List of political parties in the United States Virgin Islands

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Politics of the U.S. Virgin Islands This article lists political parties in the United States Virgin Islands. The United States Virgin Islands has a three-party system, and many additional candidates run as independents.

List

Registered parties

Party Ideology Year
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2022
gubernatorial
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2024
U.S. House
vote
Territorial
executive
offices
Territorial
legislative
seats
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Democratic Party
(D)
Modern liberalism 1948 29,833 12,157
(56.14%)
10,397
(73.39%)
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style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Republican Party
(R)
(GOP)
Conservatism 1948 2,069 No candidate 1,348
(9.52%)
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style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Independent Citizens Movement
(ICM)
Reformism 1968 1,141 740
(3.42%)
No candidate Template:Composition bar Template:Composition bar
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | No party 22,842 8,487
(39.19%)
2,422
(17.09%)
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Other parties

Party Ideology Year
founded
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Green Party
(GPUS)
Green politics

Defunct parties

Party Notes Years active
People's Party Supported Puerto Rican immigrant interests.<ref name="polpartameric">Template:Cite book</ref> 1950s
Progressive Guide Supported progressive causes such as social welfare.<ref name="polpartameric"/> 1937–1952
United People's Party Formed in 1974 out of the United Caribbean Association of Black People and the Black Power movement. Anti-colonial in nature.<ref name="polpartameric"/> c. 1974
Unity Party
Unity-Democratic
Ideological splinter of the Democratic party out of the Progressive Guide. Dominated island politics in the 50s and successfully took over the Democratic Party by means of fraud in 1962.<ref name="polpartameric"/> 1952–1962

See also

References

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