Green-Rainbow Party
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Green-Rainbow Party
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| Chairperson | Darlene Elias and David Gerry |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | 232 Highland Ave, Arlington, MA 02476 |
| Ideology | Green politics |
| National affiliation | Green Party of the United States |
| Colors | Green |
| Seats in the Upper House |
0 / 40
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| Seats in the Lower House |
0 / 160
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| Massachusetts Green Party presidential primary, March 1, 2016 | |||
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| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | National delegates |
| Jill Stein | 768 | 45.7% | 5 |
| Sedinam Moyowasifza-Curry | 78 | 4.7% | 1 |
| Darryl Cherney | 54 | 3.2% | 0 |
| Kent Mesplay | 37 | 2.2% | 0 |
| William Kreml | 24 | 1.4% | 0 |
| Others | 436 | 25.9% |
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| No Preference | 199 | 11.8% | |
| Blank votes | 85 | 5.0% | n/a |
| Total | 1,681 | 100.00% | 10 |
The Green-Rainbow Party is one of twenty-six political designations officially recognized by the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The party is a local state affiliate for the wider Green Party of the United States of America. Originally the Massachusetts Green Party, it was formed in 1996 and recognized in 2000. It merged with the Rainbow Coalition Party in 2002 and rebranded as the Green-Rainbow Party. The party has supported candidates on the national level such as Ralph Nader, David Cobb, and Jill Stein. It has also run candidates and pushed for political support at the state and municipal level. As of February 2012 the official party's membership ranks stood at roughly 5,300, which makes up about 0.12% of the Commonwealth's eligible electorate; though the number of votes for party candidates are usually significantly higher attributed to independent voters.Hampshire, Berkshire, and Nantucket counties have the highest per-capita number of Green-Rainbow Party members in ratio to county population.
Like most North American Green parties, the basis of the Green-Rainbow Party's platform stems from the 10 key values. The 10 key values are: grassroots democracy, ecological wisdom, social justice and equal opportunity, nonviolence, decentralization, community-based economics, feminism, respect for diversity, personal and global responsibility, and future focus and sustainability.
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