I am not a fan; I like single member districts and voting for own representatives rather than voting for a party and letting them choose for me. I am warming to Norways hybrid system; if it were fully proportional it would be the Kingdom of Oslo, but (near as I understand it) the less populous regions are ensured bonus seats to prevent a completely Oslo dominated Storting.

Bottom line is all the left parties with identical platforms need to rally around a single slate of candidates. They would be extremely lucky to break double digits in most elections even then, but as long as there are four or five people all pushing the same agenda it is hopeless, because each will spoil the others vote. They need a standard bearer and rallying point; in terms of organization, infrastructure and ballot access the Greens are the obvious choice. There is a reason why Roseanne Barr could not get their nomination, and I would say the thing to the Peace and Freedom Party that I say to Libertarians: If you are just going to nominate a larger parties castoff anyway, why not go all the way and join that party so you might actually WIN and achieve some policy goals?