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Political parties in the United States

This article presents the main political parties
Political party

A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain politics power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns....
in United States politics
Politics of the United States

Politics of the United States takes place in the framework of a presidential system, federal republic where the President of the United States , United States Congress, and United States federal courts share federal Separation of powers, and the Federal government of the United States shares sovereignty with the U.S....
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of five parties shares a degree of national attention by attaining the mathematical possibility of its nominee becoming President of the United States

President of the United States

The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition....
-- i.e., having ballot status

Ballot access

Ballot access rules, called nomination rules outside the US, regulate the conditions under which a candidate or political party is either entitled to stand for election or to appear on voters' ballots....
for its presidential candidate in states whose collective total is at least half of the Electoral-College votes -- in either the most recent presidential election, in 2008, or the next one, in 2012:

Constitution Party is a conservative United States political party.

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Parties in presidential contention

Each of five parties shares a degree of national attention by attaining the mathematical possibility of its nominee becoming President of the United States

President of the United States

Ballot access

	Name	2008 electoral votes	2008 popular votes (millions)	Recent presidential wins	Date founded	Founder(s)	Current party chair(s)	Green Party Green Party (United States) One of the political parties in the United States, and similar in mission to many of the worldwide Green party, the Greens have been active as a third party since 2001....	0	0.12	--	1984/2001	Howie Hawkins Howie Hawkins Howie Hawkins is an American politician and political activism running for US Congress in New York's 25th congressional district. He co-founded the Anti-nuclear movement in the United States Clamshell Alliance in 1976 and the Green Party in the United States in 1984.... , John Rensenbrink, et al Green Committees of Correspondence The Green Committees of Correspondence were founded in the summer of 1984 with the purpose of organizing local Green groups, providing a clearinghouse and newsletter, and working toward the founding of a Green political organization in the United States....	7 Co-chairs Green Party (United States) One of the political parties in the United States, and similar in mission to many of the worldwide Green party, the Greens have been active as a third party since 2001....	Democratic Party Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	365	52	2008, 1996, 1992	1792 (historic)/1828 (modern)	Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence , and one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States.... /Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . He was List of governors of Florida of Florida , commander of the American forces at the Battle of New Orleans , and eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy....	Tim Kaine Tim Kaine Timothy Michael "Tim" Kaine is an Politics of the United States, the current governor of Virginia and as of January 21, 2009, the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee....	Libertarian Party Libertarian Party (United States) The Libertarian Party is a United States political party founded on December 11, 1971. More than 200,000 voters are registered with the party, making it one of the largest of America's alternative political parties....	0	0.40	--	1971	David Nolan David Nolan (Libertarian Party) David Fraser Nolan founded the United States Libertarian Party in 1971. He subsequently served the party in a number of roles including National Chair, editor of the party newsletter, chairman of the By-laws Committee, chairman of the Judicial Committee, and Chairman of the Platform Committee....	Bill Redpath Bill Redpath William "Bill" Redpath is the chairman of the United States Libertarian Party, first elected by delegates to the 2006 Libertarian National Convention in Portland, Oregon in July 2006....	Republican Party Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....	173	45	2004, 2000	1854	Alvan E. Bovay Alvan E. Bovay Major Alvan Earle Bovay was a founder of the United States Republican Party .... /Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery....	Michael Steele	Constitution Party Constitution Party (United States) The Constitution Party is a conservative United States political party. It was founded as the U.S. Taxpayers' Party in 1992. The party's official name was changed to the Constitution Party in 1999; however, some state affiliate parties are known under different names....	0	0.15	--	1992	Howard Phillips	Jim Clymer Jim Clymer James N. Clymer is the current party chairman of the Constitution Party .He grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and earned a law degree. He was admitted into the Pennsylvania Bar Association in May 1978 and ran unsuccessfully for Lieutenant Governor in 1998 and for a United States Senate seat in 2004....

Constitution Party

The Constitution Party is a conservative United States political party. It was founded as the U.S. Taxpayers Party in 1992. The party's official name was changed to the Constitution Party in 1999; however, some state affiliate parties are known under different names.

