"we want to punish the Democrats, we want to hurt them, wound them"

[sfwriter]

1. Are you equating this to today's Green Party voter?

How do you account for the voters who stayed home?

I think there is a real connection between the tenor of Green Party messaging this cycle and low Democratic turnout in the rust belt areas. Greens were up, but not by more than the Dems were down. I can't say that their message reached as far as voter dis interest.

That said, the "they are both the same" frame always serves conservatives, just like its media cousin, the false equivalency.