Conservative Party (USA)

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Conservative Party

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General Information
Country Flag-USA.png USA
Abbreviation CvP
Forum [1]
Founded January 2008
Political
President Pizza The Hut
Members 169
Congress Occupancy 0/50 seats, 0%
Succeeds eRepublikans for Change
Succeeded By Conservative Party
Orientation Center-Right
Ideology Libertarian

The Conservative Party was a political party in the United States of America. It has over 600 members at one point in its history.

Party Mission Statement

CVP SLOGAN: “Never settle and continually seek to better yourself and your country.”

The Conservative party. A party of small government and big ideas, working together, promoting individual freedom, and fostering community spirit.

We attract and welcome NEW and OLD citizens alike under the belief that we all have something to offer and we can continually improve the situation of any society. We strive to continually assess the decisions and motives of ourselves and of our government to ensure that we are always headed in the appropriate direction.

The CVP's political platform can be viewed below.

Political Platform

Politically

The CVP believes in a transparent government that is accountable to the people. We are a supporter of small government that is established through minimal branches to deal with pressing issues and in maintaining the United States. At the same time, government should be readily open to participation and communication from the every day citizen.

We believe in active participation at all levels of government. It is the responsibility of mayors and political parties to contribute to and aid the efforts of the federal government. We endorse the use of a Mayor’s Tribunal and a Congressional Committee, in order to increase cooperation between members of government to accomplish what they are elected for. The ultimate goal of government should be to help the people and ensure their economic success, as well as safety.

Economically

The CVP supports an open market with very limited disruption from the government. However, we endorse the use of the Federal Reserve to regulate the value of the dollar and to ensure that tax paying citizens are not losing hard earned money. We believe in the protection of our markets from foreign companies and advise citizens to buy from domestic companies that preside in eUSA.

We believe in the rights of the employee and the value every individual has to our economy. Every worker is entitled to fair wages regardless of experience or any other factors.

Socially

We firmly believe that activity is the key to success. As CVP members, we will constantly do our utmost to lead by example for others. We will portray a tight knit community that will be strengthened by media tools, such as IRC and forum use. We will work together under the common goals of our party to achieve and succeed.

Foreign Affairs

As a group, we see no reason for armed conflict initiated by the United States. While due diligence has its rewards in preparation for the inevitable, we should remain neutral in matters that do not affect us as long as possible. We should forge friendships on an International Scale, keep to our neutral stance while protecting our borders.

Current Party Structure

Office Name
Party President Desertfalcon
Party Vice President Dodgercatcher
Party Treasurer Kmathis1022
New Member Coordinator Angelini
Press Secretary/Party Ambassador Dodgercatcher
Chief Technical Officer Wade Seagrave
Security Detail Evry
Election Coordinator Cromstar

Congress Member(s)

Cromstar

Party Members

The following category lists party members Category:Members of Conservative Party

Party Presidents

Year 2008
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Year 2009
JAN
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Party President Tenure
Maalygos Jan 08 - Mar 08
Dishmcds Apr 08 - Jun 08
ThisGenMedia Jul 08 - Aug 08
Ron Paul Aug 08 - Sep 08
Desertfalcon Oct 08- Jun 09
Mattoze5 Jun 09 - Sep 09
Raegan Taylor Sep 09 - Oct 1, 09
Desertfalcon Oct 1, 09 - Nov 15, 09
Cromstar Nov 09 - Present

History

The conservative party was founded as the Republican Party in January 2008, and was later changed to eRepbulikans for Change by Dishmcds when he took Party Presidency in April. Later in early October ThisGenMedia was made interim party president after Ron Paul stepped down. TGM said he would consider changing the name and then posted a vote on the issue. When the votes were tallied the a name change was in order, but members protested because they said the original name had won in voting. This was debated back and forth on issues such as multi member voting and vote changing. However the day before the elections TGM changed the name of the party to the Federalist party claiming that the old name alienated democrats and that the issue had been solved democratically and that it kept Rise from creating a federalist party. This met with much controversy in the party and may of resulted in TGMs loss in the party elections the next day.

In the October party elections Desertfalcon defeated the incumbent TGM and then, jokingly, changed the name of the party to the Jedi council. He kept the name for a day and then changed it back to the original name of Erepublikans for Change. After the RFC convention he then posted a new vote on what the name should be which included both the current name as well as both the old Republican Party and Jedi Council. This was debated because it included only republican names and a joke name. It was seen as largely undemocratic. In this election the RFC name ended up winning by a slim margin over the Republican party and thus the name remains\ed eRepublikans for Change. A few months later another vote was held and the winner was the conservative party and thus the name was changed to Conservative party.