According to ballot access expert Richard Winger

Richard Winger

Richard Lee Winger has been for the last forty years the leading advocate in the United States for Third party , in particular for more equitable laws allowing access to the ballot for minor parties....
, the editor of Ballot Access News
Ballot Access News

Ballot Access News is a monthly newsletter edited and published by Richard Winger of San Francisco, California. Winger is a leading expert on ballot access law in the United States....
, who periodically compiles and analyzes voter registration statistics as reported by state voter agencies, it ranks third nationally amongst all United States political parties

Political party

A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain politics power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns....
in registered voters, with 366,937 registered members as of November 2006.

The Constitution Party advocates a platform that purports to reflect the Founding Fathers

Founding Fathers of the United States

The Founding Fathers of the United States were the political leaders who signed the United States Declaration of Independence or otherwise participated in the American Revolution as leaders of the Patriot s, or who participated in drafting the United States Constitution eleven years later....
' original intent

Originalism

In the context of United States constitutional interpretation, originalism is a family of theories central to all of which is the proposition that the Constitution has a fixed and knowable meaning, which was established at the time of its drafting....
of the U.S. Constitution

United States Constitution

The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of the United States. It is the foundation and source of the legal authority underlying the existence of the United States of America; the Federal Government of the United States; and all the State & local governments and Territorial Administrative bodies contained therein....
, principles found in the U.S. Declaration of Independence, and morals taken from the Bible

Bible

The Bible is the central religious text of Judaism and Christianity. The exact Books of the Bible is dependent on the religious traditions of specific denominations....
.

In 2006, Rick Jore

Rick Jore

Rick Jore, a Montana politician and businessman, is a member of the Montana House of Representatives and chairman of the education committee. Jore was born and raised in Ronan, Montana and received his associate's degree from North Idaho College in 1978....
of Montana

Montana

Montana is a U.S. state in the Western United States. The western third of the state contains numerous mountain ranges; other 'island' ranges are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains....
became the first Constitution Party candidate elected to a state-level office, though the Constitution Party of Montana had disaffiliated itself from the national party a short time before the election.

On April 26, 2008, Chuck Baldwin

Chuck Baldwin

Charles Obadiah "Chuck" Baldwin is the American founder-pastor of Crossroad Independent Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida, and was the President of the United States nominee of the USTP for the 2008 U.S....
was nominated as the presidential nominee of the Constitution Party.

Democratic Party

The Democratic Party is one of two major

Major party

A major party is a political party that holds substantial influence in a country's politics. This is in contrast with a minor party.Definition according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary:...
political parties in the United States

Political parties in the United States

This article presents the main political party in politics of the United States....
, the other being the Republican Party

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
. It is the oldest political party in the United States and among the oldest in the world.

The Democratic Party traces its origins to the Democratic-Republican Party, founded by Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence , and one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States....
, James Madison

James Madison

James Madison was an American politician and political philosopher who served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States....
, and other influential opponents of the Federalist

Federalist Party (United States)

The Federalist Party was an American political party in the period 1792 to 1816, with remnants lasting into the 1820s. The Federalists controlled the federal government until 1801....
s in 1792. Since the division of the Republican Party in the election of 1912

United States presidential election, 1912

The United States presidential election of 1912 was fought among three major candidates, two of whom were President of the United States. Incumbent President William Howard Taft was renominated by the History of United States Republican Party Party with the support of the conservatism in the United States wing of the party....
, it has consistently positioned itself to the left

Left-wing politics

In politics, left-wing, leftist, and the Left are terms applied to Social progressivism and Egalitarianism positions. Originally, during the French Revolution, left-wing referred to seating arrangements in parliament; those who sat on the left opposed the monarchy and supported Political radicalism reform....
of the Republican Party in economic as well as social matters. The economically left-leaning activist philosophy of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt , often referred to by his initials FDR, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States....
, which has strongly influenced American liberalism

Liberalism in the United States

Liberalism in the United States is a broad political and philosophical mindset, favoring individual liberty, and opposing restrictions on liberty, whether they come from established religion, from government regulation, or from the existing Social class structure....
, has shaped much of the party's economic agenda since 1932

United States presidential election, 1932

The United States presidential election of 1932 took place as the effects of the 1929 Stock Market Crash and the Great Depression were being felt intensely across the country....
. Roosevelt's New Deal coalition

New Deal coalition

The New Deal coalition was the alignment of interest groups and voting blocs that supported the New Deal and voted for History of the United States Democratic Party presidential candidates from 1932 until approximately 1968, which made the Democratic Party the majority party during that period, losing only to Dwight D....
usually controlled the national government until the 1970s. The civil rights movement

Civil rights movement

The Civil Rights Movement was a worldwide political movement for equality before the law occurring approximately between 1960 to 1980. It was accompanied by much civil unrest and popular rebellion....
of the 1960s has continued to inspire the party's liberal principles, despite having lost the more conservative South in the process.

