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It’s Not Easy Being Green, White, Red, and Blue: Constituency Representations Versus Electoral Competition in the Wisconsin Green Party

Ceri Hughes

International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society, Volume: 35, Issue: 1, Pages: 27 - 45

Swansea University Author: Ceri Hughes

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DOI (Published version): 10.1007/s10767-020-09365-5

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The Wisconsin Green Party, a state affiliate of the US Green Party, is a third party in a two-party system. The US electoral system is not kind to third parties; 1949 was the last time a third party was represented in the US Congress, in the 2016 presidential election, just 1% of voters in Wisconsin...

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Published in: International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society
ISSN: 0891-4486 1573-3416
Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2022
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