Strong Beginnings

The Republican Party, as it was first named, was founded in early January just after the General Elections by Maalygos, who hailed from Lansing, MI. It was founded because all of the parties that existed in the United States were either Center-Left or Far-Left, and it's founding members thought it best that we needed some political balance in the US. They founded it based on the ideas of expanding the US through privatized programs and encouraging international economic growth (exporting, in short which Maalygos started doing in late January through the companies he owned. It quickly gained membership to compete with the other parties, but lacked the strong base the Democratic Party controlled. It shaped up quickly to be a two horse race in the February Elections betweeen Maalygos and Korbin King, the incumbent President. Although the Republican Party couldnt truly challenge the numbers that the Democratic Party had, they did influence society in many ways.

A Middle Ground

Shortly after the February elections, membership hit a state of stagnance. They quit attracting as many new members with the new emergence of the Libertarian Party, which was taken over by future President Nave Saikiliah in the February party elections. The party would keep this stagnance and begin to fade until April, when Maalygos officially passed away. Another future President, Dishmcds took the reigns and made some immediate changes, including some changes to the name and party goals.

His policies were aimed more towards activity rather than political belief, and they had an immediate impact on the political landscape of the US. Party membership once again began to surge with his almost daily Press Releases and coordination of the party. He immediately opened a Vice President spot (which was handed to Richie Rich, one of the parties more active supporters before he passed away), a welcoming committee for the party (originally held by Ron Paul, and an employment committee (which was held by our current Vice President and GM of Stiletto Weaponry, Daphne Lilac. These have become staples of political parties throughout the US, and are now employed by most of the active parties.

The reason he did this was to ensure that the Party was well taken care of. He realized that he needed to encourage activity throughout his ranks from top to bottom, in an effort to encourage things such as support for the General Elections (which he won in both June and July), and the military.

A Promising Future

In the July party elections, which Dishmcds officially retired from party leadership were closely fought by a couple of Erepublikans. Desertfalcon and ThisGenMedia both campaigned well for the position, and were joined late by newcomer whiteboyadr. All of the candidates seemed to have a clear and distinct path on how the party was going to continue.

Up to now, the party is still moving strong, with 109 members. It still trails the United States Workers Party and Libertarian Party in membership, but can boast that it's active members are still in equal balance to those parties, with successful Mayor Elections and Congressional Appointments that rival parties that are much larger. As of then, the RfC party is tied for second most seats in Congress, and can boast that it has more Mayors than any other party.

ThisGenMedia promptly resigned due to real life issues. Seeing as he couldn't devote enough time to RfC, he decided to let someone else take over for the good of the party. It was an admittedly flawed scale, because TGM could only get to the computer with 2 days before Party elections. Two suitors, Took Lowind and Ron Paul made campaigns as quickly as they could.

Ron Paul Era

Ron Paul was elected on August 1st Party President elections and since then his role has been both attacked and praised since he took office. His supporters say that he has helped bring the RfC into the future by giving the RFC both a new logo and a brand new website with a public forum but his critics say that he has done little to expand the party in both membership and to increase it's activity.

Since Ron Paul took office September 1st the party membership has increased 30 members to 231 total members.In early October Ron Paul resigned as president of the RFC and left the party to ThisGenMedia

October Party Elections

After Ron Paul's resignation three major contenders emerged as candidates for the party president. ThisGenMedia who was given the party president spot by Ron Paul and Desertfalcon fought each other in a rematch of the July party elections. Jefferson Steelflex entered the race as well and despite being new to the higher ranks of the RFC he was a contender.

This election was the most controversial in RFC history. First Desertfalcon realized that Jefferson Steelflex, who had just had a very strong start, had been moved down in rank and thus moved down on the ballot. This made it harder for people to notice Jefferson Steelflex and benefited ThisGenMedia because his name was at the top. Once Desertfalcon brought this to the public there was public outcry against ThisGenMedia, He claimed that he was acctually trying to move up Desertfalcon and Jefferson Steelflex so that they would all be at the top of the ballot and that something in the game glitched, After a few hours TGM finally got around to fixing the party rankings to what they were before the elections. Many did not believe TGM's excuse and accused TGM of rigging the election.

Jefferson Steelflex was angered by this since he and many other believed this was an unfair tactic of TGM trying to keep Jefferson down and gain his voters. Jefferson went on to get more votes after the rankings were fixed but he later decided there was no way he could bridge the gap between him and TGM who was in first and at 17:08 erep time he pulled his campaign and then threw his support behind Desertfalcon. This gave Desertfalcon the extra support he needed. All day long Desertfalcon had been trailing TGM by three or four but now that the support for people unhappy with TGM was not split he was right back in it. About two hours later Desertfalcon bridged the gap and he was tied with TGM at 27, if the election were to of ended in a tie then TGM would of won as the incumbent. However Desertfalcon's momentum carried into the later hours and he ended up winning the election 36-33.