In 2004, it was the largest political party, with 72 million voters (42.6% of 169 million registered) claiming affiliation. Since the 2006 midterm elections

United States general elections, 2006

The 2006 United States midterm elections were held on Tuesday, November 7 2006. All United States House of Representatives seats and one third of the United States Senate seats were contested in this election, as well as 36 state Governor#United States, many State legislature , four territorial legislatures and many state and local races....
, the Democratic Party is the majority party

Two-party system

A two-party system is a form of party system where two major party political parties dominate vote in nearly all elections, at every level. As a result, all, or nearly all, elected offices end up being held by candidates endorsed by one of the two major parties....
for the 110th

110th United States Congress

The One Hundred Tenth United States Congress was the List of United States Congresses of the United States Congress of the United States Federal government of the United States, between January 3, 2007, and January 3, 2009, during the last two years of the George W....
Congress

United States Congress

The United States Congress is the Bicameralism legislature of the Federal government of the United States of the United States of America, consisting of two houses, the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....
; the party holds an outright majority in the House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives, commonly referred to as "the House", is one of the bicameralism of the United States Congress; the other is the United States Senate....
and the Democratic caucus

Democratic Caucus of the United States Senate

The Senate Democratic Caucus is the formal organization of the current 56 United States Democratic Party Senators in the United States Senate. In the 111th Congress, the Democratic Caucus includes two independent senators that formally caucus with the Democrats for the purpose of committee assignments and Senate organization, bringing the to...
(including two independent

Independent (politician)

In politics, an independent is a politician who is not affiliated with any political party. Independents may hold a Centrism viewpoint between those of major political parties, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do not feel that any major party addresses....
s) constitutes a majority in the United States Senate

United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism United States Congress, the lower house being the United States House of Representatives....
. Democrats also hold a majority of state governorships

List of current United States Governors

The following is a list of incumbent Governor of the states and territories of the United StatesIn the table below, Seat Up indicates the year of the next election; the current term ends in January of the following year for all states except Alaska, Hawaii and Kentucky, where the term ends in December of the election year....
and control a plurality

Plurality

In voting, a plurality is the largest number of Voting to be received by any candidate or proposition when three or more choices are possible. With only two choices the winner would have a majority, barring a strong showing from a write-in....
of state legislatures

List of U.S. state legislatures

Each United States state in the United States has a legislative branch as part of its form of civil government. Most of the fundamental details of the legislature are specified in the state constitution....
.

Green Party

In the United States

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, the Green Party has been active as a third party

Third party (United States)

Ralph Nader

Ralph Nader is an American attorney at law, author, lecturer, political activism, and perennial candidate for presidency as an independent candidate for President of the United States in United States presidential election, 2004 and United States presidential election, 2008, and a Green Party candidate in 1996 and 2000....
's presidential runs in 1996 and 2000. Currently, the primary national Green Party organization in the U.S. is the Green Party of the United States, which has eclipsed the earlier Greens/Green Party USA

Greens/Green Party USA

In the United States, people speak generally of the "Green Party," but there is actually more than one national-level Green political organization in the United States....
. There are Green Parties in many nations.

