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      Unserious No Labels Effort Would Benefit Only One Person: Donald Trump

      While the goal of giving Americans more options to choose from on the ballot may seem well-intentioned, pursuing this strategy in the 2024 general election would have dire consequences for the future of democracy in America.

      Brian Burton
      Isa Alomran
      Jun 22, 2023

      In recent months, the No Labels Party has made headlines for its $70 million effort to get on the ballot in all 50 states. The self-proclaimed centrist organization has been attempting to woo donors and centrist politicians alike in its bid to give voters an Independent presidential choice in the case of a Biden-Trump 2024 presidential rematch. While this drive to give voters more choices in the next election may seem innocuous, the actual fundamentals of the 2024 contest and No Labels’ own approach to it paint a different story.

      A Biden-Trump rematch would represent a high-stakes presidential contest between a sitting president and a twice-indicted, twice-impeached, insurrectionist former president with a history of spreading spectacular lies about the 2020 election. Given the latter’s double-digit lead in early polling of a crowded Republican primary, this appears to be a not-unlikely scenario. Moreover, given that third-party candidates have historically performed poorly in presidential contests, any No Labels candidate would have to significantly outperform every Independent candidate who has ever run for president and, in doing so, siphon votes from Biden, Trump, or both. In fact, No Labels’ own mock-up of a path to 270 Electoral College votes shows a heavy reliance on winning states that Biden won in 2020.

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