The Desertfalcon Era

Immediately after taking office Desertfalcon went to work on the party and started to build his cabinet. However he soon encoutered his first real test when V1 was released. Soon after that most of his cabinet either left the game or became a lot less inactive. This made the first days of V1 difficult for the RFC and they acctually lost membership which got down to about 203. Desertfalcon was in a tough spot he had to do something to revive the party. He decided that he would run for president in the November elections with emerick as his running mate. He never had much of a chance with Benn Dover running but he did rake in 10% of the vote.

After the elections things started to turn around for the RFC and membership began to grow. By the end of Desertfalcon's first term membership had reached the 240 mark and showed signs of more growth to come. Currently Desertfalcon is entering his fourth term.

In early 2009, Desertfalcon released an article for changes that he wished to implement within the Conservative Party. He decided to launch a Party Council to hopefully get some more experience in people to make the party thrive. He also wrote about how the party was slowing down in recruitment levels, so he proposed a spark in recruitment... which worked. The parties recruitment levels shot through the roof, and they are approaching the 300 members mark. Since then, there has also been a big push in larger party involvement in elections, and now candidates are more screened through for "quality control", and those who pass are highly supported by the party to give Congress members that will succeed.

The Mattoze5 Era and the Rise of Ajay Bruno

After Desertfalcon stepped down after eight consecutive months as party president Mattoze5 took control of the party. Mattoze5 was elected by a landslide margin due to a lack of real competition and the fact he had the endorsements of both outgoing party president Desertfalcon and the party council. The first few days of Matt's reign went well for the party, however after a weak performance in the congressional elections Matt's popularity among the average party member began to decline which made way for Ajay Bruno.

Most people characterized Ajay as a far right radical with extremist views. He would often say things like real world imperialism was justified since it civilized cultures around the world. This along with his far right views on everything made him very unpopular even among conservatives. Ajay responded to the criticism by calling his criticizers "liberals who were scared of him". Despite being vastly unpopular with those who knew about him he was able to cater his rhetoric and campaigning to those two clickers who didn't pay much attention to the game.

Mattoze5 was then faced with a difficult choice, he knew Ajay was damaging the party and he ended up firing Ajay as the party's assistant vice president (a made up position meant to appease Ajay). This was part of a deal Matt struck with Ajay which allowed Ajay to run in the CVP primary if he would end his political "Career" after his presidential bid should he lose. Ajay then began to campaign for the CVP primary and to everyone's surprise he did very well and won in a landslide. Many people weren't convinced though and after an investigation by Mattoze5 and Dodgercatcher it was revealed that an undisclosed number of votes for Ajay had been fraudulent and the primary was nullified with the endorsement eventually going to Emerick.

Ajay was infuriated after being denied the primary and immediately began a campaign for party president in hopes of taking the party from Matt. Ajay worked day and night to campaign and PM every member of the party. In the end Ajay ended up doing better then most people expected however he lost 203-167, with Matt gaining 51% of the vote and Ajay gathering 42%. Ajay then blamed the loss on other parties moving their members into the CVP to vote against him. While movers from other parties did come to vote against Ajay the exact number is unknown, still it remains within the realm of possibility that Ajay might of won had there of not been any outside intervention.

Ajay then ran off and formed the Conservative Victory Party which reached close to 150 members at its peak. The goal of this party was to replace the old Conservative Party as the right wing voice in the country. Ajay repeatedly stated that the old conservative party had been taken over by liberals and used the recent party elections as proof saying the USWP and AAP basically picked Matt over Ajay. Ajay scavenged the old CVP members and managed to find quite a few people willing to switch parties (although some were just following Ajay for fun). In the August party presidential elections the competition was between Ajay and challenger Jaxon Leith. The battle between the two was close throughout the day but in the end Jaxon received enough votes to win by a small margin. Once again Ajay blamed those who moved into the party to vote against him for his loss and soon moved to South Africa in hopes of gaining prominence there. He managed to win a congress seat one month however he was soon banned by the admins for using multiple accounts to vote. His body still can be seen in South Africa. Ajay tried to come back in the U.K. under an account named Winston L.S. Churchill but was once again banned, this time for advertising. His current whereabouts are unknown.

Ajay's antics severely damaged the party during Matt's term and without a real unifying force