Green party candidate Jill Stein announces 2024 campaign
Candidate’s campaign announcement criticised ‘failed two-party system’
Your support helps us to tell the story
This election is still a dead heat, according to most polls. In a fight with such wafer-thin margins, we need reporters on the ground talking to the people Trump and Harris are courting. Your support allows us to keep sending journalists to the story.
The Independent is trusted by 27 million Americans from across the entire political spectrum every month. Unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock you out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. But quality journalism must still be paid for.
Help us keep bring these critical stories to light. Your support makes all the difference.
Jill Stein announced on Thursday that she is entering the 2024 presidential race as a candidate seeking to represent the Green Party, criticising the two major parties for their handling of issues like climate change and inequality.
“The political system is broken,” she said in an announcement video on social media. “The two Wall Street parties are bought and paid for. Over 60 per cent of us now say the bispartisan establishment has failed us and we need a party that serves the people.”
“We’ll put solutions to the crises we face,” she added. “Crushing inequality, endless war, and climate collapse...The ruling parties that got us into this mess aren’t getting us out.”
She joins other outsider candidates including Robert F Kennedy Jr, who is running as an independent, and Dr Cornel West, who announced his independent 2024 ambitions earlier this year.
Ms Stein, a medical doctor, ran for president in 2016 with the Green Party and received roughly 1.4m votes nationally.
Some analyses have argued that had her supporters voted for Hillary Clinton in key battleground states like Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, the Democrats would’ve won the 2016 election.
In her 2024 run, Ms Stein said in her announcement that she’s seeking an “economic bill of rights” for the US including guaranteed employment, health care, housing, food and education.”
The prominence of outsider candidates so far may speak to a wider desire among voters to avoid a Trump-Biden rematch.
Less than half of Americans view either man favourably, according to an ABC News/Ipsos poll released earlier this week. A third viewed President Biden as favourable, while less than 30 per cent felt the same way about his predecessor.
If Donald Trump and Joe Biden indeed face off again in 2024, the incumbent could be in trouble.
A recent CNN/SSRS survey found Donald Trump leading Mr Biden 49 to 45 per cent in support from registered voters.
Within the Republican side, Mr Trump is the clear frontrunner, with triple the support of his nearest rival, Florida governor Ron DeSantis, according to a FiveThirtyEight average of national polls.
Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this article
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today.
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments