Minor parties in California

[firecat]

Looking at the election results today I noticed that in most races, if the Green party and the Peace & Freedom party combined forces, they would have gotten a respectable percentage of the vote and more than the Libertarians or the American Independents. It doesn't look like they are that far apart on the issues, but maybe I'm wrong.

It's all pretty irrelevant anyway given the right-wing trend in the rest of the U.S.

Comments

[eggcrack]

I think it's more the right-wing trend in the rest of the world. I can only wonder how Finland's election will go next year. :(

[firecat]

You're right. It worries me.

[bibliofile]

I too noticed that, in Wisconsin and Illinois at least, that it was a non-Libertarian party that came in 3rd after the GOP & Dems. I like the trend!

I wonder how many people who voted Green wouldn't have voted at all otherwise (as opposed to the usual assumption that they could've voted for the Dems).