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The Liberty Party was an abolitionist political party in the United States before the American Civil War. The party experienced its greatest activity during the 1840s, while remnants persisted as late as 1860. It supported James G. Birney in the presidential elections of 1840 and 1844.
Liberal Party USA (formerly known as Association of Liberty State Parties) is a classical liberal political party in the United States that is affiliated with multiple state parties. In 2022, the state libertarian parties from Massachusetts and New Mexico disaffiliated from the national United States Libertarian Party and affiliated with one ...
Socialist Party USA: Socialism Anti-capitalism Eco-socialism Socialist feminism: 1973 [18] Left-wing: 9,504 361 (0.0002%) United States Pirate Party: Pirate politics Civil libertarianism Direct democracy: 2006 Syncretic: Unknown: 914 (0.0006%) Communist Party USA: Communism Marxism–Leninism Bill of Rights socialism: 1919 Far-left: Unknown ...
The Liberty Party was a minor political party in the United States in the 1930s, based on the economic theories of W.H. "Coin" Harvey (1851–1936) (found mainly in his book, The Book). Harvey was initially its 1932 presidential candidate, and they held their convention at his resort, Monte Ne , near Rogers, Arkansas .
In 1972, "Libertarian Party" was chosen as the party's name, selected over "New Liberty Party". [51] The first official slogan of the Libertarian Party was " There ain't no such thing as a free lunch " (abbreviated "TANSTAAFL"), a phrase popularized by Robert A. Heinlein in his 1966 novel The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress , sometimes dubbed "a ...
The major libertarian party in the United States is the Libertarian Party. However, libertarians are also represented within the Democratic and Republican parties while others are independent. Gallup found that voters who identify as libertarians ranged from 17 to 23% of the American electorate. [33]
The former slaveholder, now abolitionist, James Birney of the Liberty Party, received 15,812 and 3,632 votes, respectively, based on his unwavering stand against Texas annexation. Celebratory shots rang out in Washington on November 7 as returns came in from western New York which clinched the state and the presidency for Polk. [ 125 ]
Liberty Party may refer to: Liberty Party (United States) Liberty Party (United States, 1840) Liberty Party (United States, 1932) Christian Liberty Party; Liberty (Poland) Liberty Party (Liberia) Liberty Party (Turkey) a historical party in Turkey; Liberty Korea Party