Although the ballot access chart does not have room for the parties that are qualifying for the ballot in fewer than half the states, the progress of these parties will be reported when information is available. The Party for Socialism and Liberation set a goal of placing its presidential candidate on the ballot in 12 states. The party is now confirmed on the ballot in 8 of them: Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, New Jersey, Utah, Vermont, and Washington. It is working on Louisiana, New York, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin.
Are we in line to have more choices this year than previous years?
That is, will more presidential candidates be listed, three here, 14 there, one in Georgia, than before?
PSL is doing quite good in their signature collecting. Especially when we consider that PSL was only formed four years ago and this is their first year of running candidates for public office.
Impressive for a brand new socialist party. My only criticism is the name.
Wouldn’t “Socialist Liberation Party” have been easier to say?
It’s not that impressive, they weren’t created out of nowhere. They’re the vast majority of the Workers’ World Party.
Well, at the very least, they’re doing better than Alan Keyes.
Viva Cuba(n cigars):
http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5952
They seem to be doing better than the WWP did in their last couple of efforts
No, most of the WWP did not leave to join the PSL, it was a minority. Most are new people.
Then those new people are having a lot more success than the WWP ever did.
Mike, I agree that PSL is doing quite good. I just wanted to point out that most WWP members did not leave to join the PSL, it was only a minority. PSL has been quite successful with ballot access for being a small party.
I find it interesting that two Socialist Parties are trying to gain access on the New York Ballot. Even with New York City, I didn’t think that there were 30,000 Socialists in the state to put both parties on the ballot. Especially when the only Socialist Party on the ballot the last several Presidential elections only received a couple thousand votes. This could lead to a splitting of the available signatures resulting in neither party making the ballot.
This is the only serious socialist ticket. The others are just social-democrats and reformists pretending to be socialists.
Do you know the exact reasons why the parties split? All I know is it had something to do with the WWP wanting to run a candidate in 04 and the PSL not wanting too. Also, it does seem like most of the high profile people are in the PSL at least. Do you know which sides all the previous Presidential and VP candidates took?
It was originally created as the result of a split within the ranks of the Workers World Party. The San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle and Washington, D.C. branches of WWP left almost in their entirety to form the PSL. The PSL has since established branches in several additional urban centers across the United States.
We can all read Wikipedia. I asked “why?”
I know Gloria La Riva is the candidate for the PSL but who is the candidate for the Socialist Party and the Socialist Workers Party? I know Brian Moore is the candidate for one of them. Regardless, congragulations to LaRive and the PSL.
Do you know what the status of your New York State petition is?
I find it interesting that two Socialist Parties are trying to gain access on the New York Ballot. Even with New York City, I didn’t think that there were 30,000 Socialists in the state to put both parties on the ballot. Especially when the only Socialist Party on the ballot the last several Presidential elections only received a couple thousand votes. This could lead to a splitting of the available signatures resulting in neither party making the ballot.
# Bolshevik-Leninist Says:
Neither the PSL nor Workers World released any kind of statement on the reason for the split. You should ask them yourself, Bolshevik-Leninist.
Laine:
The presidential candidate for the Socialist Party USA is Brian Moore. His vice-presidential running mate is Stewart Alexander. Roger Calero is the presidential nominee for the Socialist Workers Party. His running mate is Alyson Kennedy.
By the way, you can find this information at http://www.politics1.com.
There may be three socialist parties on the ballot in some states:
http://thebaldcypress.blogspot.com/2008/08/so-many-socialists.html
“Life is good.”
Isn’t it strange that the PSL (allegedly) split from the WWP over a disagreement with the WWP’s decision to run a candidate for President in 2004? I say this because in 2008, while the PSL did have a candidate for President, the WWP did not and endorsed McKinney (GPUSA). So, perhaps the split was more for ideological than pragmatic reasons?