On August 11, the New York Working Families Party nominated Joe Biden for president. This means he will be on the New York ballot twice, and voters can vote for him either as a Democrat or as a Working Families Party candidate.
In 2016, when the WFP nominated Hillary Clinton in New York, the party polled 139,840 votes for her, which was 1.83%.
The April 2020 new law on party status requires the greater of 130,000 votes, or 2%. So unless the new law is eventually declared unconstitutional, it is tough to predict whether the WFP can meet the new standard later this year.
Richard, are there any other parties within a state that usually nominates a presidential nominee that we’re still waiting on?
No, I don’t think so. There are ballot-qualified parties in Alaska, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, South Carolina, Utah, and Vermont that didn’t nominate anyone for president. But the deadline for any of them to now nominate someone for president has passed. Many of them are centrist parties whose leaders support Biden informally.
Thank you for the information Richard.
Of course the New York SAM Party is suing for the right to not nominate someone for president, and that’s not over yet