Kamala Harris risks having a big problem: his name is Jill Stein. This year, as in 2016 and 2020, Wisconsin will prove to be one of the crucial states in the November elections. A state that, to give you an idea, could even be able to decree who will be the next occupant of the White House. That’s why it is Donald Trump that the Democratic candidate is betting heavily on it. The point is that the vice president now seems to be encountering a significant difficulty.
We must not forget that the pro-Palestinian far left continues to be on a war footing. Despite the Harris has made some notable concessions to it, that galaxy is still restless. During the Convention Chicago Democrat, held several protests, while – a few days before the event – pro-PAL activists had interrupted and challenged the Democratic candidate during campaign events she held in Michigan and Arizona.
Now, it should not be overlooked that the pro-Palestinian left has a significant weight in Wisconsin. During the last local Democratic primaries, the pro-Palestinian protest vote against Joe Biden had reached 8%, exceeding 48,000 votes. This is a worrying figure for the Harris. In 2016, Trump he won Wisconsin by less than 23,000 votes. Bidenfour years later, instead took the state by just 20,000 votes. As a result, in Wisconsin, victories are now on a razor’s edge. And the Harris She knows full well that the discontent of the pro-Palestinians could cost her dearly on the ground.
And here we come to the crux of the matter. Jill Steinwho this year, as in 2016, is the presidential candidate of the Green Party: a far-left formation that has never exceeded 2% of the consensus at the national level in the presidential elections. The real point, however, is the weight that this party can have in the key states. In 2016, the Stone got 31,000 votes in Wisconsin, meaning that if that package had gone to the Dems, Hillary Clinton would have succeeded in tearing the State away from Trump. The turning point this year is that the Stone has taken a strongly pro-Palestinian position, which could attract many votes from the left: a scenario that, if it were to occur, could turn into a real nightmare for the Harris.
It is no coincidence that the Democratic Party had filed an appeal to try to block the local candidacy of the Green Party: an appeal that was recently rejected by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Furthermore, the situation for the vice president is made worse by the fact that, according to the average poll of RealClearPoliticscurrently, in this state, its advantage is just 1%: at the end of August 2020, Biden was ahead by 3.5%, while – at the end of August 2016 – the Clinton even had a lead of more than 11%. These are worrying data for the Harris. An overall picture which, especially in light of the candidacy of the Stoneit gets particularly bleak for the vice president.
