Don't fall for any third-party baloney. It's the last thing we need in 2024

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Nicholas Goldberg LA Times

I received an email recently from a frustrated reader complaining that the 2024 presidential election was shaping up to be an unsatisfying do-over featuring two familiar and unappealing candidates.

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And if Americans are unhappy with the major party candidates, they have the right to cast protest votes.

But let’s be clear: That’s what this would be — a protest vote. Third-party candidates don’t win. They haven’t in the past and they won’t in 2024.

What they can do is reshape elections if they get enough votes. And in this case there’s a good chance they’d reshape it in Trump’s favor (or Ron DeSantis’ or whoever becomes the Republican candidate).

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nicholas-goldberg-dont-fall-third-100038176.html

[MutantAndProud]

1. Hopefully we will get some Supreme Court justices that...

Balance out the Catholic and evangelical communities as well, Biden’s and the others’ personal religious preferences notwithstanding.

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. The whole purpose of "No Labels" is to get a Republican elected.

Only an idiot would think that they are a legitimate Party.

[FalloutShelter]

3. 100%

[JohnSJ]

4. 2000 - fool me once, shame on you, 2016 - fool me twice, shame on me. 2024 - how stupid

are you?

[Aristus]

5. I never could understand the mentality of

"I'm going to cast my vote for a candidate who doesn't have a prayer of winning the election. That will show them!"

[kimbutgar]

6. In my local paper the SF Chrinicle they had a letter to the editor espousing how great it would

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Be to have a no labels candidate. My bs detector went off immediately.

I will always vote Democratic.

Here is the letter:

Break the party system

We are living in a time when our political system is deeply fractured. Both Republicans and Democrats seem more interested in engaging in partisan warfare than in uniting to address the needs of constituents.

It’s no wonder we’re seeing widespread dissatisfaction and mistrust in our democratic institutions. And with over 40% of the electorate now considering themselves independent, there’s never been a greater urgency for a different choice.

No Labels, a nationwide movement composed of Republicans, Democrats and independents, represents such a refreshing alternative. It is building an infrastructure for an independent unity ticket to run in the 2024 presidential elections in response to historically unpopular nominees. No Labels is not positioning itself to be a spoiler; it’s offering a way to steer the political system of our nation back to stability and common sense.

Critics who call third-party presidential candidates spoilers are clinging to an outdated perspective that doesn’t reflect how broken our system has become. At the core of our democracy is the freedom to choose — limiting that only continues the partisan dysfunction.

We should embrace what No Labels is presenting. It’s a chance for a more robust democracy, offering solutions that neither Republicans or Democrats seem willing to tackle.

Xxxxxx chair, No Labels California Party

I would bet this same letter is posted in a lot of letters to the editor throughout the country now.
And I bet there is Republican money behind it big time.