Category: Party Names

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History

A primarily Christian and Catholic”Whole Life” party. That is, they are ProLife both before birth and after, holding a consistent ethic of human life.

The ASP was founded by David Frost in 2011 as the “Christian Democratic Party USA”. In 2012, the CDP USA endorsed the independent candidacy of Joe Schriner for President.

The name of the party was changed after the 2012 election to “the American Solidarity Party”, and a national committee was created for the purpose of drafting a platform and developing the party’s online presence. Mike Maturen of Michigan was nominated to run for president in 2016. Maturen was an official write-in in 25 states and on the ballot in Colorado.

MERITS

Solidarity shows empathy toward labor and the 99%. The group could easily ally with other parties if interested in victory.

DRAWBACKS

The name is taken already and is associated with conservative teaching, including commitment to traditional marriage. The historic use renders the values of the party more specific than what a dominant political party would find most advantageous. Solidarity is also historically associated with Communist movements and socialism, even if it is pro-labor.

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History

From the Blues Brothers, (John Balushi and Dan Aykroid) an odd group of angry white men wanted to kill Jake and Elmer for destroying their van.

MERITS

None.

DRAWBACKS

On top of being already taken and not taken seriously or with any positive message, with the Acronym ASWPP, it is a diminutive of “AssWipe.”

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History

An official name of the Know Nothing Party prior to the civil war. They were opposed to immigration and abolition. They are not to be confused with the Republican Party.

MERITS

None.

DRAWBACKS

Both taken and disbanded.

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History

A 1997 faction from the larger Reform Party of the United States, started by Ross Perot in 1995. Perot had all but nominated himself for the 1996 run after enjoying a third party record breaker showing in the 1992 election, where he participated in all three presidential debates and at one point enjoyed a lead according to polls, withdrew from the election when bad press came and re-entered to garner 14% of the actual vote. Emphasis is on balancing the budget while maintaining a strong defense and some protectionism (Anti-NAFTA).

MERITS

Almost everyone is in favor of reform. It implies an acceptance of a basic system but also implies a the need for improvement.

DRAWBACKS

The word “Reform” is now associated with the Reform party and its factions, with its ideology. The name is also taken.

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History

Established in 1958 by George Lincoln Rockwell, who was assassinated in 1967 by a fellow member who had been banned for having Marxist leanings. The group continued under his successor, Matt Koehl, but became more religious than political and took an increasingly less public role. In the 1980s several groups have taken on the same name but none have been directly connected to the original.

MERITS

None.

DRAWBACKS

Running as an independent in 1965, Rockwell received 5,730 votes in the Viginia gubernatorial election. Running under his party name in 1962, he received 212 votes. What does that tell you?

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History

Predominantly in New York, it was a socialist support movement that supported Democratic or Republican candidates more than a formidable political party. It lost support in the anti-communist era and was formally disbanded in 1956.

MERITS

Labor is worth promoting and appeals to a majority.

DRAWBACKS

The fact that the term “Labor” is associated with socialist movements is extremely limiting.

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History

Now called the Christian Liberty Party (as of 2010), it started as the Washington state affiliate of the Taxpayers Party in 1991, (which has since become the Constitution Party). It fielded two candidates for Congressional offices by 1998. It split from the Constitution party in 2000 and became its own national party at that time under Dan Eby. It’s ideology, like the Constitution Party, is that of the Christian right, but it distinguishes itself as being Christ-centered above being Constitution-centered. This overflowed into how the party leadership was to be chosen and resulted in an inevitable break away.

MERITS

Works for local politics where Americans hope for local restoration of Christian values.

DRAWBACKS

Taken. Narrow in appeal.

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History

Also known as the American Third Party, it was on the California primary ballot in 2009 but didn’t qualify for the general election. It became an official political party in 2010. Harry Bertram got some votes in West Virginia, coming in last place. Film director, Merlin Miller, ran for president under the American Freedom Party name in 2012 and came in last with 2,073 votes, having chosen Cuban born Virginia Abernethy as his running mate.

MERITS

Freedom is increasingly valued in the age of COVID restrictions, cancel culture and the assault of political correctness on free speech. Strong name for Libertarian values.

DRAWBACKS

Already taken. Critics say it promotes white nationalism.

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History

A Mexican neo-Marxist movement set after the Spanish Phalanx of the Councils of the National-Syndicalist Offensive (1933-1977). It emphasized social cooperation over Marxist class struggle as a movement of the Spanish Roman Catholic extreme right. Synarchism was revived in the 1970s as the Mexican Democratic Party, which dissolved by 1996.

MERITS

Only presented here because it was a party in America, if small.

DRAWBACKS

Completely useless and already used, unless of course, somebody wants the US to impose a Roman Catholic dictatorship.