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Comment on Can someone give me an overview on the Jill Stein situation?
jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Jill Stein is a Green candidate which means she’s going to pull left leaning support away from Kamala Harris.
If she pulls away enough people in a handful of states, she could throw the election to Donald Trump.
2016 is a primary example:
Pennsylvania:
…wikipedia.org/…/2016_United_States_presidential_…
Trump - 2,970,733
Clinton - 2,926,441
Difference: 44,292
Stein? - 49,941
Michigan:
…wikipedia.org/…/2016_United_States_presidential_…
Trump - 2,279,543
Clinton - 2,268,839
Difference: 10,704
Stein? - 51,463
Wisconsin:
…wikipedia.org/…/2016_United_States_presidential_…
Trump - 1,405,284
Clinton - 1,382,536
Difference: 22,748
Stein? - 31,072
If Clinton had won those three states, Trump would not have been President.
Stein is not the only factor, Clinton had other issues. She badmouthed coal miners which guaranteed a loss in PA and utterly failed to campaign in MI and WI which was not helpful.
But the Clinton fans who can’t accept how deeply, deeply flawed Clinton was as a candidate want to blame Stein…
And Putin. There are issues with Stein getting support from both Republicans and Russia, anything to hurt Democratic candidates.
bamfic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
11111one11111@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Why do your figures show a question mark after stein?
jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The question being “What did Stein get?”
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
Clinton was the worst possible choice. Before seeing the damage that Trump would do, thinking he would be mostly harmless, she made me stay home. I’m voting against that monster just like I did in 2020. The man is a menace.