Spoiler effect rhetoric

In the lead up to the [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 election]], President of the [[Human Rights Campaign]], [[Kelley Robinson]], stated that "Any vote that is not for [[Joe Biden]] is a vote for [[Donald Trump]]. Full stop and period"{{Cite web |date=2024-05-20 |title=America's largest LGBTQ rights group plans $15 million swing state blitz to re-elect Biden |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/americas-largest-lgbtq-rights-group-plans-15-million-swing-state-blitz-rcna152383 |access-date=2025-08-26 |website=NBC News |language=en}}

In the lead up to the [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 election]], President of the [[Human Rights Campaign]], [[Kelley Robinson]], stated that "Any vote that is not for [[Joe Biden]] is a vote for [[Donald Trump]]. Full stop and period"{{Cite web |date=2024-05-20 |title=America's largest LGBTQ rights group plans $15 million swing state blitz to re-elect Biden |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/americas-largest-lgbtq-rights-group-plans-15-million-swing-state-blitz-rcna152383 |access-date=2025-08-26 |website=NBC News |language=en}}

After Biden [[Withdrawal of Joe Biden from the 2024 United States presidential election|exited the race]], Kamala Harris was chosen as the party's nominee. Opposition to her candidacy led to the [[Abandon Harris]] protest movement emerging. In September of 2024 ahead of the election, [[The Cap Times]] attributed Hillary Clinton's 2016 loss to the Green Party's Jill Stein and stated, "We should not trick ourselves into believing we have fulfilled our voting obligations by voting for a third party or write-in and being “[[Purity test (politics)|pure]]” because we did not compromise. That protest is a vote for Trump."{{Cite web |last=column |first=Harry Peterson {{!}} guest |date=2024-09-20 |title=Opinion {{!}} A third-party vote is a vote for Trump |url=https://captimes.com/opinion/guest-columns/opinion-a-third-party-vote-is-a-vote-for-trump/article_b1ecdc86-71e6-11ef-9dad-df938dab445e.html |access-date=2026-02-26 |website=The Cap Times |language=en}} The Democratic Party released its first ad against a third party on October 11 in [[Swing state|swing states]] with a narrow margin between Trump and Harris. The ad, called "Crucial," stated that a vote for Stein was a vote for Trump.{{Cite web |last=DePree |first=Claire |date=2024-10-11 |title=DNC RELEASES NEW AD CALLING OUT JILL STEIN AS A SPOILER FOR TRUMP |url=https://democrats.org/news/dnc-releases-new-ad-calling-out-jill-stein-as-a-spoiler-for-trump/ |access-date=2026-02-03 |website=Democrats |language=en}} The ad used a clip of Trump from a campaign rally where he said “I like her very much. You know why? She takes 100 percent from them,” referring to the Democrats.{{Cite web |last=Gans |first=Jared |date=October 11, 2024 |title=Democrats to swing states: A vote for Jill Stein is a vote for Trump |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4928622-democrats-swing-state-voters-jill-stein-trump-harris/ |website=[[The Hill]]}}

After Biden [[Withdrawal of Joe Biden from the 2024 United States presidential election|exited the race]], Kamala Harris was chosen as the party's nominee. Opposition to her candidacy led to the [[Abandon Harris]] protest movement emerging. In September of 2024 ahead of the election, [[The Cap Times]] attributed Hillary Clinton's 2016 loss to the Green Party's Jill Stein and stated, "We should not trick ourselves into believing we have fulfilled our voting obligations by voting for a third party or write-in and being “[[Purity test (politics)|pure]]” because we did not compromise. That protest is a vote for Trump."{{Cite web |last=column |first=Harry Peterson {{!}} guest |date=2024-09-20 |title=Opinion {{!}} A third-party vote is a vote for Trump |url=https://captimes.com/opinion/guest-columns/opinion-a-third-party-vote-is-a-vote-for-trump/article_b1ecdc86-71e6-11ef-9dad-df938dab445e.html |access-date=2026-02-26 |website=The Cap Times |language=en}} The Democratic Party released its first ad against a third party on October 11 in [[Swing state|swing states]] with a narrow margin between Trump and Harris. The ad, called "Crucial," stated that a vote for Stein was a vote for Trump.{{Cite web |last=DePree |first=Claire |date=2024-10-11 |title=DNC RELEASES NEW AD CALLING OUT JILL STEIN AS A SPOILER FOR TRUMP |url=https://democrats.org/news/dnc-releases-new-ad-calling-out-jill-stein-as-a-spoiler-for-trump/ |access-date=2026-02-03 |website=Democrats |language=en}} The ad used a clip of Trump from a campaign rally where he said “I like her very much. You know why? She takes 100 percent from them,” referring to the Democrats.{{Cite web |last=Gans |first=Jared |date=October 11, 2024 |title=Democrats to swing states: A vote for Jill Stein is a vote for Trump |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4928622-democrats-swing-state-voters-jill-stein-trump-harris/ |website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}

== See also==

== See also==

* [[Spoiler effect]]

* [[Spoiler effect]]