In early June, 40 senior Democratic party officials and operatives met in DC to figure out how to kill off No Labels’ effort to secure ballot access for the 2024 presidential election.

In the months since, they’ve raised millions to attack No Labels, describing our effort as “dangerous” to democracy, while partisan state officials have erected barriers to No Labels getting on the ballot, often with fabricated and unprecedented roadblocks with little or no legal foundation.   

But their plan to turn Americans against No Labels’ effort is failing as evidenced by a just-completed No Labels poll of 9,418 registered voters in eight key battleground states (Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin).

Voters see clearly that the groups attacking No Labels aren’t protecting democracy. They are anti-democratic forces seeking to limit the voices and choices in our political system.

Here’s what we found:

1. 63 percent of battleground state voters are open to voting for a “moderate independent” presidential candidate if the alternatives are Trump and Biden in 2024. This is up from 59% when No Labels asked the same question of voters in December 2022.
2. 69 percent support efforts by No Labels to add a ballot line in case an independent ticket wants to run.
3. 72 percent believe that more choices at the ballot for elections leads to a healthier and more vibrant democracy rather than introducing spoiler candidates.
   
4. 73 percent believe it is an act of voter suppression to actively work to limit the listing of more choices on the ballot for president.
5. 77 percent of voters believe politically motivated actions to bully, intimidate or block the availability of more choices at the ballot should be investigated by the Department of Justice for civil rights infractions.

To sum up: Almost two-thirds of voters in eight of the most important presidential battleground states are open to voting for a No Labels presidential ticket in 2024, while almost three-quarters support the fundamental right of ballot access and reject anyone who is standing in the way of it.

The insider cabal trying to subvert No Labels can and probably will keep shouting at the wind. But most voters clearly aren’t listening.

About No Labels’ Ballot Access Battleground State Poll: The survey was conducted online and by telephone by polling firm HarrisX in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin from July 28 - August 3, 2023 among between 1,142 and 1,213 registered voters per state. The sampling margin of error of this survey within each state is between plus or minus 2.8 and 2.9 percentage points depending on the state's sample. Results were weighted by gender, age, race/ethnicity, income, education, and political party where necessary within each state to align them with their actual proportions in the population.

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