Biden Stands to Lose More to Third-Party Candidates Than Trump Does
- Strong interest in alternatives among key Biden constituencies
- Union families, young and urban voters strongly prefer options
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Third-party candidates are emerging as a potentially crucial obstacle to reassembling Joe Biden’s winning 2020 election coalition, particularly younger voters, in the battleground states likely to decide the US presidency.
Interest in independent candidates such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the offspring of a celebrated Democratic political dynasty, and possibly moderate West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, who is considering a run, is the highest in at least 20 years, according to a Gallup Poll.