The Greens, which made enormous gains in the local elections, were repeatedly accused by their rivals and sections of the media of engaging in 'Muslim sectarianism'
The critical issue with the US greens is their pathetic efforts in local organizing and their overvaluing of the presidency. Instead of trying to build power from the ground up like the DSA, they throw most of their efforts behind doomed campaigns that do nothing for anyone. Besides, the only way a party can win the presidency is by replacing another in the duopoly.
Exactly. If there were 30 greens in the house of Representatives and 10 green senators, suddenly they’d be able to actually push policies. And to get there they’d need to demonstrate electability in smaller elections.
I’m a fan of Nader, I’m sad he was never president. But if he couldn’t even come in second place in the best third party run since the whigs collapsed it’s time to stop focusing on the presidency and start trying something else.
The critical issue with the US greens is their pathetic efforts in local organizing and their overvaluing of the presidency. Instead of trying to build power from the ground up like the DSA, they throw most of their efforts behind doomed campaigns that do nothing for anyone. Besides, the only way a party can win the presidency is by replacing another in the duopoly.
Exactly. If there were 30 greens in the house of Representatives and 10 green senators, suddenly they’d be able to actually push policies. And to get there they’d need to demonstrate electability in smaller elections.
I’m a fan of Nader, I’m sad he was never president. But if he couldn’t even come in second place in the best third party run since the whigs collapsed it’s time to stop focusing on the presidency and start trying something else.
No the entire point of the green party in the US is to siphon left leaning voters from the Democrats.
When you realize this, the green party in the states makes complete sense.
Yup, unless our electoral systems change it’s mathematically impossible for a 3rd party to do anything but spoil.