In November 2014, two new parties got on the New York ballot. The Women’s Equality Party was set up by Democrats and it cross-nominated Democratic nominees. The Stop Common Core Party was set up by Republicans and it cross-nominated Republican nominees. Because both got over 50,000, they earned status as qualified parties at least through 2018.
This article looks at the local 2015 election returns for those two parties. The Stop Common Core Party had changed its name to the Reform Party early this year. Both parties continue their policy of complete loyalty to one of the two major parties. The analysis shows that the Women’s Equality Party line attracts more voters than the Reform Party line.
The article states that some of the candidates ran on the Democratic, Green, Working Families and WEP lines or some combination of those four parties.
I had thought the Green Party was opposed to fusion and did not allow its candidates to be on other party lines. If anyone can clarify this for me, I’d be grateful.