The presidential race is official, with President Biden and former president Donald Trump clinching their parties' nominations Tuesday. But this year, Democrats are clear: They do not want a rerun of 2016, when third-party candidates got millions of votes, leading many political observers to say even today that those votes helped Trump defeat Hillary Clinton. This time, Democrats are prepared. The Biden campaign and the political apparatus hoping to defeat Trump are taking third-party candidates seriously - a stark difference from the Democratic Party in 2016.https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/14/democrats-are-taking-third-party-threats-seriously-this-time/

Source: Washington Post March 15, 2024 12:50 UTC