Third-Party Candidates Spook the Biden Coalition

For the first time, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) is launching a team that will focus squarely on combating independent and third-party candidates in 2024, NBC and other outlets reported last week. The move demonstrates how seriously President Joe Biden’s coalition is taking the threat of spoilers this time around, as the incumbent continues to battle abysmal approval ratings.

In an early glimpse of what this effort may look like over the next few months, the DNC has already begun taking special aim at Democrat-turned-Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the anti-vaccine activist and environmental lawyer who Biden-aligned Democrats fear could siphon off enough votes to tilt the election in Donald Trump’s favor. Earlier this month, the DNC filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission alleging that the pro-Kennedy super PAC, American Values 2024, did not meet federal reporting requirements regarding loans and loan repayments from former donor Gavin de Becker.

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For the first time, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) is launching a team that will focus squarely on combating independent and third-party candidates in 2024, NBC and other outlets reported last week. The move demonstrates how seriously President Joe Biden’s coalition is taking the threat of spoilers this time around, as the incumbent continues to battle abysmal approval ratings.

In an early glimpse of what this effort may look like over the next few months, the DNC has already begun taking special aim at Democrat-turned-Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the anti-vaccine activist and environmental lawyer who Biden-aligned Democrats fear could siphon off enough votes to tilt the election in Donald Trump’s favor. Earlier this month, the DNC filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission alleging that the pro-Kennedy super PAC, American Values 2024, did not meet federal reporting requirements regarding loans and loan repayments from former donor Gavin de Becker.