Green Party of the United States

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Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists The Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is a federation of Green state political parties in the United States.[1] The party promotes green politics, specifically environmentalism, nonviolence, social justice, participatory democracy, anti-war, and anti-racism. Template:As of it is the fourth-largest political party in the United States by voter registration, behind the Libertarian Party.[2]

The direct predecessor of the GPUS was the Association of State Green Parties (ASGP). In the late 1990s, the ASGP, which formed in 1996,[3] had increasingly distanced itself from the Greens/Green Party USA (G/GPUSA),[4] America's then-primary green organization which had formed in 1991 out of the Green Committees of Correspondence, a collection of local green groups active since 1984.[5] In 2001, the GPUS was officially founded as the ASGP split from the G/GPUSA. After its founding, the GPUS soon became the primary national green organization in the country, surpassing the G/GPUSA. John Rensenbrink and Howie Hawkins were co-founders of the Green Party.[6]

The Greens (as ASGP) first gained widespread public attention during the 2000 presidential election, when the ticket composed of Ralph Nader and Winona LaDuke won 2.7% of the popular vote, raising questions as to whether they spoiled the election in favor of George W. Bush.[7][8][9][10] Nader has dismissed the notion that he and other Green candidates are spoilers.[11]

History

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Early years

The political movement that began in 1985 as the decentralized Committees of Correspondence[12][13] evolved into a more centralized structure by 1990, opening a national clearinghouse and forming governing bodies, bylaws and a platform as the Green Committees of Correspondence;[13] by 1990, it was known simply as The Greens. The organization conducted grassroots organizing efforts, educational activities and electoral campaigns.

Internal divisions arose between members who saw electoral politics as ultimately corrupting and supported the notion of an "anti-party party" formed by Petra Kelly and other leaders of the Greens in Germany[14] vs. those who saw electoral strategies as a crucial engine of social change. A struggle for the direction of the organization culminated in a "compromise agreement", ratified in 1990 at the Greens National Congress in Elkins, West Virginia, in which both strategies would be accommodated within the same 527 political organization renamed the Greens/Green Party USA (G/GPUSA). It was recognized by the FEC as a national political party in 1991.

The compromise agreement subsequently collapsed and two Green Party organizations co-existed in the United States until 2019 when the Greens/Green Party USA was dissolved. The Green Politics Network was organized in 1990 and the National Association of Statewide Green Parties formed by 1994. Divisions between those pressing to break onto the national political stage and those aiming to grow roots at the local level continued to widen during the 1990s. The Association of State Green Parties (ASGP) encouraged and backed Nader's presidential runs in 1996 and 2000. By 2001, the push to separate electoral activity from the G/GPUSA issue-based organizing led to the Boston Proposal and the subsequent rise of the Green Party of the United States. The G/GPUSA lost most of its affiliates in the next few months and dropped its FEC national party status in the year 2005.

2020s

Howie Hawkins announced his candidacy for President in the 2020 United States presidential election on April 3, 2019, seeking the Green nomination,[15] and later became the nominee.[16]

On August 17, 2024, Jill Stein and Butch Ware officially became the 2024 Green Party's nominees for President and Vice President, winning 267 out of the 287 Green delegate votes at their national convention.[17] Their campaign primarily focused on social justice reforms, labor rights, healthcare, economic restructuring, and demilitarizing.[18] The party also campaigned heavily on ending American aid to Israel during the Gaza war and particularly attacked Democratic candidates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.[19]

The Stein/Ware ticket came in third place, securing 862,049 votes.[20]

On February 3, Butch Ware announced that he would be campaigning to become the Governor of California in the 2026 California gubernatorial election.[21]

On August 29, former presidential candidate Jill Stein spoke at and attended the second annual People's Conference for Palestine.[22] She spoke in favor of the UN imposing an arms embargo, trade boycott, divestment, and utilizing the United Nations Protection Force.

Structure and composition

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Committees

The Green Party has two national committees recognized by the Federal Election Commission (FEC):

Green National Committee

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Caucuses

Five Identity Caucuses have achieved representation on the GNC:

Other caucuses have worked toward formal recognition by the GNC:

Ideology

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Values

The Green Party of the United States follows the ideals of green politics, which are based on the Four Pillars, namely:[34][13]

  1. Ecological wisdom,
  2. Social justice,
  3. Grassroots democracy, and
  4. Nonviolence.

The Ten Key Values, which expand upon the Four Pillars, are as follows:[35][13]

  1. Grassroots democracy,
  2. Social justice and equal opportunity,
  3. Ecological wisdom,
  4. Nonviolence,
  5. Decentralization,
  6. Community-based economics,
  7. Feminism and gender equity,
  8. Respect for diversity,
  9. Personal and global responsibility, and
  10. Future focus and sustainability.

The Green Party doesn't accept donations from corporations, political action committees (PACs), 527(c) organizations or soft money. The party's platforms and rhetoric harshly criticize corporate influence and control over government, media, and society at large.[36]

Eco-socialism

Template:Socialism US Template:Libertarian socialism sidebar In 2016, the Green Party passed a motion in favor of rejecting both capitalism and state socialism, supporting instead an "alternative economic system based on ecology and decentralization of power".[37] The motion states the change that the party says could be described as promoting "ecological socialism", "communalism", or perhaps the "cooperative commonwealth".[37] The Green Party rejection of both state socialism and capitalism and their promotion of communalism which was created by libertarian socialist Murray Bookchin places the Green Party into the ideology of libertarian socialism.[38] The eco-socialist economy the Green Party of the United States wants to create is similar to the market socialist mutualist economics of Proudhon which consists of a large sector of democratically controlled public enterprises, a large sector of cooperative enterprises, and a smaller sector of small businesses and self-employed.[39][40] Consumer goods and services would be sold to consumers in the market by cooperatives, public enterprises, and small businesses.[39] Services that would be for free include health care, education, child care, and urban mass transit. Goods and services that would be available at low cost would include public housing, power, broadband, and water.[39] Howie Hawkins who was nominated by the Green Party to run for president of the United States in 2020 identifies as a libertarian socialist.[41]

Political positions

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Economic and social issues

Healthcare

The Green Party supports the implementation of a single-payer healthcare system and the abolition of private health insurance in the United States.[42] They have also called for contraception and abortion procedures to be available on demand.[43] The Green Party has called for the repeal of the Hyde Amendment, an act that prohibits the use of federal taxpayer funds for abortions, unless in the cases of rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother.[42]

Education

The Green Party calls for providing tuition-free college at public universities and vocational schools, increasing funding for after-school and daycare programs, cancelling all student loan debt, and repealing the No Child Left Behind Act. They are strongly against the dissolution of public schools and the privatization of education.[44]

Green New Deal

In 2006, the Green Party developed a Green New Deal that would ultimately serve as a transitional plan to a 100% clean, renewable energy including solar and wind energy by 2030 utilizing a carbon tax, jobs guarantee, tuition-free college, single-payer healthcare and a focus on using public programs.[45][46]

Howie Hawkins focused his gubernatorial campaign on the Green New Deal, which was the first time the policy was introduced.[47] Jill Stein also developed her presidential campaign based on the Green New Deal.[48]

Criminal justice

The Green Party favors the abolition of the death penalty, repeal of three-strikes laws, banning of private prisons, legalization of marijuana, and decriminalization of other drugs.[49]

Racial justice

The Green Party advocates for "complete and full" reparations to the African American community, as well the removal of the Confederate flag from all government buildings.[50]

LGBT+ rights

The party supports same-sex marriage, the right of access to medical and surgical treatment for transgender and gender-nonconforming people, and withdrawing foreign aid to countries with poor LGBT+ rights records. The party opposes gender-critical feminism.[50]

Youth rights

The party supports youth rights. They reject the idea that young people are property of their parents or guardians. They support providing mothers with prenatal care. They oppose child abuse and neglect and support young people's rights to food, shelter, healthcare, and education. They support greater student input into their education and sex education and oppose advertisements in schools. They support lowering the voting age to 16.[50]

Fundraising and position on Super PACs

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Some Greens feel that the Green Party's position should be simply to follow the laws and regulations of campaign finance.[51] Other Greens argue that it would injure the Green Party not to practice a principled stand against the anti-democratic influence of money in the political process. Candidates for office, like Jill Stein, the 2012[52] and 2016 Green Party nominee for the President of the United States, typically rely on smaller donations to fund their campaigns.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Foreign policy

The Green Party calls on the United States to join the International Criminal Court, and sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty and Non-Proliferation Treaty. Additionally, it supports cutting the defense budget in half, as well as prohibiting all arms sales to foreign countries.[53]

The Green Party supports the 2015 Iran nuclear deal to decrease sanctions while limiting Iran's capacity to make nuclear weapons.[54]

The Green Party advocates for the Palestinian right of return and cutting all U.S. aid to Israel. It has also expressed support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.[55] The Green Party supports "...the creation of one secular, democratic state for Palestinians and Israelis on the land between the Mediterranean Sea and the River Jordan as the national home of both peoples, with Jerusalem as its capital."[56]

The Green Party called for a ceasefire in the Gaza war and condemned Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip.[57][58]

Membership

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Registered voters
Party Percentage (2022)[59]
Democratic 38.73%
Republican 29.6%
Libertarian 0.6%
Green 0.19%
Constitution 0.11%

The Green Party's membership encompasses the fourth-highest percentage of registered voters in the United States, with a total membership of 261,091 in July 2025.[60] The Green Party has its strongest popular support on the Pacific Coast, Upper Great Lakes, and Northeast, as reflected in the geographical distribution of Green candidates elected.[61] Template:As of, Californians have elected 55 of the 226 office-holding Greens nationwide. Other states with high numbers of Green elected officials include Pennsylvania (31), Wisconsin (23), Massachusetts (18) and Maine (17). Maine has the highest per capita number of Green elected officials in the country and the largest Green registration percentage with more than 29,273 Greens comprising 2.95% of the electorate Template:As of.[62] Madison, Wisconsin is the city with the most Green elected officials (8), followed by Portland, Maine (7).

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Membership in the Green Party of the United States by year (1986–2020)

The 2016 presidential campaign of Jill Stein got substantive support from counties and precincts with a high percentage of Native American population. For instance, in Sioux County (North Dakota, 84.1% Native American), Stein gained her best county-wide result: 10.4% of the votes. In Rolette County (also North Dakota, 77% Native American), she got 4.7% of the votes. Other majority Native American counties where Stein did above state average are Menominee (WI), Roosevelt (MT) and several precincts in Alaska.[63][64]

At its peak in 2004, the Green Party had 318,931 registered members in states allowing party registration and tens of thousands of members and contributors in the rest of the country.[65][66]

Number of registered Green Party members by year (nationally)[67]
Year Number of members
2024 249,276
2023 242,882
2022 238,552
2021 246,088
2020 248,071
2019 258,028
2018 257,939
2017 260,874
2016 258,444
2015 256,929
2014 251,900
2013 252,328
2012 251,976
2011 243,226
2010 248,488
2009 249,542
2008 262,050
2007 273,938
2006 297,285
2005 298,031
2004 318,931
2003 302,226
2002 277,241
2001 232,651
2000 204,321
1999 129,183
1998 123,650
1997 110,229
1996 113,440
1995 88,505
1994 92,094
1993 96,113
1992 102,830
1991 101,286
1990 9,552
1989 142
1988 109
1987 24
1986 24

State and territorial parties

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List of national conventions and annual meetings

The Green National Convention is scheduled in presidential election years and the Annual National Meeting is scheduled in other years.[70] The Green National Committee conducts business online between these in-person meetings.

Officeholders

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Musician Jello Biafra ran for the Green Party's presidential nomination in 2000, and has run for other offices with the Green Party.
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Malik Rahim, former Black Panther Party activist, ran for Congress in 2008 with the Green Party.
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2012, 2016 and 2024 Green presidential nominee, Jill Stein, served from 2005 to 2010 as a member of Lexington's Town Meeting.

Template:As of, 143 officeholders in the United States were affiliated with the Green Party.[71] The party has not had any representation in federal or statewide offices.[72]

Previously in 2016, the majority of them were in California, several in Illinois, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, with five or fewer in ten other states. These included one mayor and one deputy mayor and fourteen county or city commissioners (or equivalent). The remainder were members of school boards, clerks and other local administrative bodies and positions.[73]

Several Green Party members have been elected to state-level office, though not always as affiliates of the party. John Eder was elected to the Maine House of Representatives, re-elected in 2004, but defeated in 2006. Audie Bock was elected to the California State Assembly in 1999, but switched her registration to independent seven months later[74] running as such in the 2000 election.[75] Richard Carroll was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives in 2008, but switched parties to become a Democrat five months after his election.[76] Fred Smith was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives in 2012,[77] but re-registered as a Democrat in 2014.[78] In 2010, former Green Party leader Ben Chipman was elected to the Maine House of Representatives as an unenrolled candidate and was re-elected in 2012 and 2014. He has since registered as a Democrat, and is serving in the Maine Senate.[79][80]

Gayle McLaughlin was twice elected mayor of Richmond, California, defeating two Democrats in 2006[81] and then reelected in 2010; and elected to City Council in 2014 after completing her second term as mayor.[82] With a population of over 100,000 people, it was the largest American city with a Green mayor. Fairfax, California; Arcata, California; Sebastopol, California; and New Paltz, New York are the only towns in the United States to have had a Green Party majority in their town councils. Twin Ridges Elementary in Nevada County, California held the first Green Party majority school board in the United States.[83]

On September 21, 2017, Ralph Chapman, a member of the Maine House of Representatives, switched his party registration from unaffiliated to Green, providing the Green Party with their first state-level representative since 2014.[84] Henry John Bear became a member of the Green Party in the same year as Chapman, giving the Maine Green Independent Party and GPUS its second currently-serving state representative, though Bear is a nonvoting tribal member of the Maine House of Representatives.

Though several Green congressional candidates have topped 20%, no nominee of the Green Party has been elected to office in the federal government. In 2016, Mark Salazar set a new record for a Green Party nominee for Congress. Running in the Arizona 8th district against incumbent Republican Congressman Trent Franks, Salazar received 93,954 votes or 31.43%.[85]

Legislative caucuses

With exception to state legislatures and major city councils, all other legislative bodies included in the following chronological table had/have more than two affiliated members simultaneously serving in office.[86][87]

Years Government position Jurisdiction State Notes
2001–2022 Minority
(1/13 seats)
2001–2005: (2/13 seats)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Minneapolis City Council Template:Country data Minnesota
2018–2019 Minority
(1/141 seats) 		Maryland House of Delegates Template:Country data Maryland
2017–2018 Minority
(2/154* seats)Template:Efn 		Maine House of Representatives Template:Country data Maine
2002–2006 Minority
(1/151 seats)
2016–2017 Minority
(2/5 seats) 		Anoka Water Conservation District Template:Country data Minnesota
2013–2015 Minority
(1/100 seats) 		Arkansas House of Representatives Template:Country data Arkansas
2008–2009 Minority
(1/100 seats)
2002–2014 Minority
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(3–4 out of 9 seats) 		Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board Template:Country data California
2009–2013 Majority
(3/5 seats) 		Fairfax Town Council Template:Country data California
2004–2008 Minority
(2/5 seats)
1990–2012 Minority
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(2–5 out of 30 seats) 		Douglas County Board of Supervisors Template:Country data Wisconsin
2001–2009 Minority
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(2–4 out of 20 seats) 		Madison Common Council Template:Country data Wisconsin
1998–2008 Minority
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(2–4 out of 39 seats) 		Dane County Board of Supervisors Template:Country data Wisconsin
2004–2008 Minority
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(3–4 out of 29 seats) 		Portage County Board of Supervisors Template:Country data Wisconsin
2000–2008 Majority
(3/5 seats) 		Sebastopol City Council Template:Country data California
2004–2007 Minority
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(2–4 out of 9 seats) 		Portland Board of Education Template:Country data Maine
2003–2007 Minority
(2/7 seats) 		Kalamazoo City Commission Template:Country data Michigan
2004–2006;
1996–1998 		Majority
(3/5 seats) 		Arcata City Council Template:Country data California
2002–2004;
1998–2000 		Minority
(2/5 seats)
2002–2006 Majority
(3/5 seats) 		School Board of Twin Ridges Elementary Template:Country data California
2003–2004 Majority
(3/5 seats) 		New Paltz Village Council Template:Country data New York
2002–2004 Minority
(1/80 seats) 		New Jersey General Assembly Template:Country data New Jersey
1998–2004 Minority
(2/7 seats) 		Santa Monica City Council Template:Country data California
2001–2003 Minority
(2/30 seats) 		New Haven Board of Aldermen Template:Country data Connecticut
2000–2002 Minority
(2/8 seats) 		Salem City Council Template:Country data Oregon
2000–2002 Minority
(2/8 seats) 		Santa Fe City Council Template:Country data New Mexico
1995–2002 Minority
(2/5 seats) 		Point Arena Town Council Template:Country data California
1999 Minority
(1/80 seats) 		California State Assembly Template:Country data California
1996–1998 Minority
(2/8 seats) 		Fayetteville City Council Template:Country data Arkansas

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Other notable people

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Presidential ballot access

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2004 to present

Ballot Access of the Green Party of the United States
2004[88][89] 2008[90][91] 2012[92][93] 2016[94][95] 2020[96] 2024[97]
Number of states + D.C.
(number of write-in states) 		28
(14) 		33
(10) 		37
(6) 		45
(3) 		30
(17) 		39

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Possible electoral votes
(possible write-in electoral votes) 		294
(201)Template:Efn-la 		413
(68) 		439
(47)Template:Efn-la 		480
(42) 		381
(133) 		+420
(68)Template:Efn-la
Alabama Not on ballot On ballot (write-in) On ballot
Alaska On ballot Not on ballot On ballot (write-in)Template:Efn-la On ballot
Arizona (write-in) On ballot (write-in) On ballot[98]
Arkansas On ballot
California On ballot
Colorado On ballot
Connecticut On ballot (write-in) On ballot
Delaware On ballot
District of Columbia On ballot
Florida On ballot
Georgia (write-in) On ballot
Hawaii On ballot
Idaho (write-in) On ballot (write-in)
Illinois (write-in) On ballot (write-in)
Indiana (write-in) TBD
Iowa On ballot TBD
Kansas (write-in) On ballot[99] (write-in) TBD
Kentucky Not on ballot On ballot (write-in) On ballot
Louisiana On ballot Not on ballot On ballot
Maine On ballot
Maryland On ballot
Massachusetts On ballot TBD
Michigan On ballot
Minnesota On ballot
Mississippi On ballot
Missouri Not on ballot (write-in) Not on ballot On ballot
Montana On ballot (write-in) Not on ballot On ballot (write-in) On ballot
Nebraska On ballot Not on ballot On ballot (write-in) TBD
Nevada On ballot Not on ballot TBD[100]
New Hampshire Not on ballot (write-in) On ballot (write-in) On ballot
New Jersey On ballot
New Mexico On ballot
New York (write-in) On ballot (write-in)
North Carolina (write-in) Not on ballot (write-in) On ballot
North Dakota Not on ballot On ballot (write-in) TBD
Ohio (write-in) On ballot
Oklahoma Not on ballot TBD
Oregon On ballot
Pennsylvania On ballot Not on ballot On ballot (write-in) On ballot
Rhode Island On ballot[101] (write-in) TBD
South Carolina On ballot
South Dakota Not on ballot TBD
Tennessee (write-in) On ballot
Texas (write-in) On ballot
Utah (write-in) On ballot
Vermont Not on ballot (write-in) On ballot TBD
Virginia (write-in) On ballot (write-in) On ballot
Washington On ballot
West Virginia (write-in) On ballot
Wisconsin On ballot (write-in) On ballot
Wyoming Not on ballot On ballot (write-in) TBD

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1996 and 2000

Ballot Access of the Association of State Green PartiesTemplate:Efn-la
1996[102][103] 2000[104][105]
Number of states + D.C.
(number of write-in states) 		22
(14) 		44
(4)
Possible electoral votes
(possible write-in electoral votes) 		239
(200)Template:Efn-la 		481
(32)
Alabama Not on ballot On ballot
Alaska On ballot
Arizona (write-in) On ballot
Arkansas On ballot
California On ballot
Colorado On ballot
Connecticut On ballot
Delaware (write-in) On ballot
District of Columbia On ballot
Florida On ballot
Georgia Not on ballot (write-in)
Hawaii On ballot
Idaho Not on ballot (write-in)
Illinois (write-in) On ballot
Indiana (write-in)
Iowa On ballot
Kansas (write-in) On ballot
Kentucky (write-in) On ballot
Louisiana On ballot
Maine On ballot
Maryland (write-in) On ballot
Massachusetts (write-in) On ballot
Michigan (write-in) On ballot
Minnesota On ballot
Mississippi Not on ballot On ballot
Missouri (write-in) On ballot
Montana Not on ballot On ballot
Nebraska Not on ballot On ballot
Nevada On ballot
New Hampshire Not on ballot On ballot
New Jersey On ballot
New Mexico On ballot
New York On ballot
North Carolina (write-in) Not on ballot
North Dakota Not on ballot On ballot
Ohio (write-in) On ballot
Oklahoma Not on ballot
Oregon On ballot
Pennsylvania (write-in) On ballot
Rhode Island On ballot
South Carolina Not on ballot On ballot
South Dakota Not on ballot
Tennessee Not on ballot On ballot
Texas (write-in) On ballot
Utah On ballot
Vermont On ballot
Virginia Not on ballot On ballot
Washington On ballot
West Virginia Not on ballot On ballot
Wisconsin On ballot
Wyoming Not on ballot (write-in)

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Electoral results

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Presidential elections

Year Presidential/vice presidential candidate Popular votes Percentage Electoral votes Image
GPUS
2024 Jill Stein/Butch Ware
(campaign) 		868,963 0.6%
(Third) 		0 EV File:Jill Stein by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg File:Butch Ware in 2024.jpg
2020 Howie Hawkins/Angela Walker
(campaign) 		407,068 0.3%
(Fourth) 		0 EV File:Howie Hawkins.jpg File:Angela Walker (cropped).jpg
2016 Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka
(campaign) 		1,457,218 1.1%
(Fourth) 		0 EVTemplate:Efn-la File:Jill Stein by Gage Skidmore (1).jpg File:Ajamu Baraka at Oct 2016 Berkeley rally for Jill Stein - 4 (cropped) (cropped).jpg
2012 Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala
(campaign) 		469,627 0.4%
(Fourth) 		0 EV File:JillStein Tar Sands Blockade (cropped).jpg File:Cheri Honkala.jpg
2008 Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente
(campaign)Template:Efn-la 		161,797 0.1%
(Sixth) 		0 EV File:Cynthia McKinney.jpg File:Rosa Clemente Laura Flanders Show 2017.jpg
2004 David Cobb/Pat LaMarche
(campaign)Template:Efn-la 		119,859 0.1%
(Sixth) 		0 EV File:David Cobb at Oct 2016 Berkeley rally for Jill Stein - 1 (cropped) (cropped).jpg File:Blank.png
ASGP
2000 Ralph Nader/Winona LaDuke
(campaign) 		2,882,897 2.7%
(Third) 		0 EV File:Naderspeak (cropped).JPG File:Reception (4099192018) (cropped).jpg
1996 Ralph Nader/Winona LaDuke
(campaign)Template:Efn-laTemplate:Efn-la 		684,902 0.7%
(Fourth) 		0 EV File:Naderspeak (cropped).JPG File:Reception (4099192018) (cropped).jpg

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Congress

House of Representatives

Election year No. of overall general
election votes 		% of overall vote No. of overall seats won +/-
G/GPUSA
1992 134,072 0.14 Template:Composition bar
1994 52,096 0.07 Template:Composition bar
ASGP
1996 42,510 0.05 Template:Composition bar
1998 70,932 0.11 Template:Composition bar
2000 260,087 0.26 Template:Composition bar
GPUS
2002 297,187 0.40 Template:Composition bar
2004 344,549 0.30 Template:Composition bar
2006 243,391 0.29 Template:Composition bar
2008 580,263 0.47 Template:Composition bar
2010 252,688 0.29 Template:Composition bar
2012 372,996 0.30 Template:Composition bar
2014 246,567 0.30 Template:Composition bar
2016 515,263[106] 0.42? Template:Composition bar
2018 276,877 0.22 Template:Composition bar
2020 90,121 0.06 Template:Composition bar
2022 69,802 0.06 Template:Composition bar
2024 182,841 0.12 Template:Composition bar

Senate

Election year No. of overall general
election votes 		% of overall vote No. of overall seats won +/-
ASGP
2000 685,289 0.90 Template:Composition bar
GPUS
2002 94,702 0.20 Template:Composition bar
2004 157,671 0.20 Template:Composition bar
2006 295,935 0.50 Template:Composition bar
2008 427,427 0.70 Template:Composition bar
2010 516,517 0.80 Template:Composition bar
2012 212,103 0.20 Template:Composition bar
2014 152,555 0.32 Template:Composition bar
2016 695,604[107] 0.72 Template:Composition bar
2018 200,599Template:Efn 0.22 Template:Composition bar
2020 258,348 0.03 Template:Composition bar
2022 87,964 0.10 Template:Composition bar
2024 288,495 0.?? Template:Composition bar

Best results in major races

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Office Percent District Year Candidate
President 10.07% Alaska 2000 Ralph Nader
6.92% Vermont 2000
6.42% Massachusetts 2000
US Senate 20.5% Arkansas 2008 Rebekah Kennedy
15.4% District of Columbia 2018Template:Efn Eleanor Ory
14.3% District of Columbia 2006Template:Efn Joyce Robinson-Paul
US House 31.5% Arizona District 8 2016 Mark Salazar
27.5% California District 34 2018 Kenneth Mejia
23.2% Arkansas District 2 2008 Deb McFarland
Governor 10.4% Illinois 2006 Rich Whitney
10.3% New Mexico 1994 Roberto Mondragón
9.5% Maine 2006 Pat LaMarche
Other statewide 32.7% New Mexico State Treasurer 1994 Lorenzo Garcia
32.4% Arkansas State Treasurer 2010 Bobby Tullis
26.7% Arkansas Attorney General 2010 Rebekah Kennedy
State Legislature 67.1% Maine District 38 2002 John Eder
50.9% Maine District 118 2004
48.4% Maine District 118 2006

Criticism and controversies

Spoiler campaigns

Campaigns run by the Green Party have been seen by some analysts and academics as tossing the election outcomes in favor of Republican candidates – most notably George W. Bush in 2000[7][8][9][10] and Donald Trump in 2016.[108] In 2019, former Green presidential candidate Ralph Nader told the Washingtonian that, while he still does not consider himself a spoiler, he regretted not entering the 2000 Democratic primary.[109]

A 2020 New York Times article highlighted instances where supporters of a Republican candidate worked to get the Green Party on ballots in close races hoping that it would split votes away from Democratic candidate, including during the 2020 presidential election.[110]

In September 2024, Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized the Green Party's political strategy as "predatory", alleging that they have failed to build political power at the local level while only "show[ing] up every four years" to run presidential candidates. She contrasted their approach with that of the Working Families Party.[111]

On November 1, 2024, Green parties across Europe urged Jill Stein to drop out and endorse Kamala Harris, arguing that Stein risked electing Donald Trump by staying in the race.[112]

On December 27, 2024, James Skoufis accused the Green Party of spoiling the 2024 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania in favor of Dave McCormick.[113]

Russia

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The United States Senate's probe into Russian election interference investigated Jill Stein and the Green Party for potential collusion and looked to better understand why and how Russia was promoting the party.[114] Politico and Newsweek reported that Russian state actors covertly promoted Stein and other Green Party candidates on Facebook prior to the 2016 elections.[108][115] NBC News reported that a "growing body of evidence [exists] that [shows] the Russians worked to boost the Stein campaign as part of the effort to siphon support away from Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and tilt the election to Trump."[114] NBC News additionally documented over 100 instances where Stein appeared on Russian state media, receiving favorable coverage.[114] In 2015, Stein was photographed dining at the same table as Russian president Vladimir Putin at the RT 10th anniversary gala in Moscow, leading to further controversy.[114] Stein contended that she had no contact with Putin at the dinner and described the situation as a "non-event".[116] One of the possible Green Party 2016 VP candidates worked for RT while the VP candidate Stein ultimately chosen also often appeared on the network criticizing NATO as 'Gangster states'.[117] Stein also met with Sergey Lavrov at an RT Gala in New York.[117]

Stein's 2016 foreign policy positions regarding Russian topics have been considered by some to have mirrored those of the Russian government, in some instances, including concerning the annexation of Crimea.[114][115] Stein condemned Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, but claimed that Russia was provoked by NATO's eastward expansion.[118]

Allegations of irregularities in primary elections

On October 16, 2019, a joint candidate letter called for reform in the Green Party's presidential primary process in response to the party's announcement that it would remove unrecognized candidates from its website list that November, an effort which Green candidates claimed was being to done to help the Hawkins campaign secure the party's nomination.[119] This was followed by allegations of conflicts of interest among the party's leadership, members of which the candidates believed were helping party co-founder Howie Hawkins, and of an alleged overlooking of a violation of Green Party rules that would have disqualified Hawkins from running as a Green, due to him also seeking the Socialist Party's nomination.[119]

After the 2020 Green Party Nominating Convention named Hawkins as their presidential candidate, runner-up Dario Hunter announced that he would run as an independent candidate. Hunter cited alleged irregularities and undemocratic processes throughout the primary, arguing that party leaders had committed "ethical lapses" to ensure Hawkins' nomination, and criticizing Hawkins for what he saw as his "imperialist perspective" and "CIA talking points."[120]

