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| − | **The Snow and Ice Party | + | **The Snow and Ice Party (Supports incremental change at a glacial pace.) |
*On the Moon: | *On the Moon: | ||
| − | **The Vacuum Party | + | **The Vacuum Party (Supports cleaning up all that dust, and pronto!) |
| − | **The Gravity Party | + | **The Gravity Party (Supports long jumpers and golfers in attempts to beat Earth records.) |
| − | **The Secessionists | + | **The Secessionists (Supports leaving Earth orbit and applying for planethood status.) |
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
Revision as of 22:17, 9 February 2010
A political party is an organization dedicated to gaining political power for both the party and its members.
A typical political party will endorse a "platform", which represents their stands on various issues of the day. Depending on the party, and the issue, adherence to every point of these platforms is not necessarily required. Often what is more important in governing situations among larger parties is what is called "party discipline", where members are expected to vote a certain way on certain bills, however close or distant the issue at hand is to the actual platform.
Dominant parties will usually have very long, intricate, and watered-down platforms that reflect their large base of member voters. Smaller parties, which often form in reaction to a single issue or small group of issues being neglected (in their opinion) on the political stage, will often have short, concise platforms.
Examples include:
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Australia
- Liberal Party of Australia (Conservative)
- Australian Labor Party (Liberal)
- The Democrats (Republican, as in, they want Australia to be a republic)
Canada
- Main article: Political parties of Canada
The parties having seats in the parliament:
- Liberal Party (Centre-left)
- Conservative Party (Conservative. Duh)
- Bloc Québécois (Separatist)
- New Democratic Party (More Left than the Liberal party)
The party who goes on TV to debate the other leaders without any seats:
- Green Party (Environmentalists)
China
- The Communist Party (Wins all elections, represents all workers. Sure.)
New Zealand
- Labour (Centre-Left)
- National (Centre-Right)
- Greens (Left to Far-Left)
- Progressives (Left)
- Act (Right)
- New Zealand First (Right, strong anti-immigration)
- Legalise Marijuana Party (Stoned)
- Maori Party (Maori Rights)[1]
North Korea
- Workers' Party of Korea (Wins all elections, represents all workers. Oh right, everyone is employed by the government.)
Russian Federation
Note: every one of these lies as to its location on the political spectrum
- United Russia- "Center" Actually populist. Putin and Medvedev are members of this one. Actually Putin is the Chairmin. Largest party.
- Communist Party- Yep. They are still around. Some members openly revere Stalin. 2nd largest party.
- Liberal Democratic Party of Russia- Surprise! These are the equivalent of the Republican party! 3rd Largest party.
- A Just Russia- Claims to be conservative, actually is Russia's token left-wing party, as the Socialist and Green Parties merged into it. Sadly it is the smallest "major" party.
United Kingdom
- Labour Party (Classically liberal, slightly center/conservative)
- Conservative Party (Wishes it was conservative)
- Liberal Democrats (Centre or liberal if you're a yank)
- Scottish National Party (SNP for short, campaigns for independence for Scotland, and has no connection with the British National Party)
- British
NaziNational Party (unfortunately, very similar to the American Nazi Party, except slightly more subtle about it) - UK Independence Party (also known as Diet BNP - or BNP Lite if you don't get the reference first time)
- Green (Environmentalist)
- Monster Raving Loony Party (with the slogan "vote for insanity, you know it makes sense")
- Tea Party (Wait, wasn't that in the US?)
United States
- Democratic Party (Moderate conservative)
- Republican Party (Extreme conservative/reactionary)
- Green Party (Liberal - environmentalist, pro-consumer rights)
- Libertarian Party (Right wing with a side of drugs and sex)
- Reform Party (Moderate conservative with a side of nuts)
- Constitution Party (Extreme right wing, loony theocratic fascists)
- American Nazi Party (Batshit insane racists)
- American Communist Party (What it says on the tin, although have become more moderate in recent years)
Erm... "elsewhere"
- In Antartica:
- The Snow and Ice Party (Supports incremental change at a glacial pace.)
- On the Moon:
- The Vacuum Party (Supports cleaning up all that dust, and pronto!)
- The Gravity Party (Supports long jumpers and golfers in attempts to beat Earth records.)
- The Secessionists (Supports leaving Earth orbit and applying for planethood status.)
Footnotes
- ↑ There was considerable debate when this party was formed as to whether it was racist to have a party that only represented one ethnic group, but given New Zealand's MMP system of government, coupled with the specifically Maori seats, this representation should end up being roughly proportional and they'll end up working with other parties that support whatever they want at that point in time, just like everyone else