Voting sign on the walkway
VOTE HERE SIGN placed on the walkway to a neighborhood polling place, as seen on election day in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Law’s Atiba Ellis discusses impact of third-party votes in the election

Posts misleadingly blame third-party votes for Republican victory
Agence France-PresseAtiba Ellis, the Laura B. Chisholm Distinguished Research Scholar and professor of law, said Donald Trump’s 2024 win wasn’t due to third-party candidates. “Trump won squarely by outperforming Vice President Harris among white voters and improving with Latino voters,” Ellis noted, dismissing claims that third-party votes swayed any of the key battleground states.