Life, Liberty, Labor-Presidents of the United States of America (1921-2017):
1921-1923: Warren G. Harding (Republican-Ohio)/Calvin Coolidge (Republican-Vermont)
1920 Def. Governor James M. Cox (Democratic-Ohio)/Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Democratic-New York)
1923-1929: Calvin Coolidge (Republican-Vermont)/J. Will Taylor (Republican-Tennessee)
1924 Def. Former Secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo (Democratic-California)/Senator Peter Gerry (Democratic-Rhode Island)/Senator William La Follette (Labor-Wisconsin)/Governor Upton Sinclair (Labor-California)
1929-1933: J. Will Taylor (Republican-Tennessee)/Andrew Mellon (Republican-New York)
1928 Def. Former Governor Al Smith (Democratic-New York)/Senator Cordell Hull (Democratic-Tennessee)/Governor Upton Sinclair (Labor-California)/Governor Henry Wallace (Labor-Iowa)
1933-1941: Upton Sinclair (Labor-California)/Phillip La Follette (Labor-Wisconsin)
1932 Def. Governor William "Alfalfa" Murray (Democratic-Oklahoma)/Governor Henry Morgenthau Jr. (Democratic-New York)/President J. Will Taylor (Republican-Tennessee)/Vice President Andrew Mellon (Republican)
1936 Def. Governor Huey Long (Democratic-Louisiana)/Representative William Lemke (Democratic-North Dakota)/Senator William Borah (Republican-Idaho)/Senator Charles Curtis (Republican-Pennsylvania)
1941-1945: Phillip La Follette (Labor-Wisconsin)/John L. Lewis (Labor-Virginia)
1940 Def. Senator Charles Coughlin (Democratic-Michigan)/Senator Wendell Willkie (Democratic-New York)/Senator Robert A. Taft (Republican-Ohio)/Senator Earl Warren (Republican-California)
1945-1953: Smedley Butler (Labor-Pennsylvania)/Fiorello La Gaurdia (Labor-New York)
1944 Def. Senator Thomas E. Dewey (Republican-New York)/General Harold Stassen (Republican-Minnesota)/Senator Claude Pepper (Democratic-Florida)/Governor Richard Russell Jr. (Democratic-Georgia)
1948 Def. Former General Harold Stassen (Republican-Minnesota)/Representative Richard Nixon (Republican-California)/Senator Strom Thurmond (Democratic-South Carolina)/Senator Harry Byrd (Democratic-Virginia)
1953-1961: Richard Nixon (Republican-California)/Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (Republican-Massachusetts)
1952 Def. Secretary of Agriculture Estes Kefauver (Labor-Tennessee)/Governor Maureen "Soapy" Williams (Labor-Michigan)/Senator Lyndon Baines Johnson (Democratic-Texas)/Governor Hoyt P. Taylor (Democratic-North Carolina)
1956 Def. Governor Jim Folsom (Democratic-Alabama)/Representative William Stranton (Democratic-Illinois)/Former Governor Maureen "Soapy" Williams (Labor-Michigan)/Governor Edmund Muskie (Labor-Maine)
1961-1967: George Wallace (Democratic-Alabama)/Abraham Ribicoff (Democratic-Rhode Island)
1960 Def. Vice President Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (Republican-Massachusetts)/Governor Nelson Rockefeller (Republican-New York)/Senator Hubert Humphrey (Labor-Minnesota)/Secretary General of the National Industrial Sequence Walter Reuther (Labor-Michigan)
1964 Def. Former Secretary of the Interior George W. Romney (Republican-Michigan)/Senator Everett Dirksen (Republican-Illinois)/Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson (Labor-Washington)/Former Representative Fob James (Labor-Alabama)/Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. (Railroad-Georgia)/Former Representative Bayard Rustin (Railroad-New York)
1967-1969: George Wallace (Democratic-Alabama)/Orval Fabus (Democratic-Arkansas)
1969-1977: Jimmy Carter (Democratic-Georgia)/Phillip Willkie (Democratic-New York)
1968 Def. Governor John B. Anderson (Republican-Illinois)/Senator Hamilton Fish IV (Republican-New York)/Senator Eugene McCarthy (Labor-Minnesota)/Secretary General of the National Lawyers Sequence Adali Stevenson III (Labor-Illinois)/Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. (Railroad-Georgia)/Representative Shirley Chisolm (Railroad-New York)
1972 Def. Senator Frank Church (Labor-Idaho)/Governor Carl Stokes (Labor-Ohio)/Governor Pete McCloskey (Republican-California)/Governor Patrick Lucey (Republican-Wisconsin)
