A protester at the DNC wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh and holding a sign that says Abandon Harris '24.

Why I will vote third party in the 2024 election

My views are my own.


I am voting third party in the 2024 presidential election. I have as little faith in the Democratic Party as I do in the Republican Party: none.

I am a pro-Palestine socialist. I am against genocide, capitalism, American imperialism, and Israeli apartheid.

A vote for Kamala Harris, like a vote for Donald Trump, is a vote for genocide, capitalism, American imperialism, and Israeli apartheid.

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History Had Its Eyes on Us

History Had Its Eyes on Us

Twenty-sixteen was the first year that I was old enough to vote in a US presidential election, and I didn’t vote. I was living at college an hour away from home and my polling location. I hadn’t paid close enough attention to the deadline to request an absentee ballot, and I don’t think I even checked to be sure I was still registered. (I believe I was registered as a Republican at the time because I thought I was supposed to be, not like I knew what that meant.) Like many people, I didn’t like either of the candidates. I didn’t have much motivation to choose, and I didn’t understand why voting third party is ineffective.

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