The problem has become that Conservatives are RINOs now. The GOP does not stand for conservative principles, but progressive ones.
On the west coast, the Greens have their own candidate, Jill Stein. Most of the west coast people never heard of Virgil Goode. He doesn’t have a national presence.
There is a lot of resentment on the part of the West Coast Greens toward Obama’s favoritism toward the unions over the Green agenda. On the West Coast, the Greens feel that Obama has not only abandoned them, he is working against them by pushing for coal terminals along the Oregon and Washington Coasts. The Democrats are having a tough time holding the party together with the conflicting messages.