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Jill Stein surges ahead of Kamala Harris among Muslim-American voters in key swing states (www.middleeastmonitor.com)

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Green Party candidate Jill Stein is gaining ground among Muslim-American voters in three critical swing states: Michigan, Arizona, and Wisconsin, according to a recent poll by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

Stein leads Vice President and Democrat candidate Kamala Harris in these states, with 40 per cent support in Michigan, 35 per cent in Arizona, and 44 per cent in Wisconsin. This surge in popularity appears tied to Stein’s vocal criticism of US support for Israel during the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

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[–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Is Jill Stein cool? I don't know much about her

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Jill Stein is cool. A lot of liberals are mad at her because she is snooping votes from the Democratic party by offering people things they actually want to vote for. Especially a weapons ban on Israel.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What good does voting for a presidential policy do when Congress just blocks it? Offering people things they actually want, but you have no ability to provide, is the oldest trick in politics.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The president can bypass congress

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 years ago

Sometimes, and Congress can override the President, as happened in the case I linked. If 2/3s of Congress decides to block the president on everything, there's not much the president can do.

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

Green party platform is quite good this year yes. She's been kindof a crank in the past going along with some anti-vaxxers on some shit but I have been informed she changed on that recently.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not particularly. She has basically no real experience in political office, despite running for several offices. Some of her policy positions sound fine, but without any way to actually implement those policies, they're just empty words. Plus there's some shady implications between her and Russia, and historically the Green party is funded by Republicans because they're an effective spoiler.

So she sounds cool on the surface, but without more progressives in Congress her attractive policies aren't remotely actionable. If you want a useful progressive candidate, vote for progressive in local and state elections every chance you have. This presidential election is not an effective time to vote third party.

[–] frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Then surely they can find a progressive that doesn't back Amerika's genocides and neocolonial ambitions, right?

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[–] verdigris@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago

What are you talking about? He was talking about local elections, and even if he wasn't there are a non-zero amount of Congress members who fit those criteria.