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.

  • geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml
    hexagon
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    30 days 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.

    • BobDole [none/use name]
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      30 days ago

      It’s a fun thing to tell yourself, but more Sanders voters voted for Clinton in 2016 than Clinton voters voted for Obama in 2008.

      • geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml
        hexagon
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        30 days ago

        I don't know the exact math you are referring. but I do know that Obama won and Hillary lost.

        Did Obama win over more right wing voters than Hillary left wing voters?

        • NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml
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          29 days ago

          Obama was remarkably good at getting young voters out in record numbers at that time. My state went Democrat for the first (and last) time in 30-something years and when I looked at the county breakdown the newly turned blue counties were all counties with a major public university or multiple smaller universities.