Working Families Party

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The Working Families Party (WFP) is a progressive minor political party in the United States. WFP promotes economic progressivism, left-wing populism, and cultural liberalism. WFP was organized in 1998 as a successor to the New Party by a coalition of labor unions including CWA and SEIU, advocacy groups including Citizen Action, and community organizations including ACORN. Founded in New York, WFP has active chapters in nearly two dozen states. WFP has statewide ballot access in Connecticut, New York, and Oregon. WFP's most successful chapters are the New York Working Families Party (NYWFP) and Connecticut Working Families Party (CTWFP). WFP supports economic progressive positions, including raising the minimum wage, universal paid sick leave, Medicare for All, expanding public education, reducing student debt, and progressive taxation. WFP supports cultural liberal positions, including abortion rights, LGBTQ rights, reducing incarceration, and a pathway to citizenship. As of 2026, the...

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