The Protect Animals is Sliwa’s own independent party, so if he didn’t receive the Republican party nomination he could still be on the ballot.
New York uses fusion voting, so parties can endorce the same candidate and all those votes are added up for that candidate.
So if Zohran got 5 votes as the Democrat nominee and 3 from the WFP he would get 8 votes in total.
This way third parties and voters can voice dissatisfaction and disapproval of a party while avoiding acting as a spoiler and letting the other side win an election.
If you have more vote in one party than the other changes anything? The party gains something with that besides “if we endorse you, you’ll have better chances”
It can also be used to leverage attention on certain issues or policies. The WFP got just over 260,000 votes for the governor in 2022, so it should tell the Democrats that the issues the WFP run on also probably reflect a contingent of thier own voter base.
It can also help the smaller parties retain ballot access because you need a certain amount of votes in the governor election to maintain a spot on the ballot for even other local positions.
The Protect Animals is Sliwa’s own independent party, so if he didn’t receive the Republican party nomination he could still be on the ballot.
New York uses fusion voting, so parties can endorce the same candidate and all those votes are added up for that candidate.
So if Zohran got 5 votes as the Democrat nominee and 3 from the WFP he would get 8 votes in total.
This way third parties and voters can voice dissatisfaction and disapproval of a party while avoiding acting as a spoiler and letting the other side win an election.
If you have more vote in one party than the other changes anything? The party gains something with that besides “if we endorse you, you’ll have better chances”
It can also be used to leverage attention on certain issues or policies. The WFP got just over 260,000 votes for the governor in 2022, so it should tell the Democrats that the issues the WFP run on also probably reflect a contingent of thier own voter base.
It can also help the smaller parties retain ballot access because you need a certain amount of votes in the governor election to maintain a spot on the ballot for even other local positions.