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Working Families Party
Founder
Dan Cantor
Founded
1998; 26 years ago (1998)
Preceded by
New Party
Headquarters
1 Metrotech Center North, 11 Brooklyn, New York 11201
Membership (November 2023)
53,565[1] (registered voters in state of New York)
Ideology
Social democracy[2]
Democratic socialism[3][4]
Progressivism[5]
Political position
Center-left to left-wing[6]
Colors
Blue, White (official) Purple and orange (customary)
Seats in the Senate
0 / 100
Seats in the House
0 / 435
Governorships
0 / 50
State Upper House Seats
0 / 1,972
State Lower House Seats
0 / 5,411
Philadelphia City Council
2 / 17
Website
workingfamilies.org
Politics of United States
Political parties
Elections
The Working Families Party (WFP) is a center-left to left-wing minor political party in the United States, founded in New York in 1998. There are active chapters in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.[7][8][9]
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 ACORN: the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.[10] The party is primarily concerned with healthcare reform, raising the minimum wage, universal paid sick days, addressing student debt, progressive taxation, public education, and energy and environmental reform. It has usually cross-endorsed progressive Democratic and some Republican[11] candidates through fusion voting but occasionally runs its own candidates.
^"Party Enrollment by County (New York State Board of Elections)". www.elections.ny.gov. November 1, 2023. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
^"Meet the Working Families Party, Whose Ballot Line is in Play in New York". Prospect.org. November 4, 2014. Archived from the original on May 26, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
^Bredderman, Will (November 5, 2016). "Bernie Sanders Calls the Working Families Party 'the Closest Thing' to Socialism". The Observer. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
^Lewis, Rebecca C. (June 21, 2022). "The Working Families Party is looking to oust seven Assembly Democratic incumbents". Retrieved July 9, 2023.
^"Progressives contemplate post-Cuomo politics". Spectrum News. August 11, 2021. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
^"Working Families Party, Jumaane Williams endorse Jamaal Bowman's challenge to Rep. Eliot Engel". New York Daily News. February 11, 2020. Archived from the original on May 14, 2020. Retrieved April 2, 2020. The left-wing Working Families Party and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams are endorsing the political novice in his bid to rep parts of the Bronx and Westchester.
^Ball, Molly (January 7, 2016). "The Tea Party of the Left". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on March 14, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
^Rouan, Rick. "The City: Left's answer to the Tea Party wades into council race". The Columbus Dispatch. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
^Garofoli, Joe (January 13, 2022). "Progressive Working Families Party lands in California, and is targeting moderate Democrats". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
^"Dan Cantor's Machine". The American Prospect. January 6, 2014. Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
^"Election Night Tally". apps2.suffolkcountyny.gov. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
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53,565[1] (registered voters in state of New York)