The Green Party in the United States has won elected office mostly at the local

Local government

Local governments are administrative offices that are smaller than a state. The term is used to contrast with offices at nation-state level, which are referred to as the central government, national government, or federal government....
level; most winners of public office in the United States who are considered Greens have won nonpartisan

Nonpartisan

In political science, nonpartisan denotes an election, event or organization in which the participants do not declare or do not formally have a political party affiliation....
-ballot elections (that is, the winning Greens won offices in elections in which candidates were not identified on the ballot

Ballot

A ballot is a device used to record choices made by voters. Each voter uses one ballot, and ballots are not shared. In the simplest elections, a ballot may be a simple scrap of paper on which each voter writes in the name of a candidate, but governmental elections use pre-printed to protect the secret ballot....
as affiliated with any political party). In 2005, the Party had 305,000 registered members in states that allow party registration, as well as tens of thousands of members and contributors in the rest of the country. During the 2006 elections the party had ballot access

Ballot access

Environmentalism

Environmentalism is a broad philosophy and social movement centered on a concern for the Conservation movement and improvement of the environment ....
, non-hierarchical

Hierarchy

A 'hierarchy' is an arrangement of items The word derives from the Greek language , from ?e?????? , "president of sacred rites, high-priest" and that from , "sacred" + , "to lead, to rule"....
participatory democracy

Participatory democracy

Participatory democracy, sometimes called "direct democracy," is a process promoted by the New Left in the early 1960's and on through the 1980's, emphasizing the broad participation of constituents in the direction and operation of political systems....
, social justice

Social justice

Social justice, sometimes called civil justice, refers to the concept of a society in which justice is achieved in every aspect of society, rather than merely the administration of law....
, respect for diversity

Diversity (politics)

In the political arena, the term diversity is used to describe political entities with members who have identifiable differences in their backgrounds or lifestyles....
, peace

Peace

Peace is a term that most commonly refers to an absence of aggression, violence or hostility, but which also represents a larger concept wherein there are healthy or newly-healed interpersonal relationship or international relations, safety in matters of social or economic welfare, the acknowledgment of equality and fairness in political re...
and nonviolence

Nonviolence

Nonviolence is a philosophy and strategy for social change that rejects the use of physical violence. As such, nonviolence is an alternative to passive acceptance of oppression and armed struggle against it....
.

On July 12, 2008 former six term Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney

Cynthia McKinney

Cynthia Ann McKinney is a former United States Representative and was the 2008 Green Party nominee for President of the United States. McKinney served as a United States Democratic Party in the United States House of Representatives from 1993?2003 and 2005?2007, first representing United States House of Representatives, Georgia District 11...
was nominated as the presidential nominee of the Green Party.

Libertarian Party

The Libertarian Party is an American

United States

Political party

A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain and maintain politics power within government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns....
founded on December 11, 1971. It is one of the largest continuing Third parties

Third party (United States)

The term third party is used in the United States for a political party in the United States other than one of the two major parties, at present, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party ....
in the United States, claiming more than 200,000 registered voters and more than 600 people in public office, including mayors, county executives, county-council members, school-board members, and other local officials. It has more people in office than all other third parties combined.

The political platform of the Libertarian Party reflects that group's particular brand of libertarianism

Libertarianism

Libertarianism is a term used by a political spectrum of Political philosophy which seek to promote individual liberty and seek to minimize or abolish the state....
, favoring minimally regulated, laissez-faire
Laissez-faire

Laissez-faire is a term used to describe a policy of allowing events to take their own course. The term is a French language phrase literally meaning "let do"....
markets, strong civil liberties

Civil liberties

Civil liberties are Freedom that protect the individual from the government. Civil liberties set limits for government so that it cannot abuse its Political power and interfere with the lives of its citizens....
, minimally regulated migration across borders, and non-interventionism

Non-interventionism

Nonintervention or non-interventionism is a foreign policy which holds that political rulers should avoid alliances with other nations and avoid all wars not related to direct territorial self-defense....
in foreign policy that respects freedom of trade

Free trade

Free trade is a type of trade policy that allows traders to act and transact without coercive interference from government. Thus, the policy permits trading partners mutual gains from trade, with goods and services produced according to the law of comparative advantage....
and travel to all foreign countries.

On May 25, 2008 former four term Congressman Bob Barr

Bob Barr

Robert Laurence "Bob" Barr, Jr. is a former federal prosecutorand a former member of the United States House of Representatives. He represented Georgia's 7th congressional district as a Republican Party from 1995 to 2003....
was nominated as the presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party.

Republican Party

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States of America, along with the Democratic Party

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
. It is often referred to as the Grand Old Party or the GOP.

