If Trump and Biden Are the Nominees in 2024, Look Out for a Third-Party Candidate

For decades now, the suggestion that a third-party candidate could make a legitimate run for the White House has typically been dismissed as a laughable idea. And there have been plenty of examples, over the past century or so, to merit derision. Think of Theodore Roosevelt and his Bull Moose Party. Or gadfly Ralph Nader’s perennially quixotic bid (which presaged the candidacies of other outliers, from Jill Stein to Kanye West). Or George Wallace’s third-party challenge against Nixon and Humphrey in 1968—and John Anderson’s against Carter and Reagan in 1980. Not to mention the independent candidacy of Ross Perot in… Read Full Article