Scots are being urged to elect a “bold Green champion” for each of Holyrood’s regions in Thursday’s Scottish election.
Last time round the Scottish Greens returned MSPs from seven of the eight regions that are elected via Holyrood’s list.
With the next Scottish Parliament elections taking place on Thursday, the party is determined to return an MSP from each of the eight areas.
And co-leader Gillian Mackay said their message was attracting voters, including some who had never voted for the Greens before.
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Ms Mackay, who was campaigning in Motherwell on Sunday, said they were speaking to voters and “putting across that hopeful message for a fairer, greener and kinder Scotland”.
She told the Press Association: “There are an awful lot of people who are willing to vote Green, potentially for the first time, across Scotland and particularly here in Motherwell.”
She added that voters can see the party has “delivered” over the past five years on policies such as the introduction of free bus travel for those aged under 22, along with the scrapping of peak-time rail fares.
Ms Mackay continued: “We want to go further by giving everyone free bus travel, making sure they can get around their areas cheaper and easier.”
She added that Greens are also promising the “biggest expansion of free childcare in a generation” which she said would help “put money back in families’ pockets”.
But she also stressed the importance of energy and “moving away from oil and gas”, saying this could help “bring down energy prices for families across the country”.
The election comes as support for Greens across the UK is surging, and some polls in Scotland have suggested the party could come in second or third place at Holyrood.
“That would be a huge result for the party, building on years of representation at Holyrood,” Ms Mackay said.
People are looking for that change, they are wanting a different party to be able to do that
She added: “I’d really like to see us at the very least have a member of Parliament in every region of Scotland, giving communities the ability to have that bold Green champion in every place across the country.
“But it also means we can build upon some of those things we have done in the last five years, making sure that we do bring forward more free childcare and bus travel for everyone.”
With polls also showing a decline in support for both Labour and the Conservatives, Ms Mackay added that this came “after years of austerity and seeing what change in the form of a Labour government at Westminster has actually delivered for people, which isn’t an awful lot”.
She insisted: “People are looking for that change, they are wanting a different party to be able to do that.
“We have a track record of delivering that and we will go forward with more of that change, for a fairer, greener and independent Scotland in the next session of Parliament.”