Grassroots Party

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Grassroots Party

  • Platform centered around the Bill of Rights.
  • Candidates varied from Libertarian to Green.
  • Focus on ending marijuana/hemp prohibition and re-legalizing cannabis.
  • Advocacy for civil liberties and environmental issues.
  • Established in Minnesota in 1986.
  • Ran presidential candidates from 1988 to 2000.
  • Results in presidential elections showed consistently low votes.
  • Merged into the Minnesota Legal Marijuana Now Party after 2014.
  • U.S. Presidential Candidates:
  • Jack Herer in 1988 and 1992.
  • Dennis Peron in 1996.
  • Denny Lane in 2000.
  • Jim Carlson in 2012.
  • Gubernatorial Candidates (Minnesota and Vermont):
  • Minnesota candidates received small percentages of votes.
  • Vermont candidates received varying percentages of votes.
  • Minnesota Grassroots Party merged into the Legal Marijuana Now Party.
  • Vermont Grassroots Party had candidates for various state positions.
  • Election Results:
  • Minnesota: 2000, 1986, 1984, 1990, and 1994.
  • Vermont: 1994, 1996, 1998, and 2002.
  • Various state positions in Vermont had Grassroots candidates with different vote percentages.
  • Legal Marijuana Now Party:
  • Founding and ideology.
  • Controversies.
  • Election results in 1996 and 1998.
  • Transition from Grassroots Party.
  • Senate panel hearing on marijuana bill.

Grassroots Party Data Sources

Reference URL
Glossary https:/glossary/grassroots-party
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grassroots_Party
Wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5597584
Knowledge Graph https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=//m/04l5kc
DBPedia http://dbpedia.org/resource/Grassroots_Party
Product Ontology http://www.productontology.org/id/Grassroots_Party