Spending just over $5,000, Nader was on the ballot The Greens scoredĪ major political points when it convinced prominent consumerĪs their first Presidential nominee in 1996. Offices in many states, and has established active stateĪffiliate parties in nearly all states. Party regularly fields candidates for local, state and federal The Greens support strict environmental protection laws, stronger labor rights, expanded social programs, and higher taxes on the wealthy and corporations. is one of the two largest third parties in the nation. Green Party - the informal US-affiliate of the leftist, environmentalist (Based upon vote performance over past two Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and the Senate Republican Conference. Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC)and Senate Minority Leader Kevin McCarthyand the House Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), House If it occurs, the schism could be electorally devastating to the Republicans. In his final days in office, Trump has toyed with launching a new entity - the Patriot Party - and lead an exodus of Trump/MAGA and QAnon out of the GOP and to his new party. Since 2016, Trump largely bent the party to his outlook - and many from the rival conservative factions of years past are retooling themselves into versions of Trump-lite to appeal to the base. The media and political class has also take to calling a group of pro-Trump legislators who incited the MAGA crowds with false claims into making the January 2021 insurrectionist attack on the US Capitol as the 'Seditionist Caucus' ( Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Mo Brooks, etc). President Donald Trump, however, is a political nationalist and economic populist who does not fit neatly into any of these traditional GOP factions, and in fact handily vanquished 2016 nomination rivals from each of the various other wings of the party.

The 'Religious Right' ( Mike Pence and the Family Research Council),įor Liberty), the old-style center-right wing ( Larry Hogan and Adam Kinzinger), the firebrand Tea Party movement conservatives ( Jim Jordan and the House Freedom Caucus), and - since 2016 - the gadfly conspiracy theorist QAnon faction ( Marjorie Taylor Greene, etc). ( Mitch McConnell, Kevin McCarthy, Ben Sasse), Into several different sub-sets: traditional establishment conservatives Pre-Trump, the Republicans could generally be classified Holds several key Governorships (including TX, OH, FL, GA, Lost the Presidency and US Senate control in 2020, but made major gains in the US House. Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), Senator Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and the Senate Democratic Leadership. Official affiliated national Democratic sites include:Ĭongressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), House 'Blue Dog' center-conservative right ( Joe Manchin and the Blueĭog Democrats). Style ( Andrew Cuomo, Mark Warner), to the Dem center-right ( John HickenlooperĪnd the New Democratic Coalition), to the GOP-lite style Near Euro-style democratic-socialist left ( Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with the Dems) and traditional liberals ( Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Nancy Pelosi), to the pragmatic 'centrist' moderate-to-liberal Democrats also hold several key governorships (MI, WI, IL, NC, NY, CA, VA, others). Lisa Desjardins examines both candidates’ polling strengths and Carroll Doherty of the Pew Research Center and The Washington Post’s Dan Balz join Judy Woodruff for a breakdown of the electorate and how the candidates can drive home their messages.Home | US Senate Candidates | Governor & Statewide CandidatesĭEMOCRATIC PARTY (DNC) - The Democrats regained the White House in 2020, but barely maintained majority control of the US House, and won narrow control of the US Senate. Nationally, the race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton is getting closer an average of polls show Clinton’s post-convention bounce is over. Your score shows your likelihood of being Republican or Democrat and is based on a Pew March 2016 political survey. Questions gauge political values and an individual’s stance on policies and range from government spending to gay marriage. What does Donald Trump believe? Where the candidate stands on 10 issues What does Hillary Clinton believe? Where the candidate stands on 12 issues To better understand where you land on the political spectrum, take our updated Political Party Quiz, developed by Pew Research Center in collaboration with the PBS NewsHour. presidential election is shaping up to be one of the most divisive contests in recent memory.

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