Vermont Progressive Party
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Vermont Progressive Party ( Vermont's Progressive Party ) |
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| Party leader | Martha Abbott |
| Chairman of the Senate parliamentary group | Anthony Pollina |
| Chairman of the House of Representatives | Christopher Pearson |
| founding | 1999 |
| Alignment |
Social Democracy , American Progressivism , |
| Colours) | red |
| Website | www.progressiveparty.org |
The Vermont Progressive Party ( German : Vermonts Progressive Party) is a political party in the United States that operates exclusively in the US state of Vermont . It was founded in 1999 and can be considered social democratic . She has six members in the House of Representatives and three seats in the Vermont Senate . This makes it one of the few “third parties” in the United States in a state parliament .
history
The party grew out of supporters of the independent politician and then Mayor of Burlington , Bernie Sanders . Sanders was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2007 and has been a member of the US Senate since 2007 . Sanders, who describes himself as a socialist, is not a member of the Progressive Party and sits in the Democratic group.
Some of Sanders' supporters formed the Progressive Coalition to support other independent politicians. In 1990 Terry Bouricius was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives. In 1999, the Progressive Party was finally formally founded.
In the 2000 presidential election , the Progressive Party nominated the Green candidate , Ralph Nader . In 2004 the party was able to achieve three more seats in the Vermont House of Representatives, as of October 2012 it has five seats in the house. It is also represented in several municipal administrations.
Program
The Progressive Party advocates social democratic politics. The party advocates, among other things, citizens' insurance in health insurance. The party is also committed to promoting renewable energies and phasing out nuclear power . The party is pacifist and rejects first strikes by the US military. She supports homosexual rights and was instrumental in introducing same-sex marriage in Vermont. The party advocates a minimum wage and the decentralization of the economy.