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No, Kamala Harris wouldn’t have won Wisconsin with Jill Stein’s votes
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- Even if the votes that went to Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein in Wisconsin would have gone to Democratic presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris, Harris still would have fallen short of the votes cast for Republican presidential nominee — and now president-elect — Donald Trump.
In 2016, some supporters of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein of siphoning votes from Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, and helping elect Donald Trump to the White House.
Stein was again the Green Party nominee in 2024 and claims are now spreading on social media that she throttled Democratic presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris’ chances in a key battleground state: Wisconsin.
"Jill Stein doing what she set out to do," said a Nov. 5 Threads post sharing a screenshot of election returns in Wisconsin that were provided by The Associated Press but appeared in Google’s search results.
It showed Trump, now the president-elect, with 565,597 votes or 49.3% of the vote in Wisconsin; Harris with 562,910 votes or 49.1% and Stein with 4,745 votes or 0.4%.
In this scenario, if Harris had Stein’s votes, she would have had more than Trump.
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But the counts shown in the image weren’t the final vote counts.
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As of Nov. 8, with 99% of precincts reporting, the AP had called the Wisconsin election for Trump, who had 1,697,219 votes or 49.7% of the vote. Harris had 1,667,852 votes or 48.8% and Stein had 12,266 votes or 0.4%.
Even if she had Stein’s votes, Harris still would have fallen short: 1,680,118.
We rate claims Stein spoiled Wisconsin for Harris False.
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Threads post, Nov. 5, 2024
The Washington Post, Jill Stein, visited Nov. 7, 2024
Wisconsin election results, visited Nov. 7, 2024
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