From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Mon Apr 17 2000 - 18:09:22 MDT
> Forgive my ingnorance but I'm no us citizen, so I don't know how many
> alternative parties there are, although I know there is the independent
> party and the libertarian party, is there any party with interests similar
> to those of libertarians? maybe a coalition could be what is needed
> to give libertarianism a boost.
Alas, none anywhere close. Political parties in the US are very limited,
even if you include lots of small ones. "Independent" is not a party per
se, but rather a term meaning "not affiliated with a party", although
there is also a party named "American Independent".
The basic rundown is this:
Democrats & Republicans: The existing power base
Libertarian Party: Classical liberals: individualist, capitalist
Reform Party: Doesn't stand for anything, but has money
Those are the only ones on all ballots (just getting on
the ballot is a major hurdle in a lot of states).
Smaller parties include:
Green Party: Pro-environment anti-technology anti-business
American Independent/Populist: Isolationist, pro-Christian
Natural Law Party: Front for TM gurus; liberal rhetoric
Peace & Freedom/Socialist: Old-school socialists
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