“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.”

  • barsquid@lemmy.world
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    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.

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      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

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      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.