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Several financial backers of centrist organization No Labels are questioning its potential third-party ticket’s viability as the 2024 election draws nearer, Politico reported Monday.
No Labels has been teasing a “unity ticket” for roughly a year as an alternative to both former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, but has yet to make it official or pick a candidate. After former Republican Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia declined to run, multiple No Labels donors voiced concern to Politico over whether the group has waited too long to make a move, and questioned if they should continue to financially support it. more
Boy, are they S T U P I D.
Richard Winger’s great site ballot-access.org shows very clearly the MASSIVE hurdles the two major parties have erected in every state, to protect their duopoly, to guarantee no real competition in protected districts, etc. It is a challenge every year even for those like the Libertarian, Green, and Constitution parties that have been around a long time. Americans don’t want more of the same. MOST I think want to just be left alone, and there is no money in that. BOTH political parties work day and night to keep others off the ballot, especially newcomers. Since Anderson and Perot, they are NEVER going to allow anyone to upset their death grip on American politics. When the GOP got its serious start in the late 1850s and especially with the election of Lincoln in 1860, parties handed out pre-printed ballots for people to simply mark and deposit at polling locations. There were no hurdles to overcome to get onto a ballot. EVERY political party was able to simply do this and get votes. Today, REAL CHANGE at the ballot box is simply not allowed.