The great thing about the Green Party is that the Democrat Socialists have somewhere to go when the (sort of) regular Democrats receive the drubbing they justly deserve at the polls in November 2018.
The “blue tide” will be an ebb tide. Tsunami it ain’t.
Has a Green party member ever won an election?
I think I heard a couple of libertarian candidates have won some city council or state legislature seats.
On the one hand, it can be good in the short term to see these minor parties siphon support from Democrats. On the other hand, it’s troubling if we see critical masses eventually supporting these radical political parties.