Farmer–Labor Party

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The first modern Farmer–Labor Party in the United States emerged in Minnesota in 1918. The American entry into World War I caused agricultural prices and workers' wages to fall, while retail prices rose sharply during the war years. Consequently, farmers and workers made common cause in the political sphere to redress their grievances. The party dissolved in 1936 on a federal level with the Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party and the Iowa Farmer–Labor Party surviving on the state level until 1940s, particularly in Minnesota when it merged with the local affiliate of the Democratic Party in 1944; the resulting merger, the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, still exists today.

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