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Cornel West Could Cause a Headache for Biden. First, He’d Have to Get on More Ballots.

The philosopher and academic launched a long shot third-party bid for president but needs far more funding to make the ballot in all 50 states.

Cornel West
Cornel West is running for president under a new party called Justice for All. Andrew Harnik/AP

Cornel West has little money in his presidential campaign bank account, no major party affiliation and no political action committee backing. Few watching his campaign, supportive or not, believe he’s likely to make it on most states’ ballots.

Many Democrats publicly pretend his campaign doesn’t exist.

“I don’t want to talk about it,” Sen. Bernie Sanders told NOTUS when asked about West’s running mate selection. West was a campaign surrogate for Sanders in 2016 and 2020.