A ‘12th Amendment Strategy’ Could Be the Best Path for a Third-Party Candidate To Reach the White House

The strategy boils down to winning the electoral votes of a handful of states plus fewer than a dozen House seats.

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The likely 2024 contenders: Presidents Trump and Biden. AP/file

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania — A couple of weeks ago, a repairman named James came to my home to run a gauge on my stove to check if it was emitting carbon dioxide, as feared by the gas range company.

After polite conversation, the repairman and I started to discuss politics, as one does when one is a reporter curious about how a varied swath of the population feels about politics, and James, who was born at Connellsville and lives at Jeannette, said he was unhappy with both front-runners, President Trump and President Biden.

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