Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears to pull more support from former President Trump than President Biden in a hypothetical general election matchup, according to a new…
The independent ticket seems to have died along with Bernie’s chances of ever having been getting into presidency. It’s almost like any whackjob that gets to run Independent, mind as well call it Republican 2.0
After Ralph Nader cost Gore the 2000 election, (along with blatant supreme court fuckery) Democrats have been a little wiser about third party candidates.
See, under First Past the Post, a third party candidate is a liability. When you support a third party, or independent, the most likely outcome is the majority candidate that is ideologically closest to that candidate will lose. The Spoiler Effect.
RFK Jr. is a blatant attempt at Republicans trying to create a spoiler candidate. The problem (for them) is, he’s much closer to Trump than Biden on many key issues.
The independent ticket seems to have died along with Bernie’s chances of ever having been getting into presidency. It’s almost like any whackjob that gets to run Independent, mind as well call it Republican 2.0
After Ralph Nader cost Gore the 2000 election, (along with blatant supreme court fuckery) Democrats have been a little wiser about third party candidates.
See, under First Past the Post, a third party candidate is a liability. When you support a third party, or independent, the most likely outcome is the majority candidate that is ideologically closest to that candidate will lose. The Spoiler Effect.
RFK Jr. is a blatant attempt at Republicans trying to create a spoiler candidate. The problem (for them) is, he’s much closer to Trump than Biden on many key issues.