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 |