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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Moderates Pitching a Biden-Trump Alternative

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

Society & Culture, News

4.22.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

With Americans uneager for a 2024 rematch between President Biden and President Trump, the group No Labels says its polling shows that 59% of voters are open to a moderate independent candidate. Could a third party really win the Electoral College, and what would be its platform? Or would its candidate be a sure spoiler? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:06.3

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0:18.8

From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

0:24.4

A group called No Labels aims to shake up the 2024 presidential race,

0:29.6

but does a third party candidate have any realistic path to victory in America's electoral system?

0:35.3

Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.

0:38.1

We are joined today by my colleagues, columnist Kim Strassel, and editorial board member,

0:43.3

Meneh Uguay-Barrouha.

0:44.9

Paul suggests that most of the country is not particularly interested in seeing a rematch in 2024

0:52.3

between President Biden and President Trump, but that's where the two-party primaries

0:56.7

seem to be heading. On the Democratic side, President Biden has no substantive opposition,

1:02.8

though some minor candidates are holding surprisingly well.

1:06.1

There's a new poll out recently by St. Anselm College in New Hampshire that shows Biden at 68%

1:12.4

support among Democratic primary voters with Robert Kennedy Jr. at 9%, and Marion Williamson at 8%.

1:20.0

So, suggesting some weakness on that side, if a real Democratic heavy hitter wanted to come in

1:25.3

and challenge President Biden, on the Republican side looking at the real clear politics natural

1:31.0

average, Trump is up by 31 points, about 52%, run to Santa's second with 22%, and then all the way

1:38.3

down to Mike Pence at 6%. And so, Enter No Labels, which is preparing to give voters another option

1:46.0

what it's calling its insurance policy 2024, and notably this group has already gotten access

1:53.4

to the ballot, gotten its line on the ballot in five states. Let's listen to Chief Strategist Ryan

1:59.2

Clancy on C-SPAN in April. No labels has been working since early last year to get ballot access

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