Founded in 1854 by anti-slavery

Abolitionism

File:BLAKE10.JPGAbolitionism was a movement to end the slave trade and emancipate slaves in western Europe and the Americas. The slave system aroused little protest until the 18th century, when rationalist thinkers of the Age of Enlightenment criticized it for violating the rights of man, and Quaker and other evangelical religious groups con...
expansion activists and modernizers, Republican Party rose to prominence with the election of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery....
, the first Republican president. The party presided over the American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
and Reconstruction and was harried by internal factions and scandals toward the end of the 19th century. Today, the Republican Party supports a conservative platform (as far as American politics are concerned), with further foundations in economic liberalism

Economic liberalism

Economic liberalism is the economic component of classical liberalism.Theories in support of economic liberalism were developed in the Age of Enlightenment, and believed to be first fully formulated by Adam Smith which advocates...
, fiscal conservatism

Fiscal conservatism

Fiscal conservatism is a political phrase term used in North America to describe a fiscal policy that advocates a reduction in overall government spending....
, and social conservatism

Social conservatism

Social conservatism is a political or moral ideology that believes the government has a role in encouraging or enforcing traditional values or behaviors based on the belief that these are what keep people civilized and decent....
.

Former President George W. Bush

George W. Bush

George Walker Bush served as the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States from 2001 to 2009. He was the 46th List of Governors of Texas from 1995 to 2000 before being United States presidential inauguration as President on January 20, 2001....
is the 19th Republican to hold that office. Republicans currently fill a minority of seats in both the United States Senate

United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism United States Congress, the lower house being the United States House of Representatives....
and the House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

List of current United States Governors

List of U.S. state legislatures

President of the United States

United States presidential election, 2008

The United States presidential election of 2008 was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. It was the 56th consecutive wikt:quadrennial United States United States presidential election....
was Senator John McCain

John McCain

John Sidney McCain III is the senior senator United States United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican Party presidential nominee in the 2008 United States presidential election....
of Arizona

Arizona

The State of Arizona is a U.S. state located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix, Arizona....
. It is currently the second largest party with 55 million registered members, encompassing roughly one third of the electorate.

