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[King Jasper]

Political Parties of Tennessee

National Union
The "natural party of government" in Tennessee, they dominate nearly every demographic, only falling short among African-Americans. Their main strength comes from suburban and rural areas, and their ideology is the militaristic and conservative rhetoric seen in their national party. They have seen a recent decline in support over Governor Dawson's mishandling of the 30-year Nigerian War anniversary protests, losing a senate seat to Labor in the last election. The massacre of 56 civilians in cold blood will do that to your popularity, no matter how much pork the president pumps into your state. Recently, Governor Brian Dawson has won his gubernatorial primary over long-time rival Marcus Wallace. Though the two have basically the same policies, the closeness of the race has the governor worried...
Governorship: 1/1
State Assembly: 65/110
Senate Seats: 1/2
House of Representatives delegation: 8/12

Labor
The only real opposition to the National Union in the state, Labor holds the support of TVA workers, African-Americans and big cities. Occasionally this is enough to take the governor's mansion, but rarely. The party is more populist and socially conservative than their national party, supporting a complete ban on abortion and anti-homosexual detective squads, two policies usually seen as more in line with the National Union or Deseret parties. They aren't especially sympathetic to the anti-war movement, but have gained support due to the Nashville massacre regardless. For the upcoming gubernatorial election, they have nominated Representative Jay Green, who promises to restore full citizenship to "draft resisters" who have been deemed sufficiently reformed. He also has supported a commission into police brutality and a major expansion of the TVA. The National Union has branded him a marxist, of course, but the polls seem more sympathetic...
Governorship: 0/1
State Assembly: 45/110
Senate Seats: 1/2
House of Representatives delegation: 4/12

 

[ThatOneGuy]

Political Parties of Germany

The National Conservative Union (NKU, Conservativism)
Party Chancellor: Wolfgang Schauble
Description: The dominant party in the German Republic the NKU has a complex history interwoven with the equally complex past of the nation it serves. After the fall of the NSDAP in the June Revolution in 1966, the new administration was left without a powerbase to build on. Made up of former Nazis and conservatives the administration was quick to form the NKU. The new party was careful to distance itself from the NSDAP while also adopting some of its less radical platforms like corporatism and the use of German power on the foreign stage. For the first few years after the fall of the NSDAP, the NKU enjoyed a complete monopoly of political power as few believed the former Nazis would really allow elections. This was proven wrong in the 1970 elections when the NKU, who at the time held the entirety of the Reichstag, lost seats as the newer parties took their place. Despite this ostensible love of democracy, the NKU has gone through a constant identity crisis since its establishment. Being founded by the remnants of the Nazi Party and their sympathizers the Old Guard has constantly clashed with the increasingly liberal newer generations. While few are born and bred liberals every newer generation is less strictly conservative than the last. This constant push and pull in the party constantly threaten to break the party.

German Liberal Party (DLP, Liberalism)
Party Chancellor: Angela Merkel
Description: Nicknamed "the Students Party" many of the protesters who participated in the June Revolution of 1966 who did not get into government went on to found the DLP. Founded on the principles of Democracy, Equality, and Freedom their party platform is free-market capitalism, liberal democracy, and the deconstruction of the hydra-like bureaucracy established by the Nazis and coopted by the German Republic. They have drawn much criticism as idealists who have no idea how to actually rule despite the few DLP Canchellorships going as well as could be. Under Merkel, the DLP has gained much power cementing its power in the many big cities of the Republic like Germania, Vienna, Kolm, and Brussels. Under Merkel, the DLP has also begun to broach the subject of freeing some of the "Special Regions" like The Lowlands and Bohemia. This has however been met with calls of treason from the nationalist parties and the NKU. However, this has only strengthened the DLP in said regions making them essentially the only German party within them.

Peoples Party of Germany (VD, National Communism)
Party Chancellor: Siegfried Hausner
Description: Ridiculed by the world's Communist parties for being "black with red paint" since their rabid nationalism and German exceptionalism sound a lot like the DNDE, however that is where the similarities end. They argue for complete and total equality for all within Germany as in the full integration of the "Special Regions" into Germany and the return of the rights of what few minorities have been so far neglected by the Republic like the Gypsies. They want all the super corporations like VW, IG Farben, and others to be nationalized and divided up. They call for the pullout of the Eastern states which while the NKU claims they are free, the VD maintains the NKU keeps interfering in their elections. Nevertheless, decades of Nazi rule have shied most Germans away from Communism especially such a radical version of it. They have recently gotten a single Council member in Linz becoming the first government official of any level to belong to the VD. Despite this, they continue to operate and attended the 8th International in Athens despite their international Communist condemnation.

