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Compare first political parties- Federalists and dem. rep. to the ones today....listed below + philosiphy's of today

L:Democratic party.(1828 modern, 1792 historic)
 * One of the two major political parties in the U.S., also with the apposing main political party the Republican party.


 * The Democratic Party was formed in 1792 by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and others who felt that the Federalist Party, led by Vice President John Adams and Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, was leading the new nation towards a government that would be run by a few wealthy merchants and land owners.
 * The Democratic party is currently the largest political party in the United States with roughly over 72 million registered voters.

M: Republican party (1854)-
 * The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party.
 * Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP
 * The Republican Party has the second most registered voters as of 2004 with 55 million, encompassing roughly one-third of the electorate.
 * There have been eighteen Republican Presidents.

A: Constitution party (1992)- 
 * The Constitution Party is a group of independent state partiers who united and created the U.S. Taxpayers Party in 1992.
 * Later in 1999, the name of the party was changed to the Constitution Party by some delegates at the National Convention.
 * The name was changed to better reflect the party’s provisions and limitations.
 * Presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin and vice-Presidential candidate Darrell Castle got the most votes out of any Constitutional Partier ever.
 * With a presidential vote total of a little less 1 million votes this gave them a total of 27 states.



L: Libertarian party (1971)
 * The Libertarian party was founded in Colorado in 1971 and held its first convention in Denver in 1972.
 * The Libertarian Party is the third largest political party in the United States.
 * Libertarian Party is founded December 11th, in the home of David Nolan. Disillusioned Republicans, Democrats and political newcomers hope to create an alternative to the old parties.
 * In June the Libertarian Party released the "Iraq Exit Strategy: America's Path Forward", a comprehensive plan to withdraw American troops from Iraqi soil, while empowering the Iraqi people with the ability to rule their own nation.

M:American party (1969)
 * The American Party is a conservative party in the United States. Originally called the American Independent Party, it was renamed in 1969 by representatives from 37 states.
 * Following the 1972 election, the American Party split from the American Independent Party. America's Independent Party (2008)
 * In New York, the party ran a state ticket in 1974 under the name of Courage Party.
 * The American Party has not achieved ballot status in any state since 1996.

A: America's Independent Party (2008)


 * America's Independent Party** is a Party formed in 2008 as an alternative to the Republican_Party, Democratic_Party, and other parties. After failing to come together with the Constitution Party, Alan Keye's supporters created the America's Independent party. This party opposes Jofn McCain. they view as a direct attack on their First Amendment rights to political free speech and grassroots citizen activism; The AIP gained ballot access in three states and became an officially-recognized write-in candidate in several dozen others. A struggle within the American_Independent_Party of California, between a pro-Keyes faction and Constitution Party supporters of the 2008 candidacy of Chuck Baldwin, led to the placement of Keyes and on the ballot as the American Independent Party/California nominees, where he received 40,673 votes.

M: Moderate Party (2006)
 * Moderate Party (United States) is a political party that runs candidates for U.S. Congress, currently established in Illinois' 8th congressional district.
 * The party became established under Illinois election law when Bill Scheurer garnered more than 5% of the vote. A:
 * The party platform consists of two planks, open democracy and peaceful security, leaving all other positions open to the individual candidate.

A: Marijuana Party (2002)\ The Marijuana Party is a group of individuals who believe that if marijuana was legal then we wouldn't have a lot of people in jail for using it. They do have a website that they actually tell you to donate money to a lost cause against the government. Also on this website they have a blogging forum, where, if you read some of the posts almost all of them say, quote,"I have a right to practice my own beliefs and religions." un quote. Some people go onto this site to complain and contridict this party. Some say that it is a waste of money while others say that it is probably a huge reason that we are having such a problem with our helath care. Some say how it killed their mother and other loved ones in their lives. This party should not be considered a real party in our country.

L: Party of Socialism and Liberation (2004)


 * The **Party for Socialism and Liberation** (PSL) is a [|Marxist] Marxism, **Marxism** is the political philosophy and practice derived from the work of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Marxism holds at its core a Marxist analysis of Critique of capitalism and a theory of social and revolutionary change.
 * They beleive in a revoltionary change in government, world health, and war.

M: Peace and Freedom Party (1967)
 * The Peace and Freedom Party (PFP) is a ballot-listed minor political party in California. It is a left-wing feminist and socialist party.
 * Although its first candidates appeared on the ballot in 1966, the national party was founded in 1967 as a leftist organization opposed to the Vietnam War.
 * Since that time, the party has become consolidated in California. The party nominated Ralph Nader for President in the 2008 U.S. Presidential election.