Politics comparison

Comparison of politics of current United States parties in presidential contention
Issue		Green Party Green Party (United States) One of the political parties in the United States, and similar in mission to many of the worldwide Green party, the Greens have been active as a third party since 2001....	Democratic Party Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....	Libertarian Party Libertarian Party (United States) The Libertarian Party is a United States political party founded on December 11, 1971. More than 200,000 voters are registered with the party, making it one of the largest of America's alternative political parties....	Republican Party Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....	Constitution Party Constitution Party (United States) The Constitution Party is a conservative United States political party. It was founded as the U.S. Taxpayers' Party in 1992. The party's official name was changed to the Constitution Party in 1999; however, some state affiliate parties are known under different names....
Main ideologies		Green politics Green politics Green politics is a political ideology which places a high importance on ecology and environmentalism goals, and on achieving these goals through broad-based, grassroots, participatory democracy.... Environmentalism Environmentalism Environmentalism is a broad philosophy and social movement centered on a concern for the Conservation movement and improvement of the environment ....	American liberalism American progressivism Progressivism in the United States In U.S. history, the term progressivism refers to a broadly-based reform movement that reached its height early in the 20th century. The initial progressive movement arose as a response to the vast changes brought by the industrial revolution.... Social liberalism Social liberalism Social liberalism is a political position that supports heavier economic regulation and more welfare than other types of liberalism, particularly classical liberalism....	Libertarianism Libertarianism Libertarianism is a term used by a political spectrum of Political philosophy which seek to promote individual liberty and seek to minimize or abolish the state.... Classical Liberalism Classical liberalism Classical liberalism is a doctrine stressing individual freedom, free markets, and limited government. This includes the importance of human rationality, individual property rights, natural rights, the protection of civil liberties, individual freedom from restraint, equality under the law, constitutional limitation of government, free marke...	Conservatism Neoconservatism Neoconservatism Neoconservatism is a political philosophy that emerged in the United States. Its key distinction is in international affairs, where it espouses an interventionist approach that seeks to defend what neo-conservatives deem as national interests.... Fiscal conservatism Fiscal conservatism Fiscal conservatism is a political phrase term used in North America to describe a fiscal policy that advocates a reduction in overall government spending.... Economic liberalism Economic liberalism Economic liberalism is the economic component of classical liberalism.Theories in support of economic liberalism were developed in the Age of Enlightenment, and believed to be first fully formulated by Adam Smith which advocates... Social conservatism Social conservatism Social conservatism is a political or moral ideology that believes the government has a role in encouraging or enforcing traditional values or behaviors based on the belief that these are what keep people civilized and decent.... Liberal conservatism Liberal conservatism Historically In the 18th and 19th centuries, conservatism comprised a set of principles based on concern for established tradition, respect for authority and religious values....	Constitutional conservatism Paleoconservatism Paleoconservatism Paleoconservatism is a term for an Anti-communism and anti-authoritarian right-wing movement in the United States of America that stresses tradition, civil society and anti-federalism, along with familial, religious, regional, national and Western world identity....
Political spectrum Political spectrum A political spectrum is a way of modeling different politics positions by placing them upon one or more geometry coordinate axis symbolizing independent political dimensions....	Left-Right Left-Right politics Left-right politics or the left-right political spectrum is a common way of classifying political positions, ideology, or political party along a one-dimensional political spectrum, with the far-left being radical politics, the Left liberal, the Right conservative, and the far-right reactionary....	Center-left	Center-left	(Rejects left-right political Left-Right politics Left-right politics or the left-right political spectrum is a common way of classifying political positions, ideology, or political party along a one-dimensional political spectrum, with the far-left being radical politics, the Left liberal, the Right conservative, and the far-right reactionary.... spectrum)	Center-right	Right-wing Right-wing politics In politics, *right-wing, rightist* and *the Right* are terms applied to Conservatism and reactionary positions. Originally, during the French Revolution, right-wing referred to seating arrangements in parliament; those who sat on the right supported the monarchy and aristocracy....
	Communitarianism Communitarianism Communitarianism, as a group of related but distinct philosophies, began in the late 20th century, opposing in its opinion exalted forms of individualism while advocating phenomena such as civil society.... vs. Individualism Individualism Individualism is the Morality stance, political philosophy, or social outlook that stresses independence and self-reliance. Individualists promote the exercise of one's goals and desires, while opposing most external interference upon one's choices, whether by society, or any other group or institution.... Economic Issues	Communitarian	Mixed	Individualist	Mixed	Individualist
	Communitarianism Communitarianism Communitarianism, as a group of related but distinct philosophies, began in the late 20th century, opposing in its opinion exalted forms of individualism while advocating phenomena such as civil society.... vs. Individualism Individualism Individualism is the Morality stance, political philosophy, or social outlook that stresses independence and self-reliance. Individualists promote the exercise of one's goals and desires, while opposing most external interference upon one's choices, whether by society, or any other group or institution.... Cultural Issues	Individualist	Individualist	Individualist	Mixed	Communitarian
