The Green Party leader has hired a GOP consulting firm and worked with Trump-affiliated lawyers

The Green Party leader has hired a GOP consulting firm and worked with Trump-affiliated lawyers.

  • NateNate60@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    The US Green Party, and all other minor parties, have no incentive to act professionally or nominate serious candidates because voters can’t really punish it electorally for nominating shit candidates or other screw-ups by the party.

    Green Party electoral results:

    Libertarian Party electoral results:

    Working Families Party electoral results:

    Constitution Party electoral results:

    • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
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      2 months ago

      This is the really important bit.

      Like, we need third parties, but running them in federal elections is at best a dog-and-pony act, and at worst, a useful agent for the least-aligned party via the spoiler effect.

      Even if a third party candidate miraculously won the presidency, they would be cockblocked their entire term.

      The way they are now is an insult to democracy.

      If they really wanted to do be effective, they’d best be working together where goals align. And where goals should align for all of them, voting reform and moving off FPTP, would be a damn good place to start.

      But they don’t want to be effective. They just want to pop up every 4 years, get some money, con a few suckers into thinking that voting for them will give them a clean conscience, then disappear back into their hole. Giant fucking scam, all of them.

      • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        2 months ago

        If they really wanted to do be effective, they’d best be working together where goals align.

        This is what the WFP does. They have a number of members running as Democrats, or put their endorsement to democrats, where needed (or where they don’t have ballot access and need to run as Democrat).

        They don’t belong in NateNate60’s list.