[GPCA-SGA-Votes] Discuss ID 155: Endorsement Policy Amendment: GPCA Endorsements for General Election Candidates

[Thomas Leavitt]

Victoria,

Are you talking about individual Democrats, or officially affiliated
Democratic Party organizations, like clubs and Central Committees?
Individual Dems can and do endorse at will. Clubs and Central Committees
have bylaws prohibiting it, but you'll see Dems ignore their own bylaws and
make exceptions when they need to do so in order to remain relevant to the
electoral process. You'll never get a Dem Central Committee endorsing a
non-Dem, but the clubs will, if the candidate is compelling enough that
they can run a credible campaign even without them. Especially the
progressive clubs that see Greens as leverage against more conservative
elements within their own party. I saw this happen at one point in Santa
Cruz County.

Regards,
Thomas Leavitt

On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 10:47 AM, Victoria Ashley <victronix01 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> >>As far as I know, DEMS don't endorse Greens
>
> Depends where and what races.  San Francisco had a number of Dems endorse
> Matt Gonzalez when he ran for mayor as a Green - imagine no one endorses a
> mayoral candidate because they cannot cross party lines, and then he wins?
> That would be a stupid move politically!  And in Solano County many Dems
> openly supported our Green school board candidate.  Richmond has a
> Progressive Alliance - what is the point of any such effort if Progressives
> cannot cross party lines to endorse?
>
> In some areas it probably never happens, and that’s fine, but other areas
> are different.  We need to not try to police everyone but trust that Greens
> can assess the various situations and make their own decisions.
>
> Solano County has already endorsed an NPP, a woman who has abided the ten
> key values for many years as a Green.  We think electing her is more
> important than a party line.  Millions of people may lead better lives if
> she is elected, and she is not aa Democrat, takes no corporate money, etc.
>
> Victoria
> Solano County
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Feb 24, 2018, at 9:16 AM, J HALL <shallow60 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> > As far as I know, DEMS don't endorse Greens
>
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