See also

Notes

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References

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Further reading

  • Capra, Fritjof and Spretnak, Charlene (1984). Green Politics: The Global Promise. New York: E. P. Dutton, distributed by Penguin Random House. Template:ISBN. Chapter Nine, "The Green Alternative – It Can Happen Here", examined the prospects for a Green party or movement in the U.S., which co-author Spretnak then helped organize.
  • Coleman, Daniel A. (1994). Ecopolitics: Building a Green Society. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, distributed by Chicago Distribution Center. Template:ISBN. By a co-author of the first Green platform. Chapter 10, "From Participation to Power", provides a first-hand and sometimes cautionary look at the U.S. Green movement.
  • Gaard, Greta (1998). Ecological Politics: Ecofeminists and the Greens. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, distributed by Chicago Distribution Center. Template:ISBN. Scholarly survey of the U.S. Greens' first 15 years, from an explicitly social justice and ecofeminist perspective.
  • Green, Donald J. (2010). Third-Party Matters: Politics, Presidents, and Third Parties in American History. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger / ABC-CLIO, distributed by Bloomsbury Publishing. Template:ISBN. By a lecturer in American political history. Chapter Six, "Ralph Nader and the Green Party", argues that Nader's 2000 campaign was one of the most consequential third-party efforts in U.S. history.
  • Hawkins, Howie, ed. (2006). Independent Politics: The Green Party Strategy Debate. Chicago: Haymarket Books, distributed by Consortium Books. Template:ISBN. Twenty-four Green activists and "allies" including David Cobb, Matt Gonzalez, and Norman Solomon discuss how Greens can disrupt the two-party domination of U.S. politics.
  • Mayer, Margit, and Ely, John, eds. (1998). The German Greens: Paradox Between Movement and Party. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, distributed by Chicago Distribution Center. Template:ISBN. Co-editor Ely is a social and political commentator. His Chapter 10, "Green Politics in Europe and the United States", includes a section on the U.S. Greens from a Euro-left perspective.
  • Nader, Ralph (2002). Crashing the Party: Taking On the Corporate Government in an Age of Surrender. New York: St. Martin's Press, distributed by Macmillan Distribution. Template:ISBN. Detailed description and analysis of the author's 2000 Green Party Presidential campaign.
  • Rensenbrink, John (1999). Against All Odds: The Green Transformation of American Politics. Raymond, ME: Leopold Press, now permanently closed, no distributor. Template:ISBN. Parts III and IV discuss the Green movement and Green Party, respectively.
  • Satin, Mark (2023). Up From Socialism: My 60-Year Search for a Healing New Radical Politics. New York: Bombardier Books, distributed by Simon & Schuster. Template:ISBN. Chapter Eight, "Co-founding the U.S. Green Party Movement", is a first-hand and often critical account of the formative years of the U.S. Greens, from an explicitly radical centrist perspective.
  • Sifry, Micah L. (2002). Spoiling for a Fight: Third-Party Politics in America. New York: Routledge, distributed by Taylor & Francis. Template:ISBN. By a former assistant editor at The Nation. Section III, "Organizing the Left", includes researched, sympathetic material on the early U.S. Greens.
  • Tokar, Brian (1994). The Green Alternative: Creating an Ecological Future. Philadelphia: New Society Publishers, distributed by Ingram Publisher Services. By a founder of the Left Greens. Introduces the U.S. Greens and discusses their choices and prospects.
  • Whaley, Rick (2007). How Green Is the Green Party?: Stories from the Margins. Ossipee, NH: Beech River Books, distributed by Ingram Content Group. Template:ISBN. By a founder of the Wisconsin Greens. Critical look at the U.S. Greens from an explicitly decentralist and bioregionalist perspective.
  • Zelko, Frank, and Brinkmann, Carolin, eds. (2006). Green Parties: Reflections on the First Three Decades. Washington, DC: Heinrich Böll Foundation North America, distributed by University of Chicago Press via its Chicago Distribution Center. Large booklet, no ISBN. Symposium papers by global Greens including U.S. Green activists John Rensenbrink, Lorna Salzman, Steven J. Schmidt, Charlene Spretnak, and Brian Tokar.

External links

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