The New German Unity Party (DNDE, National Socialism/Fascism)
Party Chancellor: Beate Zschape
Description: The official successor to the NSDAP, the DNDE has adopted all of its tenants from National Corporatism to White Nationalism to German Exceptionalism. It is not an official party however as after the fall of the NSDAP the Party was banned as was all other parties following its tenants. This does not stop the DNDE who continue to protest and demonstrate in cities across the Republic. These protests are frequently broken up by police however and many of its members and its entire leadership are currently in jail. It has gained no more than .005 of the vote in any national election, all write in and so many dismiss it. However the terrorist organization Der Werwolfe has alleged links to the DNDE and after a police raid on her home in 2005 letters linking Zschape to alleged leaders of the Werwofle.

 

[TheNixonator]

Political Parties of the Confederate States:

Populist Party:
Social Populism
Agrarianism
Anti-Fascism

Christian-Democratic Party:
Christian Democracy
Classical Liberalism
Distributism

Workers and Farmers Party:
Syndicalism
Agrarian Socialism
Workers' Rights

Dixiecrat Party [banned]:
Fascism
White Supremacy
Segregation

Political Parties of the United States:

Republican Party:
Despotism
Business Interests
Radical Centrism

Democratic Party:
Despotism
National Populism
Segregation

Progressive-Conservative Party [banned]:
Moderatism
Democracy
Classical Liberalism

 

[President Eternal]

Political Parties of the Confederate States:

Populist Party:
Social Populism
Agrarianism
Anti-Fascism

Christian-Democratic Party:
Christian Democracy
Classical Liberalism
Distributism

Workers and Farmers Party:
Syndicalism
Agrarian Socialism
Workers' Rights

Dixiecrat Party [banned]:
Fascism
White Supremacy
Segregation

Political Parties of the United States:

Republican Party:
Despotism
Business Interests
Radical Centrism

Democratic Party:
Despotism
National Populism
Segregation

Progressive-Conservative Party [banned]:
Moderatism
Democracy
Classical Liberalism

Wait, so the Confederacy is a progressive nation while the Union is fascist? What kind of bizarre mirror universe is this?

 

[wolfhound817]

Political Parties of the Democratic Republic of Montana
Government
The Social Credit Party: (Social Credit, Douglassism, Nationalism, Populism, Social Justice)
The Liberal Socialist Party: (Liberalism, Social Credit,)
The Soldiers of God Party: (Christian Fundamentalism, Paternalism, Nationalism, Social Justice)
The Hunter's, Farmers, and Fishers Party: (Rural Interests, Social Credit, Populism)
The Democratic Worker's Party: (Labor Politics, Social Credit, Populism)
The Party for Youth and Social Credit: (Youth Interests, Social Credit, Social Justice)
Respectable Opposition
The Party for Social Credit: (Social Credit, Liberalism, Moderate Reformism)
The Party for the Redeemed: (Criminal Justice, Moderate Reformism)
Treasonous Opposition (Banned)
The Communist Party: (Communism, Extreme Reformism)
The Reformist Social Credit Party: (Social Credit, Anti Douglassism, Moderate Reformism, Social Justice)
The Social Credit Party of Montana: (Social Credit, Anti Douglassism, Moderate Reformism)
The National Social Credit Party: (Social Credit, Douglassism, Nationalism, Jingoism)
The Liberty Party: (Liberalism, Extreme Reformism, Pro American Politics)
The People's Legislature of Montana

 

[Thomas1195]

Wait, so the Confederacy is a progressive nation while the Union is fascist? What kind of bizarre mirror universe is this?

Yeah, that is bizarre if not outright impossible.

 

[King of the Uzbeks]

Political Parties in the Republic of the Congo
(OTl DRC, OTL Republic of the Congo is a People's Republic still)
Government
Parti Congolais pour la Liberté (PCL) | (Conservative, Pro-Business, Traditional Values, Pro-West)
Alliance des Provinces et des Tribus (APT) | (Federalist, Typically Conservative, Local and Tribal Interests)
Parti de la Prospérité (PP) | (Third Way, Pro-Free Market, Pro-Social Reform, Pro-West)

Opposition
Mouvement National Congolais (MNC) | (Afro-Socialism, Social Democracy, Pro-Social Reform, Pro-African) - Holds Presidential Office
Parti Solidaire Congolais (PSC) | (Democratic Socialism, Social Conservatism, Pro-East)

 

[EYates]

The Islands:

Types of Political Parties:
Their are three types of political parties in the Islands, those that oppose a union with Scotland, those that support a union and those with no opinion. In a referendum in 2011 The Islands voted not to join in a 62-38 referendum. However pro union parties are getting more aggressive and with several government scandals in recent years support for a union is ever growing.

