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.

  • GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    32
    ·
    4 months ago

    I’m struggling really hard to see which voter is on the fence between Trump and Stein. Wouldn’t it be more likely to be on the fence between Stein and Harris, or Stein and the couch?

      • FriendBesto@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        10
        ·
        4 months ago

        One could still be pro Democrat or pro democracy, and still do not like Harris. Many things can be true at the same time.

        • Naryn@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          6
          ·
          4 months ago

          They vote anti establishment in general, which is the green party.

          I just personally hate anyone who tries to argue somebody doesn’t have a right to ruin for presidency, they might not win but that’s not the point. If you’re a democracy, any citizen who meets the criteria has he right to run for an elected position.

    • GarbageShootAlt2@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      12
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      4 months ago

      Not as many people hate Harris specifically as hated Hillary, but a lot of people (for good and bad reasons) hate the Dems and also Kamala to some extent.

    • geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOP
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      11
      arrow-down
      7
      ·
      4 months ago

      Jill Stein is providing spite voters an option to not vote for Donald Trump.

      Hillary took a lot of friendly fire in 2016 from the Bernie Bros who were not too happy.