Is it possible (if Sanders does not get the nomination) to convince progressives in RED STATES to vote for or write-in Sanders or Jill Stein and garner enough votes to begin the process of turning Red States and Blue States to the color purple?

Here's a brilliant idea from someone I know on Facebook:

It makes more sense to me for progressives living in a red state, to use their vote to make a statement. Jill Stein will not win one state, but if every progressive, socialist, green leaning voter living in all the deep red states were to vote for her, it wouldn't change the outcome of the election at all, but it would make a statement.

For my friends who live in Texas. Assuming Hillary gets the nomination and we're all still in Texas in November, voting for her will literally be throwing your vote away, because of the way the process works and the fact that Texas will still be solidly "red" this November.

I can't see throwing my vote away, it's too precious for that. Since none of the democratic votes for president in Texas will be counted, the very best thing I can do with my precious vote is to vote my true choice, which in my case is Socialist, but the Green Party is close enough.

Please consider all the facts about how our election process functions, and don't throw your vote away.

Imagine it . . . if we could rustle up a few MILLION votes that way. Not 1/2 a million (as Stein has received which is pretty damned decent if you ask me)... but millions of votes for a third way and suddenly we have credibility and a viable constituency.

This could be the foot in the door we have been looking for and it seems to me it's a case worth making: people's consciences are assuaged because their vote won't help elect Trump but it may save America's form of democracy.

The sweet magic of this irony: the Red States play a major role in turning the country PURPLE.

I think we should try to move this idea around as much as possible in social media... on every kind of outlet... what do you guys think????