Political Parties:

Pro Union:

Scottish Unionist Party:
Political Position: Centre Left
Leader: Angus MacNeil
Seats: 11/32 (31.3%)

Green Party:
Political Position: Left Wing
Leader: Debra Nicholson
Seats: 1/32 (4.6%)

Anti Union Parties:

Liberal Party:
Political Position: Centre
Leader: Alistair Carmichael
Seats: 14/32 (42.3%)

Conservative Party:
Political Position: Centre Right
Leader: Cameron Smith
Seats: 3/32 (10.1%)

Social Democratic Party:
Political Position: Centre Left
Leader: Rhoda Grant
Seats: 2 (7.9%)

Neutral Parties:

Costal Communities Party:
Political Position: One issue party on fishing rights (Centre Left-Centre Right)
Leader: Roddie MacKay
Seats: 1 (3.8%)

Opinion Polling for the 2022 election:
Liberal: 36.9% (-5.4%) 13 (-4)
Scottish Unionist Party: 34.5% (+3.2) 12 (+1)
Conservative: 11.2% (+1.1%) 3 (-)
Social Democratic Party: 7.2% (-0.7%) 2 (-)
Costal Comunities Party: 5.4% (+1.6%) 1 (-)
Green: 4.8% (+0.2%) 1(-)

 

[Born in the USSA]

Political Parties of the Democratic Republic of Montana
Government
The Social Credit Party: (Social Credit, Douglassism, Nationalism, Populism, Social Justice)
The Liberal Socialist Party: (Liberalism, Social Credit,)
The Soldiers of God Party: (Christian Fundamentalism, Paternalism, Nationalism, Social Justice)
The Hunter's, Farmers, and Fishers Party: (Rural Interests, Social Credit, Populism)
The Democratic Worker's Party: (Labor Politics, Social Credit, Populism)
The Party for Youth and Social Credit: (Youth Interests, Social Credit, Social Justice)
Respectable Opposition
The Party for Social Credit: (Social Credit, Liberalism, Moderate Reformism)
The Party for the Redeemed: (Criminal Justice, Moderate Reformism)
Treasonous Opposition (Banned)
The Communist Party: (Communism, Extreme Reformism)
The Reformist Social Credit Party: (Social Credit, Anti Douglassism, Moderate Reformism, Social Justice)
The Social Credit Party of Montana: (Social Credit, Anti Douglassism, Moderate Reformism)
The National Social Credit Party: (Social Credit, Douglassism, Nationalism, Jingoism)
The Liberty Party: (Liberalism, Extreme Reformism, Pro American Politics)
The People's Legislature of Montana
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How did I miss this one? Is social credit here code for "populist conservative" or are the Douglasist parties explicitly implementing his full economic platform?

 

[wolfhound817]

How did I miss this one? Is social credit here code for "populist conservative" or are the Douglasist parties explicitly implementing his full economic platform?

Social Credit is whatever the government wishes it be. So both to varying extents.

 

[EYates]

Ulster

List of Political Parties: Ulster has several different political parties. It has parties that want The Isle of Mann to be independent. There are parties that are wanting Ulster to unite with Ireland and finally there are parties that are anti union and independence.

Anti Union and Independence:

Protestant Union Party:
Ideology: Centre Right to Right Wing (Christian Conservatism)
National Leader: Nigel Dodds
Senate Leader: Sammy Wilson
Seats in National Parliament: 41/110
Seats in National Senate: 12/40
Down Assembly: 24/62
Londonderry Assembly: 18/45
Antrim Assembly: 36/80
Isle of Mann Assembly: 3/25

National Union Party:
Ideology: Centre Right
National Leader: Mike Nesbitt
Senate Leader: Reg Empey
Seats in National Parliament: 8/110
Seats in National Senate: 2/40
Down Assembly: 3/62
Londonderry Assembly: 1/45
Antrim Assembly: 4/80
Isle of Mann Assembly: 1/25

Democratic Party:
Ideology: Centre
National Leader: Naomi Long
Senate Leader: David Ford
Seats in National Parliament: 11/110
Seats in National Senate: 6/40
Down Assembly: 8/62
Londonderry Assembly: 3/45
Antrim Assembly: 6/80
Isle of Mann Assembly: 6/25

