Some Statistics In America

July 17, 2007

Political parties are not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution. Parties are regulated by the laws and constitutions of the individual states, which organize elections to both local and federal offices. No laws limit the number of political parties that may operate, so it is theoretically a multi-party system. But, there is a Constitution party! Former Nixon Administration official and one-time Conservative Coalition chair Howard Phillips founded the US Taxpayers Party (USTP) in 1992 as a potential vehicle for Pat Buchanan to use for a third party White House run — had he agreed to bolt from the GOP in 1992 or 1996. The USTP pulled together several of the splintered right-wing third parties — including the once mighty American Independent Party — into a larger, more visible political entity. Renamed as the Constitution Party in 1999, the party is strongly pro-life, anti-gun control, and other far right Republican issues. But then there are “other” wild parties as wsell.

The Libertarian Party (1971) is the largest small party in America, followed by the Green Party, founded in 1984. And then we have so many parties that amount to nothing in that all combined they get less than 1% of the vote. Check out this list. Know any of them?

America First Party (2002), American Fascist Party, American Heritage Party (2000), American Independent Party (1968), American Nazi Party (1959), American Party (1969), American Patriot Party (2003), American Reform Party (1997), Centrist Party (United States) (2006), Christian Freedom Party (2004), Christian Falangist Party of America (1985), Citizens For Reform Party (2005), Commonwealth Party, Communist Party USA (1919), Freedom Road Socialist Organization (1985), Independent American Party (1998), Jefferson Republican Party, Ku Klux Klan (1866), Labor Party (1995), Marijuana Party (2002), National Nihilist Party (1988), National Socialist Movement (1974), New American Independent Party (2004), New Union Party (1974), Peace and Freedom Party (1967), Pacifist Party of America (2007), Personal Choice Party (1997), Populist Party of America (2002), United Fascist Union (1996), Prohibition Party (1867), Reform Party of the United States of America (1995), Socialist Action (1983), Socialist Alternative (1986), Socialist Equality Party (1953), Socialist Labor Party (1876), Socialist Party USA (1973), Socialist Workers Party (1938), United Citizens Party (1969), Workers Party, USA, Workers World Party (1959), Working Families Party (1998), and the World Socialist Party of the United States (1916).