Nearly half of younger voters would support a third party candidate.
survey shared with Secrets, 47% of the middle-age to younger voters said that “they’re at least somewhat likely to vote third-party in this year’s presidential election.”
Overall, Rasmussen found a remarkable 28% of all likely voters open to a third party, a sign of dissatisfaction with the two leading candidates, Democratic President Joe Biden and likely GOP nominee former President Donald Trump. “More Democrats than Republicans say it’s at least somewhat likely they’ll vote for a third-party candidate in this year’s presidential election,” Rasmussen said. “Thirty-four percent of unaffiliated voters are at least somewhat likely to vote for third-party.”
It’s typical for many voters to sound open to independent campaigns before the general election. However, very few ever vote for a third-party candidate.In recent elections, the top vote-winning independent was businessman H. Ross Perot, who in 1992 won 18.9%. Four years later, he won 8.4%. In both elections, he was considered a spoiler who helped former President Bill Clinton win. Clinton never took a majority of the popular vote.
Rasmussen added that sizable portions of Democrats and Republicans feel that third-party candidates improve democracy, even though they usually stick to their nominees on Election Day.
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