List of political parties in the United States Virgin Islands explained

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 founded	Membership (June 2024), trend^[1]	2022 gubernatorial vote	Territorial executive offices	Territorial legislative seats
		Democratic Party	Modern liberalism	1948	20,291	12,157 (1st) (56.14%)
		Republican Party	Conservatism	1948	1,052	No candidate
		Independent Citizens Movement	Reformism	1968	769	740 (3rd) (3.42%)
	No party				19,261	8,487 (2nd, 4th) (39.19%)

Defunct parties

Party		Notes	Years active
	People's Party	Supported Puerto Rican immigrant interests.^[2]	1950s
	Progressive Guide	Supported progressive causes such as social welfare.	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.	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.	1952–1962

See also

• Politics of the United States Virgin Islands
• List of political parties by country
• Political party strength in the United States Virgin Islands

External links

• http://www.vivote.gov/

Notes and References

1. Web site: Active-Voter-Statistics-July-2024 . VI Vote . 17 July 2024.
2. Book: Alexander . Robert J . POLITICAL PARTIES OF THE AMERICAS . 1982 . Greenwood Press . Westport, CT . 0-313-23754-9 . 747–749 . 2.