Biden’s third-party challengers look to capitalize on Gaza

President Joe Biden’s handling of the Israel-Gaza war has angered and alienated Democrats. In polling before last week’s temporary truce — which collapsed on Friday morning — up to 70% of them were unhappy with the administration’s course.

Some of those disgruntled 2020 Biden voters are threatening not to vote at all, a problem that Democrats think they can fix. But those voters are also being pitched by third party candidates — a non-factor in the 2020 election but an emerging one ahead of 2024.

At campaign stops and in interviews, both independent Cornel West and two-time Green Party nominee Jill Stein have called for a “permanent ceasefire,” wooing unhappy Democrats and independents who won’t hear that from their president.