1976-1981: Pete McCloskey (Republican-California)/Jay Hammond (Republican-Alaska)
1976 Def. Former Senator Frank Church (Labor-Idaho)/Senator Mike Gravel (Labor-Alaska)/Vice President Philip Willkie (Democratic-New York)/Governor Shirley Black (Democratic-Illinois)
1981-1986: Cliff Finch (Democratic-Mississippi)/Bruce Babbitt (Democratic-Arizona)
1980 Def. President Pete McCloskey (Republican-California)/Vice President Jay Hammond (Republican-Alaska)/Governor James Groppi (Labor-Wisconsin)/Representative Fred Harris (Labor-Oklahoma)
1984 Def. Senator Walter Mondale (Labor-Minnesota)/Secretary General of the National Energy Sequence George H.W Bush (Labor-Texas)/Representative Lowell P. Wicker (Republican-Connecticut)/Senator Ron Paul (Republican-Texas)
1986-1989: Bruce Babbitt (Democratic-Arizona)/Al Gore Jr. (Democratic-Tennessee)
1989-1997: Dick Grephardt (Labor-Missouri)/Joseph R. "Joe" Biden (Labor-Delaware)
1988 Def. Vice President Al Gore Jr. (Democratic-Tennessee)/Secretary of State Madeline Albright (Democratic-New York)/Senator Ron Paul (Republican-Texas)/Governor Micheal Dukakis (Republican-Massachusetts)
1992 Def. J. Fox McKeithen (Democratic-Louisiana)/Senator Gary Locke (Democratic-Washington)/Senator Andre Mauro (Republican-Alaska)/Governor Ross Henry Perot (Republican-Texas)/Former Senator Mike Gravel (Independent Left/Railroad-Alaska)/Former Governor Jesse Jackson (Independent Left/Railroad-South Carolina)
1997-2001: Gary Locke (Democratic-Washington)/Jay Rockefeller (Democratic-West Virginia)
1996 Def. Vice President Joseph R. "Joe" Biden (Labor-Delaware)/Mayor of San Francisco Nancy Pelosi (Labor-California)/Governor Steve Forbes (Republican-New Jersey)/Governor Joe Lieberman (Republican-Connecticut)/Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader (Independent Left/Railroad/Greens-Connecticut)/Former Lt. Governor Al Sharpton (Independent Left/Railroad/Greens-New York)
2001-2005: Elizabeth Dole (Republican-North Carolina)/John Kasich (Republican-Ohio)
2000 Def. President Gary Locke (Democratic-Washington)/Vice President Jay Rockefeller (Democratic-West Virginia)/Former Secretary of State John Kerry (Labor-Massachusetts)/Representative Bob Graham (Labor-Florida)/Representative Dennis Kucinich (Independent Left/Railroad/Greens-Ohio)/Representative Peter Camejo (Independent Left/Railroad/Greens-California)
2004 Def. Governor Howard Dean (Labor-Vermont)/Representative Barbra Boxer (Labor-California)/General Wesley Clark (Democratic-Arkansas)/Governor Kathleen Sebelius (Democratic-Kansas)/Representative Dennis Kucinich (Independent Left/Railroad/Greens-Ohio)/State Senator David Cobb (Independent Left/Railroad/Greens-Texas)
2009-2013: John Edwards (Democratic-North Carolina)/Alan Keyes (Democratic-Maryland)
2008 Def. Vice President John Kasich (Republican-Ohio)/Senator Willard "Mitt" Romney (Republican-Michigan)/Senator Evan Bayh (Labor-Indiana)/Senator Bill Richardson (Labor-New Mexico)/Representative Anthony Ponilla (Independent Left/Railroad/Greens-Vermont)/President of UNITE! Carol Mosley Braun (Independent Left/Railroad/Greens-Illinois)
2013-Present: Martin O'Malley (Labor-Maryland)/Barbra Lee (Labor-California)
2012 Def. Secretary of the Interior Kathleen Sebelius (Democratic-Kansas)/Senator Herman Cain (Democratic-Georgia)/Senator Willard "Mitt" Romney (Republican-Michigan)/Governor Randal "Rand" Paul (Republican-Kentucky)/Governor Winona La Duke (Independent Left/Railroad/Greens-Minnesota)/Representative Cornell West (Independent Left/Railroad/Greens-New Jersey)
2016 Def. Representative William Weld (Republican-Massachusetts)/Governor Gary Johnson (Republican-New Mexico)/Governor Ben Carson (Democratic-Florida)/Senator Ted Cruz (Democratic-Texas)/Mayor of New York City Zephyr Teachout (Independent Left/Railroad/Greens-New York)/Senator Anderson Cooper (Independent Left/Railroad/Greens-Pennsylvania)
-The United States of America is in a very precarious situation in 2017.
