Opinion | 'No Label’s push for a presidential ticket represented by both parties is a direct response to so many Americans voicing strong concerns about another term for either Trump or Biden.'
The 2024 cycle is a case in point. The party establishments are likely nominating Donald Trump and Joe Biden again — two candidates that many didn’t want the first time, much less a second time. If Udall is such an enlightened pundit, he should be aware of the many polls showing that a large majority of voters, even within the two parties, are not satisfied with either choice, so much so that the Wall Street Journal started calling it “the election of dread.
In his op-ed, Udall also argued that No Labels may use its ballot access to run Senate candidates, thus “drawing votes away from Democrats in tight races.” Where is he getting this? No Labels is only working on the presidential ballot line, and that effort is not a “third party,” as Udall claims, but a one-time ticket at a unique moment in our nation’s history. Udall needs to stop the fear-mongering.
The truth is, a Unity Ticket is likely to pull from Republicans and Democrats evenly, like Ross Perot did in 1992, meaning it wouldn’t be a spoiler for either side. They also ignore the very important fact that No Labels has promised to only utilize its ballot line if there is a clear path to victory for the independent ticket.
Therein lies the establishment’s real fear — not that Trump would win, but that the third option might win. They are afraid of anything that disrupts the two-party status quo because the status quo is the source of their ill-gotten power. The two-party system has winners, it just isn’t voters. It’s elites who get their kicks by going to cocktail parties, rubbing shoulders with power, and cashing consulting checks.
It’s easy for self-styled “champions of democracy” to be in favor of “the little guy,” because the little guy can’t disrupt their power. But unaffiliated, independent, commonsense voters are not the little guy — we are the majority. And the D.C. establishment, which Senator Udall has sided with, is terrified of any majority that stands against them.
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