Washington, D.C. – Today MoveOn Political Action highlights an opinion piece from CNBC founder Tom Rogers printed in Newsweek, reminding voters of the disastrous results Jill Stein has caused in the past, and what she can do again.
Read the full piece here: Jill Stein Blew It for Hillary Clinton. Will She do the Same for Kamala Harris?
Excerpts below:
Little focus has been put on certain third-party candidates, specifically Jill Stein, whose Green Party effort in 2016 is largely viewed as having been responsible for Hillary Clinton's loss of the presidency. Given the fact that Stein's share of voters in 2016 exceeded Trump's margin of victory over Hillary Clinton, Clinton would have won Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin and thus the presidency, if Stein had not been in the race.
In 2016, Trump's margin of victory in Pennsylvania was 44,292 voters. Stein's vote was 49,941. In Michigan, Trump's margin was 10,704 and Stein's vote was 51,463. In Wisconsin, Trump's margin was 22,748 and Stein's vote was 31,072.
Unfortunately for Kamala Harris, Jill Stein is back in the 2024 election, having not run in 2020. Why she is back is a good question. She has absolutely no chance of even getting a single electoral vote. However, she has some chance of playing spoiler in a way that would do what she did in 2016 and directly cause Trump to regain the presidency.
[...] Stein has already gained ballot access in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, while also being on the ballots in Arizona and North Carolina. Exacerbating the electoral jeopardy for Harris it’s that Cornel West, the black activist and anti-Israel proponent, is on the ballot in both North Carolina and Wisconsin. Crucially, in addition, the Michigan court of appeals has recently ruled in West's favor to be on the ballot in that state. West provides an alternative to voting for Trump while depriving Harris of a traditionally Democratic leaning block. Tipping the voting balance in Michigan and Wisconsin alone would be enough to allow Trump to prevail in the Electoral College vote.
[...] Voting for a third-party candidate may sound like a great exercise in citizen democracy and voter choice, but its impact may well determine if the country maintains its democratic principles or hands its reigns to a candidate who has proven to be a solidly anti-democratic figure. So, if you know anyone thinking of voting for a third-party candidate …they would be as responsible as anyone for re-electing Donald Trump.