The 2024 presidential election was an unusual one for third parties. The most influential third-party candidate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., first ran to try to primary Democratic incumbent Joe Biden. He then decided that would be fruitless and switched to running as an independent in October 2023.

The disgruntled people who voted for Vice President Kamala Harris need to stop with the hand wringing, recriminations and Monday morning quarterbacking. She lost. I am an ardent civil libertarian and voted for Chase Oliver.