While the country briefly experienced a sort of "golden decade" during the 1990s, the illusion of prosperity has shattered in the past twenty years. Politically speaking, the United States has seen a drastic political realignment after the Administration of Dick Grephardt, with the vast corruption within all three of the United States' dominant parties and the lack of major political progress causing many Americans faith in government to erode. To make matters worse for the American political establishment, the recession of 2006 has seen thousands to loose their jobs and sink into poverty, causing widespread economic anxiety, even among many Americans who were previous completely economically secure. The vast migration wave from the Latin American States hasn't helped either. Hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees have flooded into the Southern Border States, sparking ethnic tensions between the local White and Black majority and the new Hispanic settlers. The U.S is also in a very tough situation diplomatically speaking, as well. While the United States has been able to largely remain isolated from the affairs of the outside world since the end of the Second World War, the recent rise in tensions between the Moscow Concordat and the Atlantic Defense Association has forced the American Government to play peacemaker. Unfortunately, this has had the unintended consequence of both factions seeking out the United States' assistance. Prime Minster Peterson and General Secretary Suraykin have both been breathing down President O'Malley's neck more and more recently.
This has all fallen upon President Martin O'Malley, who is trying desperately to do what he can to fix the United States' predicament. However, with a divided congress, a populous hungry for political action, and an ongoing investigation into the ethics of the United States' dominant political factions, can he actually succeed?
Political Parties in the United States of America (Circa 2017):
Labor: Federal Syndicalism, Labor Social Democracy, Social Conservatism (Factions), Social Progressivism (Factions)
Once the dominant party of the American Left, leading the country through some of it's darkest times, including the Great Depression and the Second World War, the American Labor Party has fallen from grace. At one point in time, the American Labor Party was the hammer of the American Working Class, creating some of the most prominent social programs and reforms, such as the National American Medical Program and the Labor Sequences, and embedding the principles of Federal Syndicalism into the very core of American society. However, the party has seen it's power slowly erode over the past three decades, a combination of vast deep seeded corruption and a shift to the ideological center driving many Americans who had once considered the Labor Party the shining beacon of working class power away. Even through the Grephardt days, where the party seemingly rebounded after nearly four decades in the political wilderness, the party was declining, and nowadays the party is just a shell of it's former self. Parties like the Independent Left and The Greens have tore into the party's base of blue collar laborers, minorities, and students, reducing the power of the party even more. This is perhaps no better reflected in the fact that President O'Malley, who hales from the Labor Party, was elected by only two percentage points against a Party whose incumbent President was embroiled in both a sex scandal and a corruption indictment. Things may be looking up for the party, however, as President O'Malley is currently enjoying stable approval ratings and his recent four point re-election has given many party stalwarts hope that Labor can retake it's status as the party of the American workers once more. Though, if Special Counsel Sanders' investigations reveal any damning information about the party, these hopes may be dashed.
Republicans: Social Liberalism, Fiscal Conservatism, Liberal Conservatism
The Party of both Lincoln and Nixon, the GOP has had it's ups and downs over the past hundred years. While many thought the party was destined to collapse during the 1930s, as the party struggled to overcome it's image as the "Party of the Depression", it's eventual revival as the party of the "American Majority" during the forties and fifties, in no small part due to the efforts of liberal figures like Thomas Dewey and Richard Nixon, set the party on the path to once again become the political behemoth it is today. In modern times, the Republicans are known as the representatives of the American middle class. Themes of business and entrepreneurship are at the heart of the Republican message to the American people, with a dash of social liberalism with their history of advocacy of civil rights. Of course, this is all undercut by the Party's corruption. Much like their sister parties, the Republicans are heavily corrupt, with many elected officials and key figures in the party being in the pockets of big business and other special interest groups. This has become a major problem for the Republicans, especially in the last ten years, as the Party's corruption has become more prominent, staining the party's previous image as the torchbearers of prosperity and clean governance. Still, though, the Republicans are doing far better than their counterparts, as the party's suburban base is willing to remain loyal to the party as long as the economy stays stable. While the 2006 Recession has affected this slightly, the Republicans have been able to shift the blame to the opposition as Labor and the Democrats have been unable to rectify the situation, and the Party's base has largely believed it.