National Labour:
Ideology: Centre Left
National Leader: Claire Bailey
Senate Leader: Steve Agnew
Seats in National Parliament: 8/110
Seats in National Senate: 4/40
Down Assembly: 6/62
Londonderry Assembly: 1/45
Antrim Assembly: 4/80
Isle of Mann Assembly: 2/25

Isle of Mann Independence:

Isle Liberals:
Ideology: Centre
National Leader: Kate Costain
Senate Leader: Peter Karran
Seats in National Parliament: 2/110
Seats in National Senate: 2/40
Down Assembly: 0/62
Londonderry Assembly: 0/45
Antrim Assembly: 0/80
Isle of Mann Assembly: 9/25

Social Democrats for Mann:
Ideology: Centre Left
National Leader: Carol Quine
Senate Leader: N/A
Seats in National Parliament: 1/110
Seats in National Senate: 0/40
Down Assembly: 0/62
Londonderry Assembly: 0/45
Antrim Assembly: 0/80
Isle of Mann Assembly: 4/25

Pro Irish Union:

Irish Union Party:
Ideology: Centre Left to Far Left
National Leader: Carál Ní Chuilín
Senate Leader: Alex Maskey
Seats in National Parliament: 22/110
Seats in National Senate: 7/40
Down Assembly: 14/62
Londonderry Assembly: 16/45
Antrim Assembly: 21/80
Isle of Mann Assembly: 0/25

Irish Conservative Party:
Ideology: Centre Right to Right Wing
National Leader: ?
Senate Leader: ?
Seats in National Parliament: 11/110
Seats in National Senate: 4/40
Down Assembly: 4/62
Londonderry Assembly: 4/45
Antrim Assembly: 6/80
Isle of Mann Assembly: 0/25

Catholic Union:
Ideology: Centre Right-Right Wing (Christian Conservatism)
National Leader: Anne McCloskey
Senate Leader: Chris McHugh
Seats in National Parliament: 6/110
Seats in National Senate: 3/40
Down Assembly: 3/62
Londonderry Assembly: 2/45
Antrim Assembly: 3/80
Isle of Mann Assembly: 0/25

 

[bran]

POD: Wilson implements a semi-presidential system and unicameralism. The Progressive/Farmer-Labor parties formed after WWI in our TL expand nationally and have better success than in our timeline. FDR is never elected president. Instead the newly formed Nonpartisan League plays a similar role that the NDP did in Canada of forming the modern american postwar welfare state.​

Democratic Party
Leader: Hakeem Jeffries
Founded: 1828
Ideology: Social liberalism, liberalism, moderatism
Base: Big cities, middle class, intellectual class, african americans, suburbs.
Seats: 200/435

Republican Party
Leader: Kevin McCarthy
Founded: 1854
Ideology: Liberal conservatism, conservatism
Base: Rural areas, white southerners, suburbs, middle class.
Seats: 183/435

Nonpartisan League
Leader: Pramilla Jayapal
Founded: 1921
Ideology: Progressivism, social democracy, democratic socialism
Base: Unions, rural working class, students, immigrants, west coast.
Seats: 34/435

Texan National Party
Leader: Ted Cruz
Founded: 1978
Ideology: Texas separatism, libertarianism, conservatism
Base: White texans, suburbs, business
Seats: 18/435

The President is Joe Biden (D)

YAPms link: https://www.yapms.com/app/?m=2tur

 

[bran]

POD: Southern conservative democrat John Garner becomes the president in ‘32 instead of FDR. He handles the depression not much better than Hoover and the country sees no recovery in sight. Huey Long sees an opportunity and runs his own independent campaign in 1936. Meanwhile, with no New Deal, the CPUSA sees a gargantuan rise in membership and votes, gaining 21 seats in the midterms of 1934. Huey captured the presidency in 1936 and by 1948 the CPUSA had surpassed the GOP to become the main opposition to Long. Thus begins the fifth party system (1948 - 1992)
​

*Note the Cold War still exists but is more detente due to the strength of CPUSA.
*Note Believe it or not strong communist parties existed in west european countries postwar (France, Italy)

Major parties:

Democratic-Longists
Ideology: Christian democracy, populism, agrarian populism, populism, neoliberalism
Base: South, southern farmers, areas of the midwest.

