moreno, chair of the Nevada Democratic Party, stated, &#8220;I don\u2019t fear them,&#8221; emphasizing that it is their responsibility to mobilize voters and communicate their achievements at both national and state levels.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Tony Evers (D-WI) echoed this sentiment, asserting that while third-party candidates have a role, they believe they can secure enough votes regardless of their presence. Recently verified ballot signatures in Nevada have allowed Kennedy to appear on the ballot as one of the more prominent third-party contenders; Stein\u2019s Green Party has also gained access following a court ruling against a Democratic challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Despite initial concerns about potential vote-splitting reminiscent of 2016\u2014when Stein drew votes away from Hillary Clinton\u2014enthusiasm for Harris&#8217;s campaign seems to be diminishing fears regarding third parties&#8217; influence on the election outcome. Linda Norton, a delegate from Wisconsin, noted that many view Kennedy unfavorably and do not take him seriously as a contender.<\/p>\n<p>However, some pro-Palestinian activists have declared they will not support Harris due to dissatisfaction with Biden&#8217;s handling of conflicts in Israel and Hamas. They continue to disrupt Democratic events until certain demands are met. Sarah Bechdel from Chicago expressed her intention to vote for Jill Stein instead of feeling pressured by party loyalty.<\/p>\n<p>Stein herself claimed Democrats still perceive her candidacy as threatening and mentioned ongoing legal battles over ballot access initiated by party officials who wish to exclude her from ballots across various states.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Kennedy\u2019s campaign was actively promoting his candidacy during the DNC with buttons encouraging Democrats to support him; however, he currently polls at only 4.5% in hypothetical matchups against Harris and other candidates according to RealClearPolitics data.<\/p>\n<p>Cornel West also participated in an event advocating for Palestinian solidarity while criticizing mainstream political complacency regarding systemic issues within American politics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2327274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24160564977109-1.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3685,7705,37387,38644,32076],"class_list":["post-2327273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democrats","tag-dnc","tag-political-unity","tag-third-party-candidates","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24160564977109-1.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2327273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2327274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2327273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2327273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2327273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}