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The United States has never had religious parties (unlike much of the world, especially in Europe and Latin America). There has never been an American Catholic religious party, either local, state or national. In 1776 Catholics comprised less than 1% of the population of the new nation, especially in Maryland.
The American Solidarity Party advocates for electoral reform, aiming to combat what they call a "political oligarchy" and gridlock. They propose proportional representation for the House of Representatives , endorse ranked-choice voting or approval voting in all elections, and support easy voter registration.
It is the dominant centre-right political movement in Europe, but by contrast, Christian democratic parties in Latin America tend to be left-leaning. [6] Christian democracy includes elements common to several other political ideologies, including conservatism, liberalism, and social democracy.
American Nazi Party: World Union of Free Enterprise National Socialists, National Socialist White People's Party, New Order (successor organization) Neo-Nazism: Split into: National Socialist Party of America, National Alliance, National Socialist Movement, and New Order. 1959 1983 Patriot Party: Socialism [165] Split from: Young Patriots ...
A center-right political ideology inspired by Catholicism, known as "Christian Democracy" emphasized a third way politics between Soviet Communism and American Capitalism. They sought to create a ...
The Federalists were the first American political party in 1787. They were businessmen and merchants who wanted a strong central government to protect industry.
Prior to World War II, numerous Catholic thinkers advanced the idea of a Catholic political regime; Jacques Maritain argued that democracy was a "fruit of the Gospel itself and its unfolding in history", writing that political Catholicism in its essence promotes democracy based on "justice, charity, and the realization of a fraternal community ...
Politicians of Catholic political parties (63 C, 20 P) A. Austrian People's Party (1 C, 1 P) C. Christian democratic parties in Belgium (11 P)