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{{Infobox political party
{{Infobox political party
| name = Popular Party
| name = Popular Party
| logo = File:BullMoose.png
| logo = ''According to Commander Johnsonson, the logo was "yellow and black, and incorporated symbols ranging from the libertarian torch, to the hammer and sickle, to the neo-pagan circle thing"''
| colorcode = #0D3A64
| colorcode = #000000
| founded = January 30th, 2020
| founded = November 11th, 2019
| dissolved = February 6th, 2020
| dissolved = January 23rd, 2020
| ideology = Populism
| ideology = Populism
| colors = {{Color box|#0D3A64}}
| colors = {{Color box|#ffd866}}{{Color box|#000000}}
}}
}}


NOTICE: THIS PAGE IS EXTREMELY WIP
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The '''Popular Party''' was a populist, anti-capitalist, third-positionist political party which split off from the [[Labour Party]], founded and lead by [[Lohengramm]], accused by its critics of being a cult.
The '''Popular Party''' was a populist, economically left-wing, third-positionist political party which split off from the [[Labour Party]], founded and lead by [[Lohengramm]]. It was accused by its critics of being a cult, and dissolved in January of 2020 by mass exodus to the [[Bull Moose Party]] and elsewhere.


The party described itself in these terms:
Immediately after its creation, the Party caucused with the [[Federalist Party]] in the Senate.
 
The Popular Party performed very well in the December 2017 elections, winning "[https://i.imgur.com/GNovsGG.png every single seat they had a candidate for]" and then later putting [[Commander Johnsonson]] in JF-2 and [[Codegreen]] in JF-5.
 
On January 16, 2020, President [[MichiganLefty]] left the [[Labor Party]] for the Popular Party, stating that he felt it had "seemed to lose its vision and morale". The party would disband just two weeks later.
 
==Party Self-Description==
Original Explanation:
<blockquote>The Popular Party is a third-option party that plans to challenge the American two-party dichotomy. The Popular Party is characterized by economic leftist policy with socially conservative values.  We value workers, family, and liberty.</blockquote>


Revised Explanation:
Revised Explanation:
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Our core policies include, among others; promotion of workers rights, decreasing income inequality, combating the influence and power of big corporations, fighting the climate crisis, and putting the governments focus back on the people.</blockquote>
Our core policies include, among others; promotion of workers rights, decreasing income inequality, combating the influence and power of big corporations, fighting the climate crisis, and putting the governments focus back on the people.</blockquote>


Original Explanation:
Of particular note is the change between "conservative social policy" and "broad tent social policy" between the two explanations.
<blockquote>The Popular Party is a third-option party that plans to challenge the American two-party dichotomy. The Popular Party is characterized by economic leftist policy with socially conservative values.  We value workers, family, and liberty.</blockquote>


The party's position in the political center lead to somewhat inconsistent political activity. It caucused with the [[Federalist Party]] in the Senate at the very start of its existence, but as time went on, it appeared to shift slightly leftwards (as seen by the differences in its official explanations, which changed from "conservative social policy" to "broad tent social policy.")
==Criticism of the Popular Party==
Various critics of the Popular Party have said it "lacked a coherent ideology," that it smacked of National-Bolshevism, and was "incredibly cursed." It's uniquely mercurial politics mixed satirical anti-centrism with genuine center-left populism.  


The Popular Party performed very well in the December 2017 elections, winning "[https://i.imgur.com/GNovsGG.png every single seat they had a candidate for]" and then later putting [[Commander Johnsonson]] in JF-2 and [[Codegreen]] in JF-5.
==Dissolution of the Popular Party==


On January 16, 2020, President [[MichiganLefty]] left the [[Labor Party]] for the Popular Party, stating that he felt it had "seemed to lose its vision and morale". The party would disband just two weeks later.
Towards the tail end of January, there was widespread dissatisfaction within the party over [[Lohengramm]]'s handling of party affairs. When one of the party's members, [[ThanosDaddy]] appeared to be popular enough that he might oust Lohengramm in an election, Lohengramm suspended the upcoming elections on pretence. Documents then leaked to the members, showing that Lohengramm was actively attempting to quash threats to his position as leader.


From an interview with Commander Johnsonson months after the fact:


==Criticism of the Popular Party==
<blockquote>Lohengramm had a reputation as a demagogue beforehand, and at one point had suspended elections for one reason or another. We already didn’t particularly like Lohengramm, and documents ended up leaking showing that Lohengramm was specifically trying to force ThanosDaddy not just out of the election, but out of the party altogether
Various critics of the Popular Party have said it "lacked a coherent ideology," "smacked of National-Bolshevism," and was "incredibly cursed."
We had had enough of Lohengramm, and after we defected he became more or less a joke, especially after he joined the federalists that he claimed to despise so much as Popular leader</blockquote>
 


==Dissolution of the Popular Party==
Citing their grievances with [[Lohengramm's]] control of the party, most or all of the active membership left the party in late January, form the [[Bull Moose Party]] in late January of 2020.
Citing their grievances with [[Lohengramm's]] control of the party, most or all of the active membership left the party to form the [[Bull Moose Party]] in late January of 2020.


