| Claudia De la Cruz 2024 presidential campaign | |
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| Campaign | 2024 United States presidential election |
| Candidate | Claudia De la Cruz Karina Garcia |
| Announced | September 7, 2023 |
| Launched | September 8, 2023 |
| Website | |
| https://votesocialist2024.com/ | |
Claudia De la Cruz, a leftist activist from New York, announced her 2024 campaign for president of the United States on September 7, 2023. She and running mate Karina Garcia formed the presidential ticket for the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), a communist party, in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
Platform
Their platform included a pledge to support reparations for Black Americans, institute a single-payer healthcare system, end all U.S. aid to Israel, forgive all student loan debt, fully recognize Native American sovereignty and honor treaty rights, cut the U.S. military budget by 90%, nationalize the 100 largest corporations, expand public transportation, and use taxation to eliminate extra-billionaire incomes in favor of the working class.
Ballot access
The Party for Socialism and Liberation attained ballot access in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Vermont, and Washington. In addition, De la Cruz received ballot lines from the Peace and Freedom Party in California, the South Carolina Workers Party, and has filed as unaffiliated in Utah.
During the 2024 election, Democrats often worked to keep De la Cruz along with other left-wing third-party candidates such as Cornel West off of ballots, while Republicans often intervened to keep De la Cruz and West on ballots.
Events
On February 29, 2024, De la Cruz participated in a presidential candidates debate hosted by the Free & Equal Elections Foundation, alongside Green Party candidates Jill Stein and Jasmine Sherman, and Libertarian Party candidates Chase Oliver and Lars Mapstead.
In March 2024, the South Carolina Workers Party voted to place De la Cruz and Garcia on the state ballot for president and vice president.
In June 2024, De la Cruz gave a speech at a pro-Palestine protest that surrounded the White House.
Reception
Endorsements
Claudia De la Cruz- Individuals
- Earl Ofari Hutchinson, author
- Political parties
Criticism
David Corn criticized the PSL for its support of the North Korean regime, defending the human rights record of the Chinese Communist Party and for a founder as well as a two-time vice presidential candidate both working for Radio Sputnik, a Russian propaganda subsidiary of Russia Today. Corn also cited close funding ties for affiliated organizations to Neville Roy Singham, a Shanghai-based multi-millionaire philanthropist that the New York Times linked as a major funder of nonprofits and media outlets promoting pro-Beijing talking points.
See also
References
- Gabbatt, Adam (2024-01-07). "'We are working-class women of color': the long-shot socialist run for the White House". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2024-01-07. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- Kennedy, Kaitlin (2023-12-03). "Claudia De la Cruz 2024: Her story, experiences, and policies". TAG24. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- Kennedy, Kaitlyn (September 28, 2023). "Presidential candidate Claudia De la Cruz on reparations and her fight for a socialist third option". TAG24. Archived from the original on January 6, 2024. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
- "Our Program". Claudia & Karina 2024. 2024-01-16. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
- "2024 Presidential Ballot Access by State". The Green Papers. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
- "Write-In Candidates - November 5, 2024" (PDF). Winnebago County, Illinois. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- "Petition Search". North Carolina State Board of Elections. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
- "Georgia High Court Says Votes for Cornel West and Claudia de la Cruz Will Not Count". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. September 22, 2024. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
- "Pennsylvania high court rules against two third-party candidates trying for presidential ballot". WTAE ABC News. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
- Berg-Andersson, Richard E. "The Green Papers: 2024 General Election". The Green Papers. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
- ^ Amy, Jeff (2024-08-29). "Georgia puts Cornel West, Jill Stein and Claudia De la Cruz on the state's presidential ballots". AP News. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
Democrats legally challenged West, De la Cruz, Kennedy and Stein, seeking to block candidates who could siphon votes from Harris after Joe Biden won Georgia by fewer than 12,000 votes in 2020...Georgia is one of several states where Democrats and allied groups have filed challenges to third-party and independent candidates. Republicans in Georgia intervened, seeking to keep all the candidates on the ballot.
- "Campaign 2024: Free and Equal Elections Presidential Debate" Archived 2024-03-15 at the Wayback Machine. February 29, 2024 Retrieved March 10, 2024
- Marantz, Andrew (March 11, 2024). "Libertarians and Socialists and Jill Stein - Oh, My!". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on March 22, 2024. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
- KENMORE, ABRAHAM (March 22, 2024). "Candidates kept off SC ballots in '22 start new 3rd party, file to run for Legislature". The South Carolina Daily Gazette. Archived from the original on March 26, 2024. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
- "Smoke, Palestinian Flags and Protest Chants Fill the Air as Thousands Surround White House". Yahoo News. 2024-06-08. Archived from the original on 2024-06-16. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-11-19/third-party-election-2024-california
- "Peace & Freedom Party Workers' Voters Guide, general election 2024". peaceandfreedom.us. September 11, 2024. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
- Winger, Richard (2024-06-16). "South Carolina Workers Party Nominates Claudia De la Cruz for President". Ballot Access News. Archived from the original on 2024-04-04. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
- ^ Corn, David. "As a presidential candidate, Cornel West aligns himself with far-left radicals". Mother Jones. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
- De la Cruz on the ballot in:
- California (54, as Peace and Freedom Party)
- Florida (30)
- Hawaii (4)
- Idaho (4)
- Iowa (6)
- Louisiana (8)
- Massachusetts (11)
- Minnesota (10)
- Mississippi (6, as Independent)
- New Jersey (14)
- New Mexico (5)
- Rhode Island (4)
- South Carolina (9, as South Carolina Workers Party)
- Tennessee (11, as Independent)
- Utah (6, as Independent)
- Vermont (3)
- Virginia (13, as Independent)
- Washington (12)
- Wisconsin (10)
- De la Cruz registered write-in in:
- Arizona (11)
- Colorado (10)
- Delaware (3)
- District of Columbia (3)
- Illinois (19)
- Indiana (11)
- Kentucky (8)
- Maine (4)
- Maryland (10)
- North Carolina (16)
- Ohio (17)
- Texas (40)
- West Virginia (4)
- De la Cruz write-in states:
- Alabama (9)
- New Hampshire (4)
- Oregon (8)
- Wyoming (3)
- De la Cruz disqualified states:
- Georgia (16)
- Pennsylvania (19)