Democratic Cooperative (Brazoria)

  

Democratic Cooperative Cooperativa Democrática
Leader	James Floyd
Founded	March 11, 2007 (2007-03-11)
Merger of	United Democrats Liberal Party Cooperative Party
Headquarters	P.O. Box 116, Grand Llano, Brazos Province
Student wing	Student Democratic Coalition
Youth wing	Young Democrats
Women's wing	League of Democratic Women
LGBT wing	LGBT+ Democrats
Membership  (2022)	▲155,200
Ideology	Majority:  • Liberalism  • Social liberalism  • Progressivism  • American unionism Factions:  • Liberal socialism  • Social democracy  • Republicanism  • Centrism
Political position	Center to center-left
International affiliation	Liberal International
American affiliation	Liberal Democrats of America
Official colors	Blue
Corte of Brazoria	8 / 65
Diet of Brazoria	43 / 350
American Parliament	7 / 55
Politics of Brazoria Political parties Elections

The Democratic Cooperative (Spanish: Cooperativa Democrática), also known more commonly as the Democrats or the Cooperative among party members, is a liberal political party in Brazoria. The party was founded in 2007 as a merger of the United Democrats, the Liberal Party and the Cooperative Party as a means of unifying the liberal vote and electorate in the country. The Democratic Cooperative has been described as a coalition of liberals of all variations, progressives, American unionists, and centrists. It is ideologically liberal in nature and describes itself as a big tent party while having various ideological and political factions in its ranks as well.

Prior to its creation, the main liberal parties were the United Democrats and the Liberal Party, both were formed in the late 1980s to support democracy during the Brazorian Confederation and the interbellum government of 1989 to 2000 before the latter was toppled in the Pecan Revolution that year that began democratization in Brazoria. The party was in the opposition from 2000 until 2011 when it joined the Democratic Socialist Party and the Green Party in a coalition government under Eva Delaney as chancellor during that period. The party suffered heavy losses in 2015, however it made substantial gains in 2019 inspite of the People's Party victory in the general election that year. Since 2018, James Flloyd has been the party's leader and has been credited with reviving the party in terms of electoral progress on the provincial and federal level and renewed rise in party membership. As of 2019, the Democratic Cooperative has eight seats in the Corte and 43 seats in the Diet.

Positioned center to center-left on the political specturm, the Democratic Cooperative has long adopted a policy of Third way, reconciling social democratic policies with liberal principles and beliefs. The Democrats are socially liberal and support expanding LGBT rights in Brazoria, liberalizing the nation's abortion and drug laws, and supporting more liberal immigration laws. The Democratic Cooperative supports a market-based economy with strong spending in welfare and social programs, opposes the privatization of healthcare and keeping the National Health Program nationalized. The party is internationalist in its foreign policy, supporting Brazorian membership in NATO and the Conference of American States, being ardently unionist, and supports peacekeeping missions by the League of Nations. In the American Parliament, the Democrats are affiliated with the Liberal Democrats of America with other liberal parties in the CAS.

History

Ideological origins

Main article: Liberal Party of Brazoria

The history of the Democratic Cooperative dates back to the Liberal Party of Brazoria which was formed back in 1870. It was created as a means of advancing civil rights, a free government, and supported a constitutional monarchy. Ideologically, it was inspired by the liberal ideals of the Enlightenment and the Revolutions of 1848 in Europe and the early Liberal Democratic Party in Superior. Throughout the 19th century the party would grow and become a major force in Brazorian politics, but it would be split over the issue of republicanism or monarchism and was largely neutral come the May Revolution of 1931 and the establishment of the Republic of Brazoria. It remained active and supported the administration of William Marx who was sympathetic towards the party and sided with the White Government during the Brazorian Civil War against the Crimson Rangers and later the United Commonwealth during Great War I.

Organization

Provincial parties

Main article: List of provincial parties of the Democratic Cooperative (Brazoria)

Political positions

Social issues

• Legalize same-sex marriage nationwide on a federal level.
• Strike down all laws restricting LGBT rights and civil liberties.
• Liberalize and repeal most restrictions on abortion.
• Support the legalization of marijuana for medicinal and recreational use.
• Support a pathway towards citizenship.

Economic issues

• Support raising the minimum wage.
• Support continued Brazorian membership in the Lincoln Area.
• Adopt the Amero as the nation's main currency.
• Raise the tax rate on all major corporations and businesses.
• Support and implement a wealth tax.

Foreign policy

• Support membership and growth of the Conference of American States.
• Oppose all current authoritarian governments in the world.
• Seek peaceful coexistence with Landonist nations.
• Oppose recognizing the Antilles until democratization is complete.
• Support peacekeeping missions by the League of Nations.

See also

• United Democrats (Brazoria)
• Liberal Party of Brazoria
• Cooperative Party of Brazoria
• Liberalism in Brazoria