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The Reform Party of the United States of America (RPUSA), generally known as the Reform Party USA or the Reform Party, is a centrist political party in the United States, founded in 1995 by Ross Perot. Perot believed Americans were disillusioned with the state of politics as being corrupt and unable to deal with vital issues.
American electoral politics have been dominated by successive pairs of major political parties since shortly after the founding of the republic of the United States. Since the 1850s, the two largest political parties have been the Democratic Party and the Republican Party—which together have won every United States presidential election since 1852 and controlled the United States Congress ...
Independent Reform Party: Illinois 1874 1874 Independent Party: Florida 1884 1884 Home Rule Party of Hawaii: Hawaii Hawaiian nationalism [140] Merged into: Republican Party: 1900 1912 American Party (1904) Utah 1904 1911 American Party (1914) New York Split from: Democratic Party: 1914 1916 Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party: Minnesota Populism [141]
The Reform Party of the United States of America (RPUSA) was founded in 1995 by Ross Perot.Because the party had just recently been formed, the traditional system of presidential primaries in use by the Republican and Democratic parties was not considered practical for the Reform Party to use for its presidential primary in 1996.
Reform Party of Minnesota, supporters of the above, now the Independence Party; American Reform Party, factional offshoot from the Reform Party of the United States, which only endorsed other party candidates; Reform Party of Syria, a United States lobbying organization; Reform Party (Mormon), founded by Joseph Smith in 1844; went defunct that ...
[3] [4] The eventual result of the movement that followed was United We Stand America, followed by the Reform Party, and in some states the Independence Party. The early history of UWSA revolved around establishment of chapters in all 50 states and citizen activism against the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). [5]
The Reform Party of Florida regained its ballot access in June 2024, giving Kennedy and his vice presidential nominee, Nicole Shanahan, a spot on the Florida presidential ballot. [6] There was little opposition to the nomination, with the only objection coming from a group of self-described "Reform Party activists" requesting another convention.
On April 2, 2002, Ezola Foster, who had served as the Reform Party of the United States of America's vice-presidential nominee during the 2000 presidential election, left the Reform Party to join the Constitution Party. From 2002 to 2004, she served on the party's national committee.