59% Of Registered Voters Would Vote for a Moderate Independent Ticket
WASHINGTON, April 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — In a memo released today, No Labels outlined a path for how an independent Unity ticket could win the White House in 2024.
The memo cites the December 2022 poll conducted for No Labels by HarrisX, which includes responses from over 26,000 registered voters nationally and representative samples of voters in all 50 states. As reported this morning in The Washington Post, the poll found that 64% of voters want more options than just Democrats and Republicans when selecting a president. Specifically, 59% said they would be open to voting for a “moderate independent” presidential ticket in 2024 if the alternatives were former President Trump as the Republican nominee and President Biden as the Democratic nominees.
None of this should be surprising because Americans are leaving the two major parties in droves. In February 2023, 44% told Gallup they considered themselves independent, compared to just 28% who identified as Democrats and 27% as Republicans.
It’s hard to overstate just how frustrated and disaffected Americans are right now. Three-quarters of them disapprove of Congress, think the country is on the wrong track and “don’t feel represented by the major leaders in either party.” Half of Americans say they are worse off financially compared to a year ago, the most negative reading since 2009.
For the last decade, No Labels has been working to combat the growing anger and extremism consuming our politics. No Labels has created a growing national movement of commonsense Americans pushing our leaders together to solve our country’s biggest problems.
In late 2021, No Labels began laying the groundwork for a potential independent Unity ticket – featuring one Democrat and one Republican – in 2024. No Labels is aware any independent ticket faces a steep climb. And if rigorously gathered data suggests an independent Unity ticket can’t win, the ballot line will not be offered to any presidential ticket.
Going forward, the No Labels “2024 Insurance Policy” will proceed down one of two paths.
- The Major Parties Wake Up: They see the growing voice and leverage of the commonsense majority and nominate candidates and release policy platforms that cater to the needs of this majority, instead of the wants of a partisan minority. If at least one of the major parties does this, there’s no need, or path, for an independent Unity ticket. And No Labels will stand down and double down on the great work we’re doing in Congress.
- No Labels Nominates a Unity Ticket: Both parties keep forcing the American people down a road they don’t want to go and nominate candidates most Americans don’t want to vote for. If this happens, and No Labels’ polling and research show there is a path to victory for a Unity ticket to win in the Electoral College, then we will offer our ballot line to a ticket.
No Labels is working to ensure Americans have the choice to vote for a 2024 presidential ticket that features strong, effective, and honest leaders who will commit to working closely with both parties to find commonsense solutions to America’s biggest problems.
SOURCE No Labels
