Mr. Blog's Tepid Ride

January 9, 2011

Ah, the oft-overlooked Green Party. Not exactly a political powerhouse, as the chart below demonstrates.

Perhaps the fact that they are led by seven co-chairs has something to do with it. And the fact that Ralph Nader (good guy, but one-note) has twice headed their Presidential ticket doesn’t help.

Neither does this, as gleaned from Ol’ Reliable, AKA News of the Weird:

The Green Party is occasionally criticized for its overrepresentation of whites and upper-income people, who are less likely to flinch at the added costs of environmental protections. In October, the Green Party candidate for governor of Illinois, Rich Whitney, was shocked to see that the sample ballot for the November election mistakenly displayed his name as “Rich Whitey.”  (Corrections were made in time for election day.) [Washington Post-AP, 10-15-10]

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