Shortly after she lost her party nomination for another term as Wyoming’s sole representative, Liz Cheney was being touted as a potential GOP Presidential candidate, or even an independent challenger for president.  Former Democratic Party candidate Andrew Yang has also talked about a third-party challenge from the “Forward Party” for president as well.  But how would Cheney and Yang affect the 2024 election?  Would they help President Joe Biden, or former President Donald Trump?

Not long after Cheney’s defeat in the Wyoming GOP Primary, YouGov and Yahoo took a poll showing that President Joe Biden had a 46 percent to 42 percent lead over ex-President Donald Trump.  But when Cheney is added to the mix, Trump takes a lead, 40 percent to 32 percent over Biden, with the Congresswoman taking 11 percent of those surveyed in that August survey.

John A. Tures is a professor of political science at LaGrange College in Georgia. He can be reached at jtures@lagrange.edu. His Twitter account is @JohnTures2.