Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is on the ballot in 32 jurisdictions (including Wisconsin, which might change). Generally his ballot label is “independent” (or whatever term that state uses for independent candidates, such as “unaffiliated” or “nonpartisan”). But in thirteen states, he has a party label.
In Oregon, he created a new ballot-qualified party, the We the People Party. He is also on the ballot with the label “We the People” in seven states that permit an independent candidate to choose a partisan label beyond just “independent”. They are Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin. In Rhode Island he chose the label “Team Kennedy.”
Also he is on the ballot as the nominee of pre-existing qualified parties in these states: California (American Independent), Delaware (Independent Party), and Michigan (Natural Law Party).
Can he come in third with a suspended campaign and fewer ballot lines than Oliver or Stein? That is the biggest drama of this election to me.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/25/iran-trump-assassination-plans/75380196007/
ONE MORE REASON FOR WW III ???
ONE USA NUKE SUB IN INDIAN OCEAN ENOUGH TO WIPE OUT IRAN FOR A ZILLION YEARS ???
NOOO BRAIN WORM PARTY LABEL ???
@ tlny Yes, he can.
It would be interesting if Kennedy’s votes in the states where he is still on the ballot deprive either Trump or Harris of a majority, either overall or in any particular state.
Is it conceivable that there are voters out their who supported Kennedy, and have no interest in switching to Trump, in spite of Kennedy’s endorsement?
Of course. Many of them won’t even know much less care about the endorsement, never mind how many other states he’s on the ballot in or whether or when he suspended actively campaigning. Y’all have a very unrealistic estimate of how much attention the average person pays to politics.
@AZ
Nah. Iran is very large, and both its population and government are far less concentrated than most people seem to think – probably because people overestimate how much of Iran is desert, due to it having relatively more deserty neighbors to both the east and west.
@WZ
Absolutely. But a number of those people will not bother to vote at all now. And some others may instead vote for another third party or independent candidate. I doubt people voting for Kennedy will be enough to deprive either Trump or Harris of the majority in any state, much less overall, though it would certainly be fun if that happened.
It’s very likely to happen in at least some states.
In Washington, conventions of the We The People Party nominated Kennedy. He assisted in formation of the party.
Kennedy will come in 3rd.
He would have for sure had he not told people to vote for Trump. But having done so, he will now be battling it out for third place with West, Stein and Oliver.