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Electoral fusion is an arrangement where two or more political parties support a common candidate, pooling the votes for all those parties. By holding out on endorsing a major party's candidate, minor parties can influence the candidate's platform. Image File history File links Gnome-globe. ...
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Electoral fusion was once widespread in the United States, and never elsewhere. In the late 19th century, however, as minor political parties such as the People's Party became increasingly successful in using fusion, Republican-dominated state legislatures enacted bans against it. One Republican Minnesota state legislator was clear about what his party was trying to do: "We don't propose to allow the Democrats to make allies of the Populists, Prohibitionists, or any other party, and get up combination tickets against us. We can whip them single-handed, but don't intend to fight all creation." (Spoiling for a Fight, 227-228). The creation of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party made this particular tactical position obsolete. By 1907 the practice had been banned in 18 states; today, fusion as conventionally practiced remains legal in only seven states, namely: The Populist Party (also known as the Peoples Party) was a short-lived political party in the United States in the late 19th century. ...
The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. ...
The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) is a major political party in the US state of Minnesota. ...
1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
In several other states, notably Pennsylvania, fusion is legal when primary elections are won by write-in candidates. It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ...
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Fusion has the highest profile in New York, where it was a major weapon against Tammany Hall. Small parties significant in large part for their fused ballot lines include the Working Families Party, Right to Life Party, Liberal Party, Independence Party, and Conservative Party. Most judicial elections are won by candidates endorsed by more than two parties. Tammany Hall was the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in New York City politics from the 1790s to the 1960s. ...
The Working Families Party (WFP) is a left-wing-progressive minor political party in the US state of New York, which has now expanded efforts into a number of other states, including the creation of the Connecticut Working Families Party and organizing projects in a number of other states. ...
The New York State Right to Life Party was founded to oppose the legalization of abortion in New York in 1970. ...
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The cause of electoral fusion suffered a major setback in 1997, when the U.S. Supreme Court decided by 6-3 in Timmons v. Twin Cities Area New Party that fusion is not a constitutionally protected civil right. Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest judicial body in the...
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Fusion has sometimes been used by other third parties. For example, the Libertarian Party used fusion to elect four members of the New Hampshire state legislature during the early 1990s. The Libertarian Party is a United States political party created in 1971. ...
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Occasionally, popular candidates for local office have succeeded in being nominated by both Republican and Democratic Parties. In 1946, prior to the current ban on fusion being enacted in that state, Republican California Governor Earl Warren (a future Chief Justice of the United States) managed to win the nominations of the Republican, Democratic, and Progressive Parties. 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
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Template:Politician Earl Warren (March 19, 1891 – July 9, 1974) was a California district attorney of Alameda County, the 20th Attorney General of California, the 30th Governor of California, and the 14th Chief Justice of the United States (from 1953 to 1969). ...
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In the 1991 Louisiana gubernatorial election, controversial white supremacist David Duke, running as a Republican, unexpectedly made his way to second place in the state's infamous jungle primary. Many prominent Republicans endorsed his Democratic opponent Edwin Edwards. While not a de jure example of electoral fusion, it was an unusual example of both major parties joining against a candidate. The Louisiana gubernatorial election of 1991 resulted in the election of Edwin Edwards to his fourth non-consecutive term as governor of Louisiana. ...
White supremacy is the variety of white nationalism that believes the white race should rule over other races. ...
David Ernest Duke (born July 1, 1950) is a former Louisiana state representative, a candidate in presidential primaries for both the Democratic and Republican parties, and former Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. ...
The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. ...
In the jungle primary, all candidates run in the same initial election regardless of party label. ...
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Republican Party. ...
Edwin Washington Edwards (born August 7, 1927) served as the Democratic governor of Louisiana for four terms (1972 - 1980, 1984 - 1988, and 1992 - 1996), twice as many terms as any other Louisiana governor ever served. ...
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See also - This entry is related to, but not included in the elections and voting series. Other related articles can be found at the Politics Portal.
- Tactical voting
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Voting is a method of decision making where in a group such as a meeting or an electorate attempts to gauge its opinion—usually as a final step following discussions or debates. ...
In voting systems, tactical voting (or strategic voting) occurs when a voter misrepresents his or her sincere preferences in order to gain a more favorable outcome. ...
External links - The Power of Fusion Politics
- History of Fusion Politics in 1890s North Carolina
Articles - (March 1932) "Political Combinations in Elections". Harvard Law Review, 45 (5): pp. 906-912. ISSN 0017-811X. Retrieved on 2006-10-25.
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