“This is a pretty unique historical moment when more than 60% of the population says they’re open to voting for a third-party or independent candidate,” said Tony Lyons, Kennedy’s book publisher and the co-founder of a super PAC that has already raised millions to support the ex-Democrat.
Several recent polls show Kennedy’s support above 19%, the modern record for a non-major-party candidate set by billionaire Ross Perot during his 1992 independent campaign, despite mostly negative coverage in the mainstream media, Lyons said.
Of course, Americans haven’t elected an independent president since George Washington — Perot did not receive a single Electoral College vote — and polls typically overstate support for minor-party candidates.
That view is widely held by Democrats, who have been particularly concerned about the centrist group No Labels, which is backed by large undisclosed donors and has the resources and wherewithal to accomplish the monumental task of getting on the ballot across the country.
Andrew Weiss, a Russia expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, noted that Kennedy, West and Stein, who is running again on the Green Party ticket, are fierce opponents of U.S. support for Ukraine.
Seventy-five years ago, pollsters and pundits were nearly unanimous in predicting that the unpopular Democratic president would lose re-election, thanks in large part to the presence of well-known third-party candidates.
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“This is a pretty unique historical moment when more than 60% of the population says they’re open to voting for a third-party or independent candidate,” said Tony Lyons, Kennedy’s book publisher and the co-founder of a super PAC that has already raised millions to support the ex-Democrat.
Several recent polls show Kennedy’s support above 19%, the modern record for a non-major-party candidate set by billionaire Ross Perot during his 1992 independent campaign, despite mostly negative coverage in the mainstream media, Lyons said.
Of course, Americans haven’t elected an independent president since George Washington — Perot did not receive a single Electoral College vote — and polls typically overstate support for minor-party candidates.
That view is widely held by Democrats, who have been particularly concerned about the centrist group No Labels, which is backed by large undisclosed donors and has the resources and wherewithal to accomplish the monumental task of getting on the ballot across the country.
Andrew Weiss, a Russia expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, noted that Kennedy, West and Stein, who is running again on the Green Party ticket, are fierce opponents of U.S. support for Ukraine.
Seventy-five years ago, pollsters and pundits were nearly unanimous in predicting that the unpopular Democratic president would lose re-election, thanks in large part to the presence of well-known third-party candidates.
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