No Green For Massachusetts

Dr. Jill Stein is currently running for governor of Massachusetts on the ticket of the Green-Rainbow Party. The Green Rainbow party is a merger of the Green party with the Rainbow Coalition. It supports eco-friendly policies, a more open, grassroots(funny), type of government. In political ideology, they can be considered to be left-leaning, as many of their policies echo the extreme liberal policies of the Democratic Party. The party is considered the third party of Massachusetts, as they have enough support to remain afloat, but lack the political power to be a major party. It's candidate, Dr. Stein is a co-chair of the party. She graduated from Harvard Medical School and currently serves on the boards of Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility and MassVoters for Fair Elections. Stein ran for governor in 2002, losing to Mitt Romney, and then ran unsuccessfully for the state House of Representatives and Secretary for the Commonwealth.
Stein's support will mostly come from middle-age to older women, who are part of her generation. Liberals-leaning-to-socialists will also support her for her platform supporting eco-friendly intiatives, "fairer" voting practices, among other favorite pet causes of the left. However, Stein has managed to increase her base of support in recent years. During her 2006 run for Secretary of the Commonwealth, Stein ran solo against an Democratic incumbent, who was virtually unopposed. In the final voting tally, Stein was able to capture 18% of the vote, making her the highest scoring Green Party candidate ever to run for Secretary of the Commonwealth
Despite this, it is highly unlikely that Stein will win the governor's race. Third party candidates rarely ever win actual elections, whether it be for governor or president, though they may gain a good percentage of voters. It is also likely that the Green Party realizes this too, or else they've been walking around with their heads in the clouds for the past 20 years. The main reason for this run is to raise awareness to the issues which the Green Party represents.