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| Campaign | 2024 U.S. presidential election 2024 Green primaries |
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| Candidate | Jill Stein Physician, 2012 and 2016 Green Party presidential candidate Butch Ware History professor and author |
| Affiliation | Green Party |
| Status | Announced: November 9, 2023 Presumptive nominee: May 26, 2024 Official nominee: August 17, 2024 |
| Receipts | US$2,751,003[1] (November 25, 2024) |
| Slogan(s) | People, Planet, Peace |
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Jill Stein, aphysician fromMassachusetts, announced her entry into the2024 United States presidential election on November 9, 2023. Stein had been theGreen Party nominee in2012 and2016. In 2012, she received 470,000 votes.[2] In the 2016 election, she received 1.46 million votes (1.1% of the popular vote).[3]
Stein was polling between 0.9%[4] and 1.2%[5] nationally as of November 3, 2024. An August poll of 1,159 Muslims by theCouncil on American–Islamic Relations indicated that 29% planned to vote for Stein.[6][7]
In June 2023, Stein took on the role ofcampaign manager for the2024 presidential campaign of activist and scholarCornel West, who was then seeking the nomination of the Green Party.[8] After West withdrew from the Green Party to continue his campaign as an independent, Stein launched her campaign for theGreen Party's 2024 presidential nomination in November 2023.[9]
When announcing her candidacy, Stein described the two-party political system as "broken." She called for prioritizing a "pro-worker, anti-war, climate emergency agenda" in the upcoming election, aiming to bring these issues to the forefront of national discourse.[10]
Stein has also been an outspoken critic of U.S. foreign policy, particularly regarding theIsraeli-Palestinian conflict. Following the October 2023 Hamas attack, she condemned Israel's military actions in the Gaza Strip and criticized President Joe Biden for what she described as a failure to intervene against what she termed Israel's "genocidal rampage."[10]
Stein was polling between 0.9%[4] and 1.2%[5] nationally as of November 3, 2024.
An August 2024 survey published by theCouncil on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) found that 29% ofMuslim voters planned to vote for Stein.[11] In Michigan, 40 percent of Muslim voters supported Stein, 18% supported Trump and 12% supported Harris.[12] CAIR's final election poll, published on November 1, showed that nationwide among Muslims, 42.3% planned to vote for Stein, 41% for Harris, and 9.8% for Trump.[13]
On November 9, 2023, Stein announced her third bid for president.[14]
Stein took part in a presidential debate hosted by theFree & Equal Elections Foundation on February 29, 2024, alongsideParty for Socialism and Liberation nomineeClaudia De la Cruz, fellow Green candidate Jasmine Sherman, andLibertarian candidatesChase Oliver andLars Mapstead.[15][16]
Stein and two campaign staff members were among more than 80 individuals arrested by local police on April 27 atWashington University in St. Louis whileprotesting theIsraeli invasion of the Gaza Strip as a part of thenationwide protests on university campuses. According to Stein on Twitter, she and the other protestors were held at theSt. Louis County Jail until 2 a.m. the next day.[17] Stein criticized the university's handling of the protest, accusing the administration of violating theirfreedom of speech.[18]
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The campaign announced on May 26 that it had accrued enough delegates to secure the Green Party nomination.[19]
SomeRepublicans boosted Stein's candidacy in the hopes that she would attract voters away fromKamala Harris.[20] Stein's campaign paid over $100,000 to Accelevate, a Republican-connected signature gathering enterprise operated by Trent Pool and Pool's brother, to assist with ballot access for Stein's 2024 campaign.[21] That firm had also been paid over $10 million for assistance with qualifyingRobert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential campaign for help with ballot access in the same election.[22][23]
On October 24, Stein once again participated in a debate hosted by the Free and Equal Elections Foundation, alongside Chase Oliver andConstitution Party nomineeRandall Terry.[24]
Stein reportedly considered offering the nomination toDearborn, Michigan mayorAbdullah Hammoud, although he would be too young to be inaugurated as vice president.[25] On August 16, she announcedRudolph "Butch" Ware as her running mate.[26]
In Kentucky, the Green Party was not on the ballot; instead Stein ran under the banner of the Kentucky Party.[27][28] Ware was replaced on the Kentucky ballot as Stein's vice-presidential candidate byFlorida activistSamson LeBeau Kpadenou.[29]
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On November 1, theEuropean Greens released a statement, signed by representatives from 16 European countries, asking Stein to drop out of the presidential election and endorse Kamala Harris, arguing that "Harris is the only candidate who can block Donald Trump and his anti-democratic,authoritarian policies."[45][46] Stein's team said it was disappointed that "one group of Greens [would] tell another to stop participating in democracy" and that it "would never betray our legion of supporters – and the many supporters who have already cast votes – by abandoning our mission now".[45]
The Democratic Party has fought to exclude Stein from the ballot in a number of states.[21] TheWisconsin Supreme Court decided against hearing the lawsuit brought forward by theDemocratic National Committee against Stein. The lawsuit was described as an attempt to remove her from the Wisconsin ballot. As of August 2024 she remained on the ballot in Wisconsin.[49]
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Stein's campaign was represented at theSupreme Court byJay Sekulow, a former lawyer to Republican presidential candidateDonald Trump, to get on theNevada ballot, while Democrats fought to keep Stein off due to their belief that she would be aspoiler candidate. The Supreme Court rejected Stein's application in a one-sentence order without comment or dissent.[50] TheAssociated Press reported on the Republican efforts to help Jill Stein get on the ballot and compared it to Republican attempts to placeCornel West andhis campaign on the ballots of swing states in the belief that West would act as a spoiler candidate.[51]
