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Libertarians Spurn Both Trump and RFK Jr., as RFK Jr. Loses Race and Trump Fails to Even Qualify

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Chase Oliver has been selected by the Libertarian Party as their choice for president in 2024. Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. were not even eligible for the position. In US presidential elections, third parties have seldom been competitive, and the Libertarian nominee received 1% of the vote four years ago.
However, the rematch between Trump and Democratic President Joe Biden, which might again depend on narrow margins of victory in a few closely contested states, has drawn greater attention to the party’s nomination this year. Trump made an appearance to speak at the conference in Washington. After his speech was loudly booed at, he did not receive the support he sought, nor did he even qualify for voting rounds, and only received two write-in ballots, per Independent.

Remarkably, Kennedy, who had a more cordial welcome when he addressed the gathering on May 24, criticizing both Trump and Biden for their approaches, lost the first round of the nomination contest with a mere 2.

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