{"id":582415,"date":"2023-07-12T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/democratic-jitters-grow-over-cornel-wests-third-party-bid\/"},"modified":"2023-07-12T12:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T09:30:00","slug":"democratic-jitters-grow-over-cornel-wests-third-party-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/democratic-jitters-grow-over-cornel-wests-third-party-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"#Democratic jitters grow over Cornel West\u2019s third-party bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/westcornel_022020ap-e1685987745369.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Cornel West\u2019s third-party presidential campaign is stirring up unpleasant flashbacks to 2016 for members of the Democratic Party, some of whom are starting to grow anxious about the effect it could have on President Biden\u2019s reelection.<\/p>\n<p>West, a philosopher, Ivy League academic and leftist, recently announced he is newly registered with the Green Party as he seeks to challenge Biden and the eventual Republican nominee for the White House.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Now, some prominent figures supporting Biden, from the head of the Democratic National Committee to veteran campaign hands, are already sounding the alarm about his quixotic White House run.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not the time in order to experiment. This is not the time to play around on the margins,\u201d said DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison, a close Biden confidant.<\/p>\n<p>Seven years ago, when Hillary Clinton lost to former President Donald Trump, many in her orbit blamed Green Party nominee Jill Stein as a factor that contributed to her defeat. Heading into 2024, Democrats worry West could emerge as a similar spoiler by earning just enough votes to fracture the coalition Biden needs to win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2016, the Green Party played an outsized role in tipping the election to Donald Trump,\u201d wrote David Axelrod, who served as former President Obama\u2019s chief strategist, on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> weekend. \u201cNow, with Cornel West as their likely nominee, they could easily do it again. Risky business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The concerns come as Democrats stare down yet another possible race against Trump. After multiple indictments and other potentially consequential legal entanglements, he\u2019s polling well ahead of his rivals for the Republican nomination, and Democrats are already preparing for the third consecutive <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> election with him as their opponent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s allies are warning publicly that there\u2019s little room for error. If the twice-impeached former president is again his party\u2019s nominee, they see a hard and unpredictable fight on the horizon and are calling for loyalty and focus. West\u2019s bid complicates that path to victory, some suggest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWhat we see is a lot of folks who want to be relevant and try to be relevant in these elections and not looking at the big picture,\u201d Harrison said, adding, \u201cWe got to reelect Joe Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Democrats continue to be haunted by what h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened in 2016, there are some notable differences between then and now. Clinton was, in millions of voters\u2019 minds, a highly flawed candidate with a family history and political track record that made many uncomfortable. Some of those voters in key battleground states found Stein, who ran twice on the Green Party ticket and is now advising West, an appealing alternative.<\/p>\n<p>There was also a widespread assumption at the time that Clinton would beat Trump and that a third-party vote on principle would not make much of a difference.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIn 2016, it was clear to me and other organizers that a significant number of voters were unwilling to vote for Hillary Clinton because of her record supporting disastrous wars and were willing to vote Green Party as a protest vote, under the assumption Clinton would win anyway,\u201d said Alexander McCoy, a progressive operative and organizer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Biden is different for a number of reasons, Democrats say, in part due to his policy considerations during his first term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think that will happen again to the same scale,\u201d McCoy said, \u201cbecause Joe Biden ended the war in Afghanistan and has kept U.S. troops out of new conflicts like Ukraine. A Donald Trump presidency also feels more real to people.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Democrats are just starting to express concerns about West after previously ignoring his newly formed campaign. So far, he\u2019s had some defenders. West, a surrogate for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in 2020 and a former Harvard scholar, has been praised by those who share the progressive senator\u2019s worldview, mostly for the activist-minded spirit he brings and his commitment to leftist ideology.<\/p>\n<p>His allies see his candidacy as a way to show policy distinctions with Biden and to introduce more progressive ideas to the voting public. Still, even some of his admirers acknowledge he could hurt the incumbent president in favor of the GOP.<\/p>\n<p>They just hope that doesn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cDr. West and his supporters\u2019 ideas and frustrations deserve to be heard, but hopefully, that doesn\u2019t come at the cost of the worst possible candidate winning again because of our antiquated electoral system,\u201d said Hassan Martini, executive director of No Dem Left Behind, a progressive group focused on rural voters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of West\u2019s ideas already have a home within our party, and our party winning enough elections is key to making those ideas a reality,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some progressives close to West want him to agitate Biden further. They\u2019d like to see him debate the president but concede there\u2019s a slim chance of that happening.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Biden \u201crisks the same thing that scared the hell out of neoliberals in 2016,\u201d said Nina Turner, a staunch progressive and former state senator from Ohio who worked with West on Sanders\u2019s last campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ideas of the progressive left are popular with the majority of the American people,\u201d she said, suggesting West has tapped into something Biden has not.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\">\n<div class=\"nlp-ignore-block article-content rich-text\">\n<aside class=\"promo-link\">\n        The Hill Elections 2024 coverage<br \/>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Progressives indeed helped Biden attract a broad support base in 2020. That included many who weren\u2019t overly enthusiastic about his candidacy but showed up out of fear or anger toward Trump. Now, some Democrats say they could entertain voting for other choices this time around, and that West could prove to be a dark horse.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>One Democratic campaign strategist said Biden should include West in conversations about the direction of the party as a way to keep him and fellow progressives on board.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGet them in a f\u2014ing room and ask what they want and include it in the platform,\u201d the strategist said, adding progressives love West\u2019s run. \u201cI think they\u2019ll be happy if he moves Biden[\u2019s] rhetoric left.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>West did not respond to a request for comment by publication time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s still very early in the cycle, but a sizable number of voters \u2014 44 percent \u2014 are willing to contemplate a third-party presidential candidate, according to an NBC <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>\u00a0poll\u00a0released in late June.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also a considerable lack of appetite for a redo of the last election. A CNN\/SSRS\u00a0survey\u00a0also taken last month found 31 percent of voters polled did not want either Trump or Biden to be their respective party\u2019s nominee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are confident that the Democratic Party best serves Dr. West\u2019s agenda,\u201d said Martini, of No Dem Left Behind. \u201cMaybe not completely, but certainly far more than if Republicans can cement Supreme Court dominance for the next 30-40 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be terrible for his legacy and our country if his candidacy leads to the reelection of a man who seriously threatens to destroy our Democracy and the rule of law,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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