Jack Beatty Scapegoated Greens As Spoilers, When Non-Voters Decided Elections.
August 10th, WBUR, ‘On Point’
“...But if I may just let me just divergate to looking at the role of the Green Party in this…The nefarious role of this party in our politics can’t be understated. I say one word alone: Ralph Nader. But then, 2016 – the role of the Jill Stein campaign …The Green Party has a lot to answer for... I’m just pointing to the facts, and to the, sort of, aura of suspicion around the Jill Stein campaign in 2016.“ Jack Beatty (8)
|
Year |
Green Candidate |
Ratio: Non-voters to Green Voters |
Citation |
|
2000 |
Nader |
31+ to 1 |
(1,2) |
|
2004 |
Nader |
193+ to 1 |
(3,4) |
|
2016 |
Stein |
36+ to 1 |
(5,6) |
Jack’s wrong conclusion: Blame the Greens.
Now let’s look at that ‘aura of suspicion’: Isn’t it entirely self-cast, Jack? Gee, Jack, you could have suggested that folks support Ranked Choice Voting, in which there’s no spoiler effect – But no, you mentioned the Greens. And the mention is timely, as 57% of USA residents see a need for a third party now. (7)
"First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you.” Union leader Nicholas Klein in 1914.
So for this free publicity, thank you, Jack. Now people can chose people, planet and peace over profits by voting, registering, volunteering and donating with the Green party. This is the only real opportunity for significant change in this election, as only the Green party incorporates the understanding of the link between more sustainability and more jobs with the knowledge of the fragility of earth’s climate.
Brian Cady, Membership Director, Green-Rainbow party, Joshua Gerloff, Green-Rainbow Secretary, Elie Yarden, Green-Rainbow Member.
Data: 2000
|
2000 Candidate |
Number of Potential Ballots |
% of total votes cast |
% of registered voters |
Portion of USA residents (2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Didn’t Vote |
91,784,000 (2) |
87.0% (1) |
82.8% |
45.3% |
|
Gore |
50,999,897 (1) |
48.4% (1) |
39.4% |
25.2% |
|
Bush |
50,456,002 (1) |
47.9% (1) |
39.0% |
24.9% |
|
Nader |
2,882,955 (1) |
2.74% (1) |
2.2% |
01.4% |
(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2000
(2) https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2000/demo/voting-and-registration/p20-542.html from Table 01
Data: 2004
(3) https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=2004&minper=0&f=0&off=0&elect=0
|
2004 Political Party |
Portion: USA Residents (4) |
|---|---|
|
Didn’t Vote |
41.7% |
|
Republican |
28.8% |
|
Democratic |
27.4% |
|
Independent |
0.22% |
|
Libertarian |
0.18% |
|
Constitution |
0.07% |
|
Green |
0.06% |
(4) https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2006/demo/p20-556.html
Data: 2016
|
Candidate |
Votes |
% of total votes cast |
% of number of registered voters |
Portion of USA residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Didn’t Vote |
53,860,000 |
39.1% (6) |
34.2% (6) |
21.9% |
|
Clinton |
65,853,514 (3) |
48.18% (5) |
41.8% |
26.8% |
|
Trump |
62,984,828 (3) |
46.09% (5) |
40.0% |
25.7% |
|
Stein |
1,457,218 (3) |
1.07% (5) |
0.9% |
0.6% |
(5) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2016#Candidates_table
(6) https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/voting-and-registration/p20-580.html
(7) https://news.gallup.com/poll/244094/majority-say-third-party-needed.aspx
(8) http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2018/08/10/mueller-russia-mideterms-manafort-china-trade-iran-sanctions
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