Arnold Schwarzenegger received 3,850,982 votes (at <http://vote2003.ss.ca.gov/Returns/gov/00.htm>). Let's say that each Green campaign worker in California should be responsible for securing 100 votes for the Green Party gubernatorial candidate, by getting registered Greens to vote, getting angry Democrats to vote Green, or registering new voters. The Green Party, then, needs at least about 38,510 dedicated campaign workers to have a fighting chance. If the campaign workers spend 99% of their time & energy on getting Black and Latino votes (Cf. <http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06000.html>), more or less ignoring whites except those who are already registered as Greens, it should be possible for the Party to win the next time.
[I don't know, though, if the Green Party in California has 35,000 - 40,000 activists.]
In any case, the Green Party needs to prioritize where its activists should spend their time and energy, mapping the political geography of race and class, and to set numerical targets (how many campaign workers, how many votes, etc. in each precinct), in order to garner more than 2-5% of the total votes. Is the Green Party organized enough to do so? -- Yoshie
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