United States Liberal Party (Vive l'Emperor)

The liberal party was founded in 1940 after the schism in the democratic party that led it to become much more conservative and influenced by the south. Initially the party merged with the socialist party however this merger soon broke down over the liberal party's support for the war. Although a third party, the liberals were able to secure electoral votes in several elections.

The party reached its height in popularity during the 60's and 70's when it was a serious contender to overtake the democratic party in terms of votes and challenge the republicans. However during the Reagan years the party support slumped. When it grew in popularity again it wasn't able to match its strong election performances of the 60's and 70's. The liberal party finally seemed to come to an end in 1996 when centre left democrat Al Gore won the democratic nomination and subsequently the presidency.

However with the succession of conservative Hillary Clinton to the presidency the party recovered its old election ground and returned to strong performances in 2000, 2004, 2008 and showing strongly in the polls for 2012.