Democratic: Social Conservatism, Economic Populism, Wallacism, Religious Conservatism
Perhaps the oddest party ideologically speaking, the Democrats combine staunch social conservatism and Social Democratic economic populism. This strange ideological synthesis, popularized by figures like Huey Long and of course, George Wallace, the father of the modern Democratic Party, has allowed the party to appeal to a large portion of the American electorate, allowing it to both retain it's base comprised of rural voters, religious voters, and older voters and also capture a large amount of swing voters. This is generally the coalition that puts the Democrats in the white house. The fact that it is objectively the least corrupt of the three major parties helps to maintain this coalition. The scandalous Edwards Administration has somewhat hurt the party and the fact that social conservatism is slowly, but surely dying in the United States is a major concern for party leaders, but the Democrats rebounded in 2016 and are expected to gain once again in the 2020 elections. I suppose that's appropriate, considering the party's long history of being isolated to the political wilderness. But, the party of Wallace always comes back eventually.
Independent Left: Left Liberterianism, Alter-Globalization, Anti-Corruption
Originally a left-wing protest party formed by disgruntled members of the Labor Party, the Independent Left has grown to become not only a legitimate political force, but a powerful one. As the Labor Party has faltered, the ILP has slowly ate into it's base, with the party's radical left-libertarian platform and anti-corruption advocacy endearing it to many Labor voters who feel abandoned by the increasingly centre-leaning politics of the party. In the last decade, the ILP's popularity has exploded, and the Party has become the primary member of the so-called "Progressive Alliance". Recently, in the 2016 election, the party took 15.7% of the vote, with the Progressive Alliance winning nearly three dozen seats in the House and seven in the senate. If the ILP can continue to expand it's coalition, many political theorists have speculated that it is possible that the party may surpass the Democrats to become the third largest party in the United States.
Railroad: Minority Rights, Christian Socialism, Religious Left
Founded in 1963 by legendary civil rights activist Reverend Martin Luther King, at the time frustrated with the lack of progress of the Black Civil Rights Movement, the Railroad is the primary party of the black and brown left. For a time, the Railroad was an immense political force, representing the interests of Black Americans in a nation run by an open neo-segregationist. While it briefly fell into obscurity in the 1970s and 1980s as the Labor Party embraced the civil rights movement, the Party was reborn again in the 1990s after Jesse Jackson, with the blessing of the aging King, took the reigns of the party and rallied the African-American left against the Labor Party, who had become more friendly to law-and-order politics as figures like Joe Biden became prominent in Labor Leadership. With it's revival, the party has seen itself revitalized as the primary partner of the Progressive Alliance, with the party attracting both young, urban African-Americans who like the party due to it's advocacy for criminal justice reform and older, more religious African-Americans who previously aligned with the Labor Party or the Democrats, who like the party's synthesis of Christian social beliefs and Socialist economics. Recently, the party has also seen an influx of Hispanic-Americans and Latino-Americans, who support the party's strong support for immigrant rights.
Greens: Green Politics, Eco-Socialism, Ecological Labor
During the 1990s, environmentalism surged in the United States after events like the 1993 TEXCO Oil Spill. Many American environmentalists found themselves lost, however, as most of the three major parties were either extremely moderate on environmental issues in an attempt to appeal to their base, like Labor, or openly hostile to the environmentalist causes, like the Democrats and Republicans. Realizing that they were going to go nowhere in the three major parties, environmentalist leaders decided to form their own party. Said party would be the Greens. While it was somewhat irrelevant for a few years, with the party's only real base being among educated middle-class environmentalists, the Greens were able to spread their message more effectively after joining the Progressive Alliance. Soon, cities like San Francisco, Seattle, and New Orleans, which had become the epicenter of the environmentalist movement, became fertile electoral ground for the Green Party. Since then, the party has been able to elect itself a handful of representatives, a senator, and a governor.
Major International Heads of State:
General Secretary Maxim Suraykin (CPSU); Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Prime Minister Jordan B. Peterson (National Reform); Canadian Republic
Chancellor Angela Merkel (Zentrum); German Federal Republic
President John McDonell (Labor)/Prime Minister Jeremy Corbyn (Labor); United Kingdom
Empress Akio (Imperial House of Japan); Empire of Japan
President Jean Luc Mechelon (PCF/Union 68'); French Commune