Working Families Party

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Working Families Party
Founded1998; 26 years ago (1998)
Preceded byNew Party
Headquarters1 Metrotech Center North, 11
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Membership (
November 2020)
Decrease 45,610[1]
IdeologySocial democracy[2]
Progressivism[3]
Political positionCenter-left to left-wing[4]
Colors    Blue, White (official)
  Purple (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
Website
workingfamilies.org

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, West Virginia, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, and Illinois.[5][6]

References[change | change source]

  1. "Enrollment by County". Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  2. "Meet the Working Families Party, Whose Ballot Line is in Play in New York". Prospect.org. 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
  3. "About Us - Working Families". workingfamilies.org. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  4. "Working Families Party, Jumaane Williams endorse Jamaal Bowman's challenge to Rep. Eliot Engel". New York Daily News. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 2 April 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.
  5. Ball, Molly. "The Tea Party of the Left". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  6. Rouan, Rick. "The City: Left's answer to the Tea Party wades into council race". The Columbus Dispatch. Archived from the original on 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2017-06-13.