==Leadership and Known Members==
==Leadership and Known Members==
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|State Chapter Representatives
|State Chapter Representatives
|unknown
|unknown
|_
|-
|Other Known Members
|Other Known Members
|[[System]], [[Commander Johnsonson]], ThanosDaddy, RecklessAthenian, [[MichiganLefty]], Melaniasmelons, Ultrafire3, April, Heamloch, Pierce Bryde, Andrew Glaze, Ricemaster
|[[System]], [[Commander Johnsonson]], ThanosDaddy, RecklessAthenian, [[MichiganLefty]], Melaniasmelons, Ultrafire3, April, Heamloch, Pierce Bryde, Andrew Glaze, Ricemaster
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!Name and date
!Name and date
!Purpose
!Summary
|-
||[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X6S7AC4Z_wUGttn87VzwFkgh1en3Y37Yigm1xgjUF-E/edit?usp=sharing 01/23/20, "Joint Resignation From The Popular Party"]
|Johnsonson and several known future Bull Moose members outline their frustrations with the direction of the Popular Party and the overhwelming influence of leader [[Lohengramm]].
|-
|[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TC_01DDYlB3xdRNBV947LCqdHtecB-r1cmd5DIW2RSI/edit?usp=sharing 01/30/20 "Press Release: The Bull Moose Party" (Founding Press Release)]
|Announcement of the BMP's formation on a platform of populist and progressive egalitarianism. Denouncing the "demagogues have hijacked our political process to feed their egos and secure themselves as tyrants," the Party says it will "come together to fight tooth and nail to break the monopolies of power that prevent the average American from reaching success."
Stating their "belief that Americans want to succeed," they say it is their "mission as a party to provide every opportunity for all Americans to achieve success, regardless of their wealth, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, or religious background."
|-
|[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kvKkWYew0YdJnQH2shQS96HHlRDXFubt1famvk4gWxU/edit 01/30/20 "Press Release from the Bull Moose Party" (Labor Party Letter)]
|The BMP tries to convince members of the [[Labor Party]] that their Party "has collapsed without direction," and asks them to join the BMP as the only hope for "stopping the Federalists from dominating our entire government."
|-
|[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x7g9g5YvZo6SfN14IlQzB_kXG9IQT3H0fTXKAda__Yk/edit 01/31/20 "Press Release from the Bull Moose Party" (Pre-State Elections)]
|The BMP pushes for the American people to vote for them in the upcoming elections, decrying "negligent officials" and the failure of the long-dominant political parties. This is the first Press Release using the BMP's logo.
|-
|[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bZvtuzM--KOobKL8H24AQlkhGSrWHLDC41AY2re4QQ0/edit 02/01/20 "Press Release from the Bull Moose Party" (Hagen Debate Letter)]
|The BMP denounces the [[Federalist Party]] as having dictatorial ambitions, referring to [[Hagen]] as a "Federalist Stooge" after his involvement with a scandal during the Jefferson Gubernatorial debate.
|-
|[https://docs.google.com/document/d/11V1HjbQRPBgWDI4ZZXcIN-s2R09wqIfwnvn-YAv7280/edit 02/02/20 "Press Release from the Bull Moose Party" (Pre-Internal Elections)]
|The BMP announces that they are holding internal elections for Chair, Vice Chair, and 3 seats on the Bull Moose National Convention.
|-
|-
|[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IJxcV3Od8_Fd-vRPUbY2K9ZP2jVomNe_o-ePpzKBs0o/edit 02/03/20 "Press Release from the Bull Moose Party" (Post-State Elections)]
||[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cV4q6VpW9XgEuPjNNNAPPpKighKpPrTuZsbKYnlbX2U/edit 11/11/19, "Joint Resignation From The Popular Party"]
|The BMP comments on its losses in the February State Elections. While it does not contest that "the Federalists have won these elections fairly," they express concern that "the American Republic has now devolved into a one-party state, with no room for dissenting voices." They furthermore state that the progressive movement "will not dissolve until freedom is truly restored" to the country.
|The Populist Party lays out its platform.
|-
|-
|[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VaAYKdYuzcRe7t52RzRbDijXulhquIb2VlQyddyp_TE/edit 02/04/20 "Press Release from the Bull Moose Party" (Post-Internal Elections)]
|[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TC_01DDYlB3xdRNBV947LCqdHtecB-r1cmd5DIW2RSI/edit?usp=sharing 01/15/20 "Populist Party Constitution" (Revised)]
|The BMP announces the results of their internal elections for party leadership. It will be the only internal election held by the Party.
|The Populist Party's revised constitution.
|-
|-
|[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kNmTsgxgVAFuYJfkG0EnlThQflfn4SA-Up1_Myqb_ek/edit?usp=sharing 02/06/20 "Final Press Release from the Bull Moose Party" (Dissolution Letter)]
|[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X6S7AC4Z_wUGttn87VzwFkgh1en3Y37Yigm1xgjUF-E/edit 01/30/20 A Message from Members of the Popular Party 01/23/20 (Mass Exodus Letter)]
|The BMP announces that for strategic reasons the BMNC has decided to dissolve the Party and to join the [[American Liberal Coaliton]], which had been created 3 days prior.
|Members of the Popular Party state their intention to leave due to frustrations at the party's direction and the overwhelming influence of it's leader, [[Lohengramm]].
|}
|}