| totals | 2024[52] | 2020 | 2016[53] | 2012 | 2008A[54] | 2004A | 2000B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| States (& DC) | 51 | 42 (42) | 45 (46) | 47 (48) | 45 (46) | 48 (49) | 43 (44) | 47 (48) |
| Electoral Votes | 538 | 454 (454) | 511 (514) | 519 (522) | 486 (489) | 525 (528) | 486 (489) | 510 (513) |
| Alabama | 9 | On ballot | Write-in | On ballot | On ballot | Write-in | Write-in | On ballot |
| Alaska | 3 | On ballot | Write-in | On ballot | On ballot | Write-in | On ballot | On ballot |
| Arizona | 11 | On ballot | Write-in | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | Write-in | On ballot |
| Arkansas | 6 | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot |
| California | 55 | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot |
| Colorado | 9 | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot |
| Connecticut | 7 | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | Write-in | Write-in | On ballot | On ballot |
| Delaware | 3 | Write-in | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot |
| Florida | 29 | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot |
| Georgia | 16 | On ballot | Write-in | Write-in | Write-in | Write-in | Write-in | Write-in |
| Hawaii | 4 | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot |
| Idaho | 4 | On ballot | Write-in | On ballot | On ballot | Write-in | Write-in | Write-in |
| Illinois | 20 | Write-in | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | Write-in | On ballot |
| Indiana | 11 | Not on ballot | Write-in | Write-in | Write-in | Write-in | Write-in | Write-in |
| Iowa | 6 | Write-in | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot |
| Kansas | 6 | Not on ballot | Write-in | On ballot | Write-in | Write-in | Write-in | On ballot |
| Kentucky | 8 | On ballot | Write-in | On ballot | On ballot | Write-in | Not on ballot | On ballot |
| Louisiana | 8 | On ballot | Not on ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot |
| Maine | 4 | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot |
| Maryland | 10 | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot |
| Massachusetts | 11 | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | Not on ballot | On ballot |
| Michigan | 16 | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot |
| Minnesota | 10 | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot |
| Mississippi | 6 | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot |
| Missouri | 10 | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | Not on ballot | Write-in | Not on ballot | On ballot |
| Montana | 3 | On ballot | Not on ballot | On ballot | Not on ballot | Write-in | On ballot | On ballot |
| Nebraska | 5 | On ballot | Write-in | On ballot | Not on ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot |
| Nevada | 6 | Not on ballot | Not on ballot | Not on ballot | On ballot | On ballot | Not on ballot | On ballot |
| New Hampshire | 4 | On ballot | Write-in | On ballot | Write-in | Write-in | Write-in | On ballot |
| New Jersey | 14 | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot |
| New Mexico | 5 | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot |
| New York | 29 | Write-in | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | Write-in | On ballot |
| North Carolina | 15 | On ballot | On ballot | Write-in | Write-in | Write-in | Write-in | Not on ballot |
| North Dakota | 3 | Not on ballot | Write-in | On ballot | On ballot | Write-in | Not on ballot | On ballot |
| Ohio | 18 | On ballot, not count | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | Write-in | On ballot |
| Oklahoma | 7 | Not on ballot | Not on ballot | Not on ballot | Not on ballot | Not on ballot | Not on ballot | Not on ballot |
| Oregon | 7 | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot |
| Pennsylvania | 20 | On ballot | Write-in | On ballot | On ballot | Write-in | On ballot | On ballot |
| Rhode Island | 4 | On ballot | Write-in | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot |
| South Carolina | 9 | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot |
| South Dakota | 3 | Not on ballot | Not on ballot | Not on ballot | Not on ballot | Not on ballot | Not on ballot | Not on ballot |
| Tennessee | 11 | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot |
| Texas | 38 | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | Write-in | Write-in | On ballot |
| Utah | 6 | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | Write-in | On ballot |
| Vermont | 3 | Write-in | On ballot | On ballot | Write-in | Write-in | Write-in | On ballot |
| Virginia | 13 | On ballot | Write-in | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | Write-in | On ballot |
| Washington | 12 | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot |
| West Virginia | 5 | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | Write-in | On ballot |
| Wisconsin | 10 | On ballot | Write-in | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot |
| Wyoming | 3 | Write-in | Write-in | On ballot | Write-in | Write-in | Write-in | Write-in |
| District of Columbia | 3 | Not on ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | On ballot | Write-in | On ballot |
The ticket garnered 861,142 votes or 0.55%, the second highest of her three campaigns, beating her 2012 run but falling short of her 2016 bid.[55][56] This was the first electionsince 2000 where the Green Party placed third place in the popular vote. Jill Stein also won 22% ofDearborn,Michigan, coming in third place behind Harris, who won 28%, and Trump, who won 47%.[57] In all swing states, Trump's margin of victory exceeded the combined totals of Harris's and Stein's votes, and Stein's candidacy had no impact on Harris' electoral performance.[58][59]
She received 1.07% of the vote in Maine, her best state by percentage.[60] Stein also received over one percent of the vote in Maryland and California.
Exit polling from theCouncil on American-Islamic Relations found that 53% of Muslim-American voters supported Stein. In Michigan, 59% of Muslim-American voters supported Stein. In Maryland, 81% of Muslim-American voters supported her.[61][62]
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