American Independent Party | |
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| Chairman | Victor Marani (CA)[1] |
| Vice Chairman | James Mallamace[2] |
| Founders | Bill Shearer Eileen Knowland Shearer |
| Founded | July 8, 1967 |
| Split from | Democratic Party Republican Party |
| Headquarters | PO Box 1479. Freedom, California 95019 |
| Ideology | American nationalism Anti-communism Paleoconservatism[3] Right-wing populism Formerly, now factions: Populism Economic populism Syncretic politics |
| Political position | Far-right[4][5][6][7] |
| National affiliation | American Independent Party[8] |
| Slogan | "No North, No South, No East, No West - One Great Nation, Heaven Blessed!" |
| State Senate | 0 / 40 |
| State House | 0 / 80 |
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The American Independent Party (AIP) is an American political party that was established in 1967. The American Independent Party is best known for its nomination of Democratic then-former Governor George Wallace of Alabama, who carried five states in the 1968 presidential election running against Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey on a populist, hard-line anti-Communist, pro-"law and order" platform, appealing to working-class white voters. Wallace was best known for his staunch segregationist stances. In 1976, the party split into the modern American Independent Party and the American Party. From 1992 until 2008, the party was the California affiliate of the national Constitution Party. Its exit from the Constitution Party led to a leadership dispute during the 2008 election.
- ^ "The American Independent Party - The Fastest Growing Political Party In California". www.aipca.vote.
- ^ "Resolution to Demand the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Allow Nationwide U.S. Secret Service Protection for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. And Nicole Shanahan as the Official Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates Representing the American Independent Party in the 2024 General Election" (PDF). Retrieved April 30, 2024.
- ^ John Myers, Would-be independents joining the American Independent Party could blame California's voter registration card, Los Angeles Times (April 19, 2016).
- ^ James Aho, Far-Right Fantasy: A Sociology of American Religion and Politics (Routledge, 2015), p. 15.
- ^ George April (2008). Willis Carto and the American Far Right. University Press of Florida. p. 160. ISBN 9780813031989.
- ^ Martin Durham (2000). The Christian Right, the Far Right and the Boundaries of American Conservatism. Manchester University Press. p. 8.
- ^ "Many American Independent Party voters in California are mis-registered". NPR. April 18, 2016.
- ^ "History of the American Independent Party". American Independent Party. 2011. Archived from the original on 2018-12-24. Retrieved 2015-08-14.