The Hill -The Working Families Party (WFP) has endorsed Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) for the Democratic presidential nomination, the group announced Monday. The progressive group, which is aligned with unions, endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) last campaign cycle, but this time picked Warren amid a push to defeat centrist candidates like former Vice President Joe Biden in the race for the Democratic nomination.
The WFP is able to do this formally only in the few states that allow fusion voting, in which minor parties can put major party figures on the ballot under their name as well. But, as this article shows, its endorsement can get national attention. Your editor has urged the Green Party to follow this approach but with no luck.
Wikipedia - Like other minor parties in the state, the WFP benefits from New York's electoral fusion
laws that allow the party to support another party's candidate when
they feel it aligns with their platform. This allows sympathetic voters
to support a minor party without feeling like they are "wasting" their
vote. Usually, the WFP endorses the Democratic Party candidate, but it has occasionally endorsed moderate Republican Party candidates as a strategy for spurring bi-partisan action on its policy priorities.
In 2015, NY WFP ran 111 of its candidates, winning 71 local offices.[18]
In 2015, the WFP endorsed Bernie Sanders in his campaign for U.S. President, its first national endorsement.[19] In 2016, after Hillary Clinton became the Democratic nominee, the WFP endorsed her for president.[20]
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