Description: Long came to power in 1936 and immediately instituted new, big government, populist recovery plans and reforms. This was not enough to eliminate the depression (or stop the rise of the communists) but it definitely did help offer relief for people. He entered WWII, like FDR, in 1941. He had originally ran as an independent, but by 1948 the CPUSA was looking like a threat so he united with the previously nascent Democrats to form a coalition. The party ruled the national government nearly uninterrupted for the whole period of the Cold War. They controlled all civil service positions, and corruption ran rampant. Finally the party’s hold on power came under heavy threat in the ‘70s. The party was hit with the double whammy of a huge financial laundering scandal that casted doubts on the party’s legitimacy, combined with the seemingly unsolvable stagflation of the 1970s. The party was forced to merge with the GOP and go into electoral coalitions with the Socialists to keep going through the late ‘70s and ‘80s. In the 80’s the party underwent a neoliberal transition and started to implement austerity and deregulation, setting the stage for the populism of the 21st century.

Communist Party USA
Ideology: Communism, Leninism (1919 - 1971), Democratic socialism (1971 - 1991)
Base: Unions, industrial workers, western US, upper midwest.

Description: The CPUSA, by 1948, was able to rise past all the other parties to become the main opposition to the longists. Though it was never able to capture the presidency, it was able to take control of many state governments and was even able to take control of the House of Representatives multiple times. Up until the 1970s, the party maintained a strict Leninist, pro soviet stance. By 1968, with the brutal breaking up of the Prague Spring, and rising left, anti-authoritarian movements at home (Civil rights, anti-vietnam), the party started to move towards a more broad, anti-authoritarian democratic socialism. The person who helped accentuate this was charismatic party leader Michael Harrington who revised the party constitution to remove sections expressing support for the USSR and other authoritarian governments. He led the CPUSA to its best performance in an election, in 1980, nearly winning the presidency and taking a supermajority in the House. After the Longists took a neoliberal turn in the 80s, the CPUSA strongly opposed it. The CPUSA reformed into the Democratic Socialist Party after the fall of the USSR in 1991.

Minor parties:

Socialist Party of America
Ideology: Democratic socialism (1901 - 1958), Social democracy (1958 - 2005)
Base: Midwestern farmers, small producers, middle class, intellectuals.

Description: The more moderate father of the CPUSA, the Socialists were never able to achieve the success that came to the Communists after the depression. They rarely got any electoral votes in presidential elections. They were still able to have influence on policy through their seats in the house and the senate though, especially when they’re was no majority in congress. They at first advocated for a reformist path to socialism, before undergoing a transition in the ‘50s that led them to accept capitalism and moderatism. They survived all the way to 2005, until they merged with the DSP.

Republican Party
Ideology: Liberal conservatism, liberalism, libertarianism.
Base: Business owners, wealthy, farmers.

Description: The GOP never really was able to revive itself after the depression. After Huey Long swept the nation, they became irrelevant. They only managed <10 seats in the House for the remainder of their existence, being mostly occupied by either: big business owners, nerdy college conservatives or the remaining small farmers that supported the party. The party limped along until the late 1970s, when the threat of the Communists winning an election threw the GOP into merging with the Longists. One consequence of this was the Longists growing warmer towards neoliberalism.

Union Communists
Ideology: Communism, Leninism, Stalinism
Base: Stalinists, USSR supporters, some union workers.

Description: After the CPUSA took an anti-authoritarian split, many of the ardent stalinists in the party split to form a unabashedly pro soviet party. The party had little success and soon became a fringe party. It disbanded in 1985.

YAPms map, 1948, start of the fifth party system: https://www.yapms.com/app/?m=2d7d
YAPms map,1964, best performance for the Longists (Huey Long had died 2 months prior after a long battle with cancer): https://www.yapms.com/app/?m=2d87
YAPms map,1980, best performance for Communists ('70s economic crisis + laundering scandal + charismatic Harrington): https://www.yapms.com/app/?m=2u1u

 

[bran]

*Forgot- the reason the CPUSA is popular in the west is because of unionized miners. The midwest has the unionized industrial factories.

 

[nezza]

The West Riding


The Old Wapentake system of governent still survives. While the Federal parliament still sits at Westminister, assembly members sit at Yorkshire House in Leeds

80 seats (41 needed for majority)

Yorkshire People's Party (YPP), Centrist Moderates
Yorkshire Socialist Party (YSP), Left wing, wants more powers from Westminster
Yorkshire Unionist Party (YUP), Right wing, in favour of abolition of Assembly

 

[EYates]

1978: A Very British Revolution

Background:
In 1978 the Winter of Discontent breaks into Civil War, The Unions and Labour left vs the Conservatives and a Labour right. Ireland takes the opportunity to annex Northern Ireland and Wales and Scotland use the opportunity to declare independence. The civil war ends in 1980 in a stalemate and two countries founded, Northern England and Southern England.

