Green Party candidate Stein is frequently criticized for allegedly drawing votes from Hillary Clinton in 2016, thereby "spoiling" what was widely anticipated to be an easy victory for the Democratic candidate against celebrity billionaire Donald Trump.

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Democrats Should Abandon the Third-Party “Spoiler” Argument

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The narrative that third-party candidates act as "spoilers" in presidential elections has been perpetuated by Democratic partisans, aiming to delegitimize these candidates' impacts on election outcomes.