Working Families Party
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Working Families Party
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| Founded | 1998 |
| Preceded by | New Party |
| Headquarters | 1 Metrotech Center North, 11 Brooklyn, NY 11201 |
| Membership (October 2016) | 61,517 |
| Ideology |
Social democracy Populism Progressivism Democratic socialism |
| Political position | Centre-left to Left-wing |
| Colors |
Blue, White (official) Purple (customary) |
| Seats in the Senate |
0 / 100
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| Seats in the House |
0 / 435
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| Governorships |
0 / 50
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| State Upper House Seats |
1 / 1,972
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| State Lower House Seats |
0 / 5,411
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| Website | |
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The Working Families Party (WFP) is a minor political party in the United States, founded in New York in 1998. There are active chapters in New York, Connecticut, Oregon, New Jersey, Maryland, Washington D.C., Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Rhode Island, Nevada, New Mexico, and Illinois.
The Working Families Party of New York was first organized in 1998 by a coalition of labor unions, community organizations, members of the now-inactive national New Party, and a variety of advocacy groups such as Citizen Action of New York and the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. The party's main concerns are jobs, healthcare, raising the minimum wage, universal paid sick days, the student debt crisis, higher taxes on the rich, public education, and energy and environmental reform. It has usually cross-endorsed progressive Democratic or Republican candidates through fusion voting, but will occasionally run its own candidates.
WFP follows the ideals of progressive politics, describing itself as a "grass roots independent political organization".Right-wing writer Seth Lipsky of the New York Post describes WFP as "quasi-Marxist" and some publications refer to WFP as the Tea Party of the left.
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