Green Party (United States)
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Green Party
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| Chairperson | Green National Committee |
| Founded | April 2001 |
| Split from | Greens/Green Party USA |
| Preceded by | Association of State Green Parties |
| Headquarters | 6411 Orchard Avenue, Suite 101 Takoma Park, Maryland 20912 |
| Newspaper | Green Pages |
| Youth wing | Young Greens |
| Women's wing | National Women's Caucus |
| LGBT wing | Lavender Greens |
| Latino wing | Latino Caucus |
| Black wing | Black Caucus |
| Membership (October 2016) | 256,560 |
| Ideology |
Green politics Eco-socialism Progressivism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| International affiliation | Global Greens |
| Continental affiliation | Federation of the Green Parties of the Americas |
| Colors | Green |
| Seats in the Senate |
0 / 100
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| Seats in the House |
0 / 435
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| Governorships |
0 / 50
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| State Upper House Seats |
0 / 1,972
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| State Lower House Seats |
0 / 5,411
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| Territorial Governorships |
0 / 6
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| Territorial Upper Chamber Seats |
0 / 97
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| Territorial Lower Chamber Seats |
0 / 91
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| Other elected offices | 139 (2017) |
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The Green Party of the United States (GPUS or Greens) is a green and progressive political party in the United States.
The party, which is the country's fourth-largest by membership, promotes environmentalism, nonviolence, social justice, participatory grassroots democracy, gender equality, LGBT rights, anti-war and anti-racism. On the political spectrum the party is generally seen as left-wing, and in 2016 officially self-described as an "eco-socialist" party.
The GPUS was founded in 2001 as the evolution of the Association of State Green Parties (ASGP), which was formed in 1996. After its founding, the GPUS soon became the primary national green organization in the country, eclipsing the Greens/Green Party USA (G/GPUSA), which formed in 1991 out of the Green Committees of Correspondence (CoC), a collection of local green groups active since 1984. The ASGP had increasingly distanced itself from the G/GPUSA in the late 1990s.
The Greens 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. Nader was vilified by many Democrats and even some Greens, who accused him of spoiling the election for Al Gore, the Democratic candidate. The degree of Nader's impact on the 2000 election remains controversial.
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