With membership at new lows and no electoral wins to their name, it’s time for the Greens to ditch the malignant narcissist who’s presided over its decline.

“With membership at new lows and no electoral wins to their name, it’s time for the Greens to ditch the malignant narcissist who’s presided over its decline.”

  • shitescalates@midwest.socialEnglish
    22·
    2 months ago

    The best part of running for a state legislature or congressional position is that they could team with democrats to block the GOP, so unlike the presidential election you aren’t voting against your interest for electing a third party.

    • barsquid@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 months ago

      Those races are also FPTP so they do risk the same spoiler effect. Maybe it would do for a deep blue area?

      I’m searching around and something like CA-12 was 90% Biden. Candidates could split that like five or six ways and still not have any danger of a Repub.

      I don’t think there are any state level positions that would accommodate that. Even Vermont is only D+16, so the third party is a larger risk.

      • DeadWorld@lemm.eeEnglish
        12·
        2 months ago

        Seeing the disrepair the Republicans have left the south in, I wonder if there is room to do a grass roots campaign in more red areas with a focus of charity and community service? “We are here to help. No, we are not Dems” might work in Louisiana or Alabama

      • silence7@slrpnk.net
        9·
        2 months ago

        There are some parts of the US where they are not first-past-the-post.

        • Alaska - uses top 4 primary + ranked choice general
        • Maine - uses ranked choice voting
        • California & Washington - use a top-two primary

        The Greens could effectively run in those places, as well as races where the Democrats aren’t running a candidate.

        But when I see them running for local office, they’re basically running to be on the ballot, not mounting a serious effort to win.