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Jill Stein hurts Donald Trump more than Kamala Harris, poll suggests (www.newsweek.com)
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A new poll suggests that Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein is drawing more voters from former President Donald Trump than from Vice President Kamala Harris.

According to a Noble Predictive Insights survey released last week, Harris holds a narrow lead over Trump in a hypothetical three-way race. With Stein on the ballot, Harris' lead expands, pointing to a potential spoiler effect similar to what many Democrats blamed Stein for doing to Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election.

For Trump, the emergence of Stein as a potential spoiler may be a critical factor in battleground states, where even a small shift in votes could determine the outcome. For Harris, Stein's candidacy could paradoxically provide an unexpected advantage, drawing votes from Trump and narrowing his pathway to victory.

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[-] PresidentCamacho@lemm.ee 12 points 1 month ago

It sounds like your interpretation of the spoiler effect centers on people voting third party due to dissatisfaction with the 2 unfortunately omnipresent parties, which would be the same as not voting. Have you considered that some people who were going to vote no matter what might vote for a third party candidate because their listed policies actually resonate with them?

[-] pregnantwithrage@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I would agree with you maybe 10 years ago but I think that the empire being in such decline and leading us to the worst candidates back to back to back it's really hard for me to believe that third parties are to blame for the spoiler effect. Taking third parties off the ballot most likely wouldn't have the effect that people put on them because everyone has an opinion on the two candidates more than ever.

[-] PresidentCamacho@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

There is nothing to agree or disagree with here, I gave no opinion on spoiler effect, I explained 2 potential reasons why someone might vote third party.

[-] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

yawn and thats their decision. Candidates are not entitled to a person vote, they need to earn it. If you wabt your candidate to win those votes then get them to adopt the policies that caused those voters to not vote for them.

Trump's case: being a corrupt authorian, racist, and all around shit human. Harris: a genocidal corporate lapdog.

Trump is unfixable along with the people who vote for him. Harris might be able to stop being a genocidal ass.🤷

[-] PresidentCamacho@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Idk who your arguing with, I was showing a different point of view on why someone might vote third party, not sure why you're responding like such a dick.

[-] jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Edit: sorry you seemed to have gotten two responses meant for other people. Suspect an off by one bug in lemmy reply page

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