Liberal Party

The Liberal Party is one of America's best-performing third parties in history, reaching a maximum of over 30 seats in both the Senate and the House of Representatives following the 1998 Midterm Elections. Founded in June of 1995 by Spencer L.-Koffler, the party aimed to unite further-left members of the Democratic Party as well as former members of the freshly dissolved Progressive Party against the Democratic establishment, which they blamed for stagnation on left-wing legislation in government.

According to party leaders, the Liberals strived to lock the Democrats out of an outright majority in Congress, forcing them to negotiate and work with further-left politicians to pass any meaningful legislation. Called "gridlock politics", the Liberals were hoping to obstruct the Democrats and force all parties to recognize the needs and requests of left-wing Americans whose votes had often times been taken advantage of.

Early Days of the Party
According to the founder, Spencer L.-Koffler, the Liberals were created to drift America's progressive wing away from what he described as a "toxic and divisive" structure behind the Progressive Party, in favor of a party that would better collaborate with the Democrats to reach compromise and legislative victories together while not sacrificing left-wing American priorities.

In the early days of the party's short-term history, the Liberals were considered a "sub-caucus party" of the larger Democratic Party. The members would work together on legislation and would vote for the same leaders in both chambers of government. After some tension and disagreement within the Liberal Party itself following the 1996 General Elections, the Liberals held an internal referendum and later announced they would be declaring independence from the Democratic National Committee in favor of becoming their own official party.

Following the 1996 elections, the Liberals were granted official party status after surpassing the threshold of 10 elected members in Congress. As they began attracting national attention and started fielding candidates nationwide, the party sought to negotiate deals with the Democrats to avoid vote-splitting and causing a victory for the Republicans in both chambers.

Under Ellen the Generit's DNC Chair leadership, both parties were unable to reach a consensus, forcing the Liberals to seek an agreement that was beneficial to them with the Republicans.

1998 and Beyond
In 1997, the Republican Party agreed not to field candidates in heavy left-wing districts nationwide, on the condition that the Liberals agreed to field candidates and cause three-way races in some key tilt districts. This agreement was considered mutually beneficial to both parties, and blocked the Democrats from the majority in either chamber of government in the 1998 election.

With a coalition at stake, the two left-wing parties got back to the table under Nico Thomsen-Holland's new DNC Leadership team and struck an agreement for future elections with the hopes of reducing the Republican Party's success in the 2000 election.

The Merger
In 1999, the Liberal Party founder and Chairman Spencer L.-Koffler introduced the American Dream Act in the House of Representatives, a massive immigration overhaul bill that aimed to solve the crisis at the U.S. Southern border while redirecting Central American refugees to other states and countries. While the bill passed both the House and Senate through unanimous consent; it was vetoed by the Democratic President Boxy, who was against immigrants being redirected to states in the Rust Belt.

Feeling disconnected from the party itself, President Boxy defected and formed the Patriot Party in 1999. The Democratic Speaker of the House, CodingMonster, defected with him. Within days, the Democrats lost the Presidency and the House of Representatives, while their seat count in the Senate decreased as well following the defection of Senator January of Missouri.

Following these two major losses on top of the increasing power of the Liberals in the 1996 and 1998 elections, the Democrats began negotiating terms of a major party merger with the Liberals. In October of 1999, following the drama of the President's defection, the Democrats and Liberals voted to merge and form a united Labor Party.

Towards the end of 1999, President Boxy resigned after tapes were released showing his inclination to launch nuclear attacks at the U.S. Capitol Building, outraged with the congressional override of the Presidential veto of the American Dream Act. His Vice President, 2Hats, was then inaugurated as President of the United States. He would nominate former Liberal Chairman Spencer L.-Koffler as his Vice Presidential pick to further solidify the union between the Democrats and Liberals under the all-new Labor Party tag.