Map:

Southern England:

Information:
Southern England has been dominated by the Conservative Party, Labour has collapsed and in its place the SDP has risen in its place. The country runs as a constitutional Monarchy with Elizabeth II still monarch.

List of Elections:
1980: Conservative Majority
1984: Conservative Majority
1988: Conservative Majority
1992: Conservative Majority
1997: SDP Majority
2000: SDP Minority
2001: Conservative Majority
2005: Conservative Majority
2010: SDP Majority
2014: SDP-Liberal Coalition
2016: Conservative Majority

Parties:

Conservative Party:
Leader: Theresa May
Ideology: Conservatism, Anti Unionism
Political Position: Centre Right
MPs: 232/400
Previous Leaders:
Margaret Thatcher 1975-1993
Peter Lilley 1993-1997
Michael Portillo 1997-2010
David Cameron 2010-2014
Theresa May 2014 -Present

Social Democratic Party:
Leader: Harriet Harman
Ideology: Social Liberalism, Social Democracy, Anti Unionism
Political Position: Centre-Centre Left
MPs: 138/400
Previous Leaders:
David Owen 1980-1988
Mike Handcock 1988-1992
Shirley Williams 1992-2001
Charles Clarke 2001-2005
Ben Bradshaw 2005-2016
Harriet Harman 2016-Present

Liberal Party:
Leader: Norman LaMb
Ideology: Liberalism, Pro Unionism
Political Position: Centre
MPs: 12/400
Previous Leaders:
David Penhaligon 1980-1986 (Died)
Stephen Ross 1986-1992
Paddy Ashdown 1992-2001
Simon Hughes 2001-2005
Ed Davey 2005-2016
Norman Lamb 2016-Present

Socialist Party:
Leader: Jeremy Corbyn
Ideology: Socialism, Pro Unionism
Political Position: Left Wing
MPs: 10/400
Previous Leaders:
Tony Benn 1980-1997
Ken Livingston 1997-2010
John McDonnell 2010-2013
Diane Abbott 2013-2014 (Defeated)
John McDonnell 2014 (Acting)
Jeremy Corbyn 2014-Present

Union Party:
Leader: Philip Hammond
Ideology: Conservatism, Pro Unionism
Political Position: Centre Right
MPs: 4/400
Previous Leaders:
Michael Heseltine 1980-1997
Stephen Dorrell 1997-2007
David Gauke 2007-2014 (Defeated)
Sam Gyimah 2014-2016 (Defeated)
Philip Hammond 2016-Present

Green Party:
Leader: Caroline Lucas
Ideology: Ecology, Socialism, Pro Unionism
Political Position: Left Wing
MPs: 3/100
Previous Leaders:
Johnathon Porritt 1980-1984
Position not in use 1984-2003
Caroline Lucas 2003-Present

 

[bran]

French party system in America.
POD: No real specific one here. Just mapping french politics onto America.
Note: The electoral system in France is the same in America in this scenario.​

- Center parties
Reform Party
Ideology: Social liberalism, moderatism, free trade.
Base: Middle class, business, liberals, intellectuals
Leader: Pete Buttigieg
Seats in HOR: 265/435
Story: After the catastrophic reign of the Progressive-Greens for the past 4 years, PGP representative, Pete Buttigieg decided to abandon ship and run for the presidency on his own. He ran on a moderate, status quo platform and while he is hated by many, he is what they got in the presidential election. Pete is very much a Emmanuel Macron figure.

- Center-left parties
Progressive-Greens
Ideology: Social liberalism, social democracy, free trade.
Base: Middle class, working class, intellectuals
Leader: Kirsten Gillibrand
Seats in HOR: 24/435
Story: The party was originally founded in the New Left/student movements of the 60s/70s. Since the 80s the party has been the main center left force in the USA....For the past 4 years, the country has been under the disastrous rule of neoliberal PGP president, Hillary Clinton. By the time the election was coming, most left factions were abandoning the party for either the SLP or new DSP, and Clinton had an approval rating in the single digits. The party tried to have a return to the left by nominating newcomer Kirsten Gillibrand as leader, but it wasn't enough. The party achieved its worst result since the 70s. Hillary Clinton is very much a Francois Hollande figure, and the PGP is like the PS.

Radical Republican Party
Ideology: Social liberalism, social democracy.
Base: Middle class, intellectuals, african americans.
Leader: Elizabeth Warren
Seats in HOR: 12/435
Story: After the American Civil War, the GOP eventually split into two parties: the Radicals who favored reconstruction, and the Liberals, who didn't as much. The radicals were the main center-left force in the country until the 1930s when the depression hit. Since then, they have been a minor party at best. This party is like the Radical Party or Radical-Socialist Party (it wasn't actually socialist) in France.

