Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein returned to her home state of Massachusetts Sunday, telling nearly 200 people that she hopes the electorate will support her message of “social transformation” and not “throw away” their votes with other candidates.

At her final Boston rally before Election Day, Stein, who is averaging 2.1 percent in polls of likely voters, according to RealClearPolitics, said a “merger of Democrats and Republicans” has formed a one-party system that could give a new opening for the Green Party.

“People have been politically traumatized,” Stein said in an interview before speaking at the Old South Church. “I feel like I’m a political therapist, and I help people break up with an abusive relationship and get their lives back.”


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