A: Prohibation Party (1867) The Prohibation Party is a party that believes in things like the right of prayer and bible study in public schools, the right of life, and local command of schools. Some would agree with all of these or only some, but bible study and prayer in public schools has caused problems in America before. This Party is against commercial gammbling and commercial sale of drugs and alchol. Some would disagree with this such as the Marijuana Party. This party also believes in doing exactly what the Constitution says and nothing different.

L: Socialist Equality Party (2008)
 * The Socialist Equality Party is a political party of and for the working class.
 * The SEP seeks not to reform capitalism, but to create a socialist, democratic and egalitarian society through the establishment of a workers’ government and the revolutionary transformation of world economy.
 * The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) is in solidarity with and accepts the political authority of the International Committee of the Fourth International, the World Party of Socialist Revolution founded by Leon Trotsky in 1938.

M: Socialist Party of the Untied States of America (1973)
 * The Socialist Party USA was one of three organizations to emerge from a split of the Socialist Party of America in 1972-1973.
 * The Socialist Party USA describes itself as a democratic socialist party. It is opposed to both capitalism and Stalinism.
 * The Party's principles and platform call for the elimination of the power of big business through public ownership and workers' control, production for use instead of profit, and the establishment of a classless society.

A: Socialist Workers Party (1938) The Socialist Worker Party is a party that was started in 1938. It is a group that was broken from the Socilist Party. The Socialist party was broken off of the Communist Party. The Socialist Worker party is a party that

L: Workers World Party (1959)
 * **Workers World Party** (**WWP**) is a revolutionary communist party in the U.S., founded in 1959 by a group led by Sam Marcy.
 * Marcy and his followers split from the Socialist Workers party in 1958 over a series of long standing differences.
 * The WWP describes itself as a party that has, since its founding, "supported the struggles of all opressed peopl."

M: Working Family's Party (1998)
 * The Working Families Party (WFP) is a minor political party in the United States founded in New York in 1998.
 * The party also has chapters in Connecticut, South Carolina, and Oregon, and is working towards establishing itself in Massachusetts and California.
 * Like other minor parties in the state, the WFP benefits from New York's electoral fusion laws that allow cross-endorsement of a single candidate by multiple parties.
 * In the 1998 election for governor of New York, the party cross-endorsed the Democratic Party candidate, Peter Vallone.

A: Alaskan Independence party (1984) The Alaskan Independence Party is believed to have started in the early 1970's bu it really wasn't until 1984 that it was reconized and a really party. The Alaskan Independence Party is a party that tries to advocate solutions between federal and local authority. It is almost as if they are trying to gain the status of Alaska being more of a country rather than just a state while still being a part of our country.

L:New Jersey Conservative Party (1992)
 * The New Jersey Conservative Party was created in March 1992 by Tom Blomquist. In 1995, the party broke the record for the most third party candidates during one election in the history of New Jersey.
 * This helped lead the NJCP to receiving 117,219 votes. In 2000, the New Jersey Conservative Party was involved in a lawsuit that permitted New Jersey voters to join third parties.
 * The NJCP is similar to the Republican Party. It believes in low taxes, a Balanced Budget and job growth. They believe in the right to own private property, ending welfare to individuals, ending government-supported health care, and ending foreign aid. They favor states right's, a strong military, anti-immigration laws, and term limits for congressman.

M: Southern Party (1999)
 * The Southern Party was a minor political party in the United States that operated exclusively in the South.
 * The party supported states' rights and increased Southern cultural and regionalist activism.
 * Despite its initial success, the Southern Party was disbanded in 2003 following internal factionalism; all that exists of the Southern Party today are the remnants of its state chapters in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Mississippi.
 * The Party was formed by the League of the South in 1999 and experienced moderate success following the framing of the Asheville Declaration, which was touted by the Party as a second Declaration of Independence.

A: Puerto Rican Independence Party(1946) The Puerto Rico Independence Party is a party that campains the independence of Puerto Rico from the United States. It is actually the largest independence party and it is on the ballots during elections. All the other independence parties have to be written in by hand. )

L: Conservative Party Of New York (1962) The Conservative Party of New York State was founded in 1962 by a group including J. Daniel Mahoney, Charles E. Rice, and Charles Edison, out of frustration with the perceived liberalism of the state's Republican Party. A key consideration was New York's [|fusion voting], almost unique among US States, allowing candidates to accumulate separate votes from more than one party. This was being used by the [|Liberal Party of New York] to encourage Republican and Democratic candidates to compete for Left-leaning support.

M: Blue Enigma Party(2006)
 * The Blue Engima Party is a ballot qualified third party in the U.S. state of Delaware. Founded in 2006, they became ballot qualified for the 2008 election placing candidates on the ballot for governor and other state offices.
 * In 2008, the party fielded candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and in 3 races for State Representative. [2] Party founder Jeffrey Brown was listed as the party's candidate for Governor and for State Representative in district 13.

http://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_States