Revision as of 00:24, 5 October 2020

Popular Party
Founded November 11th, 2019
Dissolved January 23rd, 2020
Ideology Populism
Colors         

NOTICE: THIS PAGE IS EXTREMELY WIP

The Popular Party was a populist, economically left-wing, third-positionist political party which split off from the Labour Party, founded and lead by Lohengramm. It was accused by its critics of being a cult, and dissolved in January of 2020 by mass exodus to the Bull Moose Party and elsewhere.

Immediately after its creation, the Party caucused with the Federalist Party in the Senate.

The Popular Party performed very well in the December 2017 elections, winning "every single seat they had a candidate for" and then later putting Commander Johnsonson in JF-2 and Codegreen in JF-5.

On January 16, 2020, President MichiganLefty left the Labor Party for the Popular Party, stating that he felt it had "seemed to lose its vision and morale". The party would disband just two weeks later.

Party Self-Description

Original Explanation:

The Popular Party is a third-option party that plans to challenge the American two-party dichotomy. The Popular Party is characterized by economic leftist policy with socially conservative values. We value workers, family, and liberty.

Revised Explanation:

The Popular Party is a third-option party that plans to challenge the American two-party dichotomy. The Popular Party is characterized by economic leftist policy and a broad tent social policy. We aim to create a coalition that uses the party system not for selfish gain, but for the benefit of the people. No American should have to choose between two parties, neither of which really represent them and their interests. Our core policies include, among others; promotion of workers rights, decreasing income inequality, combating the influence and power of big corporations, fighting the climate crisis, and putting the governments focus back on the people.

Of particular note is the change between "conservative social policy" and "broad tent social policy" between the two explanations.

Criticism of the Popular Party

Various critics of the Popular Party have said it "lacked a coherent ideology," that it smacked of National-Bolshevism, and was "incredibly cursed." It's uniquely mercurial politics mixed satirical anti-centrism with genuine center-left populism.

Dissolution of the Popular Party

Towards the tail end of January, there was widespread dissatisfaction within the party over Lohengramm's handling of party affairs. When one of the party's members, ThanosDaddy appeared to be popular enough that he might oust Lohengramm in an election, Lohengramm suspended the upcoming elections on pretence. Documents then leaked to the members, showing that Lohengramm was actively attempting to quash threats to his position as leader.

From an interview with Commander Johnsonson months after the fact:

Lohengramm had a reputation as a demagogue beforehand, and at one point had suspended elections for one reason or another. We already didn’t particularly like Lohengramm, and documents ended up leaking showing that Lohengramm was specifically trying to force ThanosDaddy not just out of the election, but out of the party altogether We had had enough of Lohengramm, and after we defected he became more or less a joke, especially after he joined the federalists that he claimed to despise so much as Popular leader

Citing their grievances with Lohengramm's control of the party, most or all of the active membership left the party in late January, form the Bull Moose Party in late January of 2020.

Leadership and Known Members

Position Name
President Lohengramm
Vice President unknown
Chief of Policy unknown
Minister of Propaganda
State Chapter Representatives unknown
Other Known Members System, Commander Johnsonson, ThanosDaddy, RecklessAthenian, MichiganLefty, Melaniasmelons, Ultrafire3, April, Heamloch, Pierce Bryde, Andrew Glaze, Ricemaster


President/Chair Vice-President/Vice-Chair Chief of Policy Minister of Propaganda Chief Whip


Historic Documents

Name and date Summary
11/11/19, "Joint Resignation From The Popular Party" The Populist Party lays out its platform.
01/15/20 "Populist Party Constitution" (Revised) The Populist Party's revised constitution.
01/30/20 A Message from Members of the Popular Party 01/23/20 (Mass Exodus Letter) Members of the Popular Party state their intention to leave due to frustrations at the party's direction and the overwhelming influence of it's leader, Lohengramm.
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