Why do Democrats fear a 3rd Party Candidate?

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(01-30-2024, 02:01 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: If what Pollster Mark Penn is reporting is true, that 64% of all voters want another option to vote for, one would think that the time would be right for a 3rd party candidate.  I'm not so sure that Trump would garner anything close to 70-75% of conservative voters' support if there were any sort of viable non-democrat party alternative.

I think Trump has a base of 38 to 40% which includes no votes from GOP never Trumpers. I think if Manchin comes in, Biden is in deep trouble, but he may already be in deep trouble due to his poor policies hurting the country.