Green Party candidate Jill Stein
When the Democrats urged Green Party candidate Jill Stein to withdraw from the race, claiming her participation would pull crucial votes away from then-President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, she stood her ground. Stein emphasizes that Harris, who many blamed for the loss of the Muslim vote in Michigan, should blame no one but herself. Stein contests any assumption she contributed to the victory of then-President-elect Donald Trump in Michigan and other states. ‘In many ways, we were the competitor to Trump,’ Stein has stated. Reporting 22% of the vote from Dearborn as well as significant portions of Michigan, the Green Party candidate expressed pride in her party’s achievement…
Jill Stein’s Vote Performance
Despite celebrations in President-elect Donald Trump’s camp over a victory over Kamala Harris that was determined by more significant margins than expected, Jill Stein’s Green Party candidacy didn’t have much bearing on the final outcome. Stein, representing the Green Party across various states, secured 628,129 votes, or 0.4% of the electorate, according to The Associated Press. However, she won 18% of the vote in Dearborn, a city outside Detroit with a vast Arab American demographic. Trump secured 42.8% of the vote in Dearborn, where the Middle Eastern descent population stands at 55%, according to the Detroit Free Press…
Jill Stein’s Election Night Declaration
At an election night party that can only be described as unusual, Green Party candidate Jill Stein declared victory around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, well before much of the country had finished counting ballots for Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. Stein stated, ‘It feels like we have won,’ to her room of supporters. Despite much fuss about Stein playing the ‘spoiler,’ her share of the vote seemed to be rather inconsequential as of Wednesday morning…
Jill Stein’s Retaliation to ‘Spoiler’ Accusations
Jill Stein, the U.S. Green Party presidential candidate, says she’s experiencing a wave of support unmatched by any past campaigns and is undeterred by warnings that her run could tilt the balance in favor of Donald Trump in a close race. Speaking to AFP after the Michigan polls closed, where her candid criticism of US support for Israel resonated with the state’s large Muslim and Arab-American groups, the 74-year-old hit back at Democrats who labeled her a ‘spoiler.’…