- Center-right parties
Liberal Republican Party
Ideology: Liberal conservatism, conservatism, free trade.
Base: Business, wealthy, suburbs, middle class.
Leader: Mitt Romney
Seats in HOR: 103/435
Story: Since the GOP split in the 1870s, the Liberals have been the main center-right force in the country. They were also the only main party that didn't get completely decimated this election season. This party is very much like the republicans in France.

- Left-wing parties
Democratic Socialist Party
Ideology: Democratic socialism, socialism.
Base: Students, working class, union members, young voters
Leader: Bernie Sanders
Seats in HOR: 15/435
Story: Bernie Sanders founded the DSP as a vehicle for his own presidential bid. He wasn't expected to do very well, but he exceeded expectations by far, coming in fourth place, past the nascent Progressive-Greens, and nearly making it to the runoff. Sanders hoped to carry on that energy to the legislative elections, but it didn't work out as well. The party got 15 seats in the House. This party is very much like Jean-Luc Melenchon's La France Insoumise.

Socialist Labor Party
Ideology: Communism, democratic socialism
Base: Working class, union members
Leader: Kshama Sawant
Seats in HOR: 9/435
Story: The Socialist Labor Party was founded by members of the I.W.W. in 1908. It was originally like any standard european socialist/labor party, but when the Russian Revolution hit, it transitioned to Communism. After the Second World War it saw a big growth in membership and votes, but by the 1970s, the party lost steam. After the USSR, the party has gone away from hardline M-L to a more soft Socialism. It is still able to garner some seats in the house. This party is very much like the French Communist Party.

- Right-wing parties
America First!
Ideology: Anti-immigration, nationalism, protectionism
Base: Deindustrialized areas, white working class.
Leader: Donald Trump Jr.
Seats in HOR: 7/435
Story: After Donald Trump's nearly successful bid for the presidency in 2000, the party was thought to be nascent. But in the face of the catastrophic Clinton presidency, Trump's son, Trump Jr., was able to revive it. He had a very successful bid, making it to the second round. He was wiped out in the second round though. This party is very much like Le Pen's National Front.

 

[bran]

French trade unions in America. *supplement to my previous scenario.
​

Congress of Industrial Organizations
Political position: Center-left
Party support: soft PGP, but not official.
Membership: 4,022,722
The CIO is very much like the "French Democratic Confederation of Labour".

Industrial Workers of the World
Political position: Left-wing
Party support: None, sometimes SLP.
Membership: 3,264,192
The IWW is very much like the "French General Confederation of Labour".

American Central Organization of Workers
Political position: Center-left to Left-wing, Anti-communism
Party support: None
Membership: 1,838,931
The ACOW is very much like "Force Ouvriere"

American Federation of Labor
Political position: Center-right, christian democracy
Party support: None
Membership: 735,592
The AFL is very much like the "French Confederation of Christian Workers"

 

[SealTheRealDeal]

Official political factions and extralegal political factions of hell on earth the Islamic Emirate of Mogulistan

Ruling factions:

Taliban:
When it became apparent that the Soviets and their local puppets had no means to effectively control the Afghan countryside they resorted to depopulating it. As planned, indiscriminate bombing forced millions to crowd into Soviet controlled cities, but millions more poured over the porous border to join their ethnic kin in Northwest Pakistan. At the same time international mujahideen and Arabian finance flowed through the other way. It is in this way that an entire generation of dispossessed Afghan children grew up with Saudi funded madrassas as their only reprieve from the depravity of of the refugee camps. These were some of the few people who rejoiced when WWIII kicked off and ended. As chaotic factional warfare engulfed not only Afghanistan but Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent as well. Eventually the students (Pashtun: Taliban) would take advantage of their enemy's exhaustion to rid the world of sin and depravity.
Positions:
-Deobandi fundamentalism
-Pashtun chauvinism
-patriarchal
-anti-western
-moralistic

al-Qaeda:
Born from the small selection of international mujahideen who took their role seriously. The organization assisted the Taliban's rise to power and, following a disasterous clash with the Taliban, has largely been reduced to Mogulistan's CIA/KGB.
-Sunni Islamism
-patriarchal
-anti-western
-moralistic

Islamic Movement of Central Asia:
Many Central Asians had fought for the Soviet cause in Afghanistan. Only a select few found the enemy's arguments more persuasive than those of their Muskovite bosses, but there were many late converts to be found when the USSR suddenly ceased to exist. Notably one of the few factions in Mogulistan's government to exercise much autonomy, mostly due to its power base's distance from Kandahar.
-Pan-Islamism
-Central Asian Caliphate
-anti-communism

