Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to drop his Democratic bid for president and announce he'll run as an independent or third-party candidate.

Anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce Monday that he will drop his Democratic bid for president and run as an independent or third-party candidate, adding a new wrinkle to a 2024 race currently heading toward a rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.

Kennedy’s campaign has teased the announcement in the days leading up to a Monday afternoon speech in Philadelphia. In a recent video, Kennedy said there is corruption “in the leadership of both political parties” and said he wants to “rewrite the assumptions and change the habits of American politics.”

The video came shortly after Mediaite reported he planned to launch an independent bid.

    • Archer@lemmy.world
      8·
      3 years ago

      Yeah if third party candidates were actually serious they would work to get ranked choice voting passed then run

      • centof@lemm.eeEnglish
        13·
        3 years ago

        That is exactly what the Forward party is doing. Their top political policy position is promoting ranked choice voting.

        • Archer@lemmy.world
          4·
          3 years ago

          I have deep, intense skepticism of anything Andrew Yang touches or endorses

          EDIT: Also look at the fucking wikipedia article for the “Forward Party”. It’s literally bankers and Republicans, if I wanted to ruin the country this sounds like a great idea

          • centof@lemm.eeEnglish
            12·
            3 years ago

            I have deep, intense skepticism of anything Andrew Yang touches or endorses

            Okay, I have deep, intense skepticism of any current politician.

            It’s literally bankers and Republicans

            No, its not literally bankers and Republicans. All you have to do is look at the Notable member chart to see that. It does have some republicans who have joined which isn’t exactly a surprise since they are 33% of the country. As far as bankers, there was no mention of the word banker in the article so not sure where you’re getting that.

            Why are you cursing about an wikipedia article? Is it because you are angry at it?

          • centof@lemm.eeEnglish
            13·
            3 years ago

            I have deep, intense skepticism of anything Andrew Yang touches or endorses

            Why?

    • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
      3·
      3 years ago

      The only third party I give any credence to is the Working Families Party. They’ll run in local races while supporting candidates from other parties when they know they can’t win.

    • centof@lemm.eeEnglish
      12·
      3 years ago

      I can certainly get that it feels like most third parties are there to siphon votes from major political parties and sow discord.

      I really want various ballot initiatives to succeed in changing how voting is done in the US, so you can safely vote for the candidate you actually want without handing the election to the worst candidate.

      Funnily enough their is a third party for that. One of the Forward’s main policy is Ranked Choice Voting.

      They plan to start focusing on local and state elections as those positions make the election laws.

      there’s a lot of hard work that has to be done before that gains enough momentum across many states and towns and smaller localities in the US that it might be feasible to change the way voting is done on a federal level.

      Indeed, there is lots of work to be done. You can volunteer with your state’s local group if you think it is important. They have groups organized in 43/50 states.