| Cornel West for President | |
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| Campaign | 2024 U.S. presidential election |
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| Affiliation | Justice for All Party Aurora Party Oregon Progressive Party Green Party (formerly) People's Party (formerly) |
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| Receipts | US$1,096,129.22[4] (April 30, 2024) |
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Cornel West, a philosopher, academic, and political activist, announced his campaign on June 5, 2023, in the 2024 US presidential elections as a People's Party candidate.[5]
On June 14, 2023, West announced he would also seek the Green Party's nomination in their primaries.[6] On October 5, West announced he would instead be seeking to run an Independent campaign and thus dropped out of the Green Party primaries, beginning the process for ballot access.[7] On January 31, 2024 he created and ran with the "Justice for All Party".[8]
West has been polling around 0.2% nationally as of November 3, 2024.[9] By August, the campaign reported being $17,000 in debt and West had stopped actively campaigning.[10] His candidacy has been noted for the significant support from Trump allies who want West on swing state ballots to split votes away from Kamala Harris.[11][12][13] West expressed ambivalence about the support from Republicans[11] but does object to the spoiler label.[14]
- ^ Fung, Katherine (September 11, 2023). "Democrat Who Left Party Over Ignored Groping Claims Backs Cornel West". Newsweek. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- ^ Trudo, Hannah (October 27, 2023). "Cornel West's campaign manager says he's leaving job". The Hill. Archived from the original on October 27, 2023. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
- ^ Evans, Jordan (October 5, 2023). "Cornel West Shifts from Green Party to Launch Independent Presidential Campaign". Independent Political Report. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
- ^ "Report of Receipts and Disembursements – CORNEL WEST FOR PRESIDENT". FEC. May 17, 2024.
- ^ Frazier, Kierra (June 5, 2023). "Cornel West announces he's running for president". POLITICO. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
- ^ Hippensteel, Chris (June 14, 2023). "Cornel West to Run for President With Green Party, Ditches People's Party". The Daily Beast. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
- ^ Thomas, Ken (October 5, 2023). "Cornel West Slams Biden, Trump, and Runs as 2024 Independent". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
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jfawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "National 2024 Presidential Election Polls - 270toWin". 270toWin.com. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
- ^ Slodysko, Brian; Cooper, Jonathan J. (August 17, 2024). "Her name was on a filing agreeing to be a Cornel West elector. Her question: What's an elector?". AP News. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
- ^ a b Merica, Dan; Slodysko, Brian (August 19, 2024). "Republicans scrambled to get Cornel West on the Arizona ballot. The left-wing academic is OK with it". AP News. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
- ^ "Republicans are central in an effort to rescue Cornel West's ballot hopes in Arizona". PBS News. August 19, 2024. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
- ^ "RFK Jr., Cornel West approved for ballot in Wisconsin - CBS Minnesota". www.cbsnews.com. August 28, 2024. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
Republicans and their allies have worked to get West on the ballot in Wisconsin and other states in the hope that West will help boost Trump's chances of winning by pulling support from Harris. West does not need to win a state to serve as a spoiler candidate — a few thousand votes in battleground states could be decisive.
- ^ Masciotra, David (December 29, 2023). "Cornel West Is the Charlatan of the Year". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved August 24, 2024.