Lashkar-e-Taiba:
The largest Islamist faction in Kashmir, while it has accepted its political subordination to the Taliban it retains its military autonomy and acts as a border march for Mogulistan.
-Sunni Islamism
-Anti-Hinduism

Extralegal Opposition:

Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front:
Originally the armed wing of the Plebiscite Front. It's goal remains the same as ever, an independent secular Kashmir, trading India for the Taliban hasn't changed that.
-Secularism
-Kashmiri nationalism

Islamic Renaissance Party:
It's origin is remarkably similar to that of the IMCA, however doctrinal differences have lead to the two becoming fierce enemies.
-Islamic Democracy
-Islamism

Neo-Soviets:
Concentrated mainly in the former Soviet Union, this is a catch all term for all manner of post-Soviet warlords, political movements, and parties claiming some continuity with the old USSR.
-Marxist-Leninism
-Russian minority rights

Turkestan People's Revolutionary Party:
An organization established by the Soviets to be wielded against the Chinese. The death of its patron has left the group with little reason not to expand its area of activity.
-Marxist-Leninism
-Turkic Nationalism
-Separatism

Revolutionary Communist Cell of Afghanistan:
China's anti-Soviet proxies are still kicking around the foothills the Hindu Kush, it seems up in the air whether they will be wiped out or be able to tap into a vein of rural discontent.
-Maoism
-Agrarianism

Balochistan Liberation Army:
Balochi ethno-nationalists with no allies. Their ethnic cleansing campaigns in the immediate aftermath of WWIII have made them the one group more hated than the Taliban.
-Balochi Supremacy
-Anti-Iran
-Separatism

Tehran 8:
A coalition of Afghan Shia organizations. Mainly operating out of refugee camps across the border in Iran.
-Pro-Iran
-Hazara minority rights
-Shia Islamism

 

[Teutonic_Thrash]

Bit of a teaser/spoiler for my Nothing to Lose but Your Chains! timeline (subject to change of course):

Free Socialist Republic of Germany/Freie Sozialistische Republik Deutschland (1st party period)

Communist Party of Germany (Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands/KPD)
Leader: Rosa Luxemburg
Ideology: Orthodox Marxism, communism
Political position (in the FSRD): Centre
Description: The KPD are the dominant party in Germany and support the status-quo of socialist council democracy. The socialisation of the economy, including the agricultural sector, is their main concern in the aftermath of the German Civil War. The party supports the continuance of strong relations with the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the other Bolshevik-ruled socialist states. The KPD is a member of the Communist International.

Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (Unabhängige Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands/USPD)
Leader: Emil Barth
Ideology: Centrist Marxism, reformist socialism
Political position (in the FSRD): Right
Description: The USPD are regular coalition partners with the KPD and support the status-quo of socialist council democracy. There are some on the right of the party however (mostly former SPD members who joined during or after the civil war) who favour a return to a parliamentary system. In terms of the economy, the USPD advocate for the decentralising of economic planning and a reliance on worker cooperatives; some on the right argue for the introduction of limited marketisation. The party is unafraid of criticising the Bolsheviks when deemed appropriate, but is otherwise generally supportive of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the other Bolshevik-ruled socialist states. The USPD is a leading member of the International Working Union of Socialist Parties (2 1/2 International).

Communist Workers' Party of Germany (Kommunistische Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands/KAPD)
Leader: Heinrich Laufenberg
Ideology: Marxism, left-communism/council communism
Political position (in the FSRD): Left
Description: The KAPD are the successors to the ultra-left International Communists of Germany. They are staunch defenders of socialist council democracy and so consider it to be their duty to criticise any perceived slide into bureaucratisation or undemocratic practices on the behalf of the government. The KAPD support rapid socialisation of the economy, but carried out through the decentralised planning of the councils rather than the central government. The party frequently criticises the Bolsheviks for perceived bureaucratisation, which gives them a tenuous position in the Communist International.

Free Workers' Union of Germany (Freie Arbeiter Union Deutschlands/FAUD)
Leader: Rudolf Rocker
Ideology: anarcho-syndicalism
Political position (in the FSRD): Left
Description: The FAUD are the successors to the Free Association of German Trade Unions. They argue for a syndicalist system whereby revolutionary trade unions are the basis for both the political system and the economy. They often side with the KAPD in opposition to the perceived bureaucratisation of the KPD-USPD government. The FAUD helped establish the International Workers' Association after the German Civil War.