	Pacifism Pacifism Pacifism is the opposition to war or violence as a means of settling disputes or gaining advantage. Pacifism covers a spectrum of views ranging from the belief that international disputes can and should be peacefully resolved; to calls for the abolition of the institutions of the military and war; to opposition to any organization of society... vs. Militarianism	Pacifism Pacifism Pacifism is the opposition to war or violence as a means of settling disputes or gaining advantage. Pacifism covers a spectrum of views ranging from the belief that international disputes can and should be peacefully resolved; to calls for the abolition of the institutions of the military and war; to opposition to any organization of society...	Mixed	Non-interventionist Non-interventionism Nonintervention or non-interventionism is a foreign policy which holds that political rulers should avoid alliances with other nations and avoid all wars not related to direct territorial self-defense....	Mixed	Non-interventionist Non-interventionism Nonintervention or non-interventionism is a foreign policy which holds that political rulers should avoid alliances with other nations and avoid all wars not related to direct territorial self-defense....
	Free trade Free trade Free trade is a type of trade policy that allows traders to act and transact without coercive interference from government. Thus, the policy permits trading partners mutual gains from trade, with goods and services produced according to the law of comparative advantage.... vs. Fair trade Fair trade Fair trade is an organized social movement and market-based approach to empowering developing country producers and promoting sustainability. The movement advocates the payment of a fair price as well as social and environmental standards in areas related to the production of a wide variety of goods....	Fair trade	Mixed	Free trade (Unilateral)	"Free and fair trade" (Multilateral)	Semi-protectionist
	Progressivism Progressivism The term progressive has varying meanings in different countries.In some countries, the word refers to left-wing politics. For instance, in the United States, the term progressive emerged in the late 19th century into the 20th century in reference to a more general response to the vast changes brought by industrialization: an alternativ... vs. Conservatism Conservatism Conservatism is a political and social term whose meaning has changed in different countries and time periods, but which usually indicates support for the status quo or the status quo ante....	Progressivism	Progressivism	Libertarianism Libertarianism Libertarianism is a term used by a political spectrum of Political philosophy which seek to promote individual liberty and seek to minimize or abolish the state....	Conservatism	Conservatism
Specific issues	Legal Abortion Abortion An abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by the removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus from the uterus, resulting in or caused by its death....	Strongly Favor	Favor	Mixed - oppose state funding, support individual's right to choose	Oppose	Strongly Oppose
	Public financing of campaigns Campaign finance in the United States Campaign finance in the United States is the financing of Elections in the United States at the Federal government of the United States, State government, and Local government in the United States....	Favor	Favor	Strongly Oppose	Oppose	Generally Opposed
	Same-sex marriage Same-sex marriage in the United States Same-sex marriage, also referred to as gay marriage, is a marriage between two persons of the same sex. Currently the federal government of the United States does not recognize same-sex marriage, under the Defense of Marriage Act, but same-sex marriage is currently legal in two states, Same-sex marriage in Massachusetts and Same-sex mar...	Strongly Favor	Mixed support for full marriage, support Civil Unions	Against marriage licenses in general	Oppose	Strongly Oppose
	Universal healthcare Universal health care Universal health care is health care coverage that is extended to all eligible residents of a governmental region and often covers medicine, dentistry, and mental health professional....	Favor single payer system Single-payer health care Single-payer health care is a term used in the United States to describe the payment of doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers from a single fund....	Mixed	Strongly Oppose	Oppose	Oppose
	Increased taxation	Favor progressive taxation	More in Favor	Strongly Oppose	More Opposed	Oppose
	Deficit spending	Favors reduction	Mixed	Favors reduction	Mixed	Favors reduction
	Illegal immigration Illegal immigration Illegal immigration refers to immigration across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country. In politics, the term may imply a larger set of social issues and time constraints with disputed consequences in areas such as economy, social welfare, education, health care, slavery, prostitution, legal p...	Amnesty	Amnesty and guest workers	Guest workers, support for amnesty mixed	Mixed	Oppose amnesty and guest workers
	Continue Iraq war Iraq War The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, and Operation Iraqi Freedom, is an ongoing conflicts military campaign which began on March 20, 2003 with the 2003 invasion of Iraq by a Multinational force in Iraq now led by and composed almost entirely of troops from the United States and United King...	Strongly Oppose	Oppose	Strongly Oppose	Support	Strongly Oppose
	Capital punishment Capital punishment in the United States Capital punishment of a felon in the United States, in modern times, is employed rarely and, in practice, only in cases involving murder. The history of U.S....	Oppose	Generally Oppose	(no position)	Favor	Strongly Favor
	Drug decriminalization Drug policy of the United States The drug policy of the United States is currently well represented by the declaration of a War on Drugs by President Richard Nixon in June 1971....	Favor	Generally Opposed	Strongly Favor (Legalization)	Oppose	Strongly Oppose
	Gun control Gun politics in the United States Gun politics in the United States, incorporating the political aspects of gun politics, and firearms rights, has long been among the most controversial and intractable issues in American politics....	Favor	More in Favor	Strongly Oppose	More Opposed	Oppose
	School prayer School prayer School prayer in its most common usage refers to state approved prayer by students in state schools. Depending on the country and the type of school, organized prayer may be required, permitted, or proscribed....	Strongly Oppose	Oppose	Strongly Oppose	Favor	Strongly Favor
	School choice School choice School choice is a term used to describe a wide array of programs aimed at giving families the opportunity to choose the school their children will attend....	Strongly Oppose	Oppose	Strongly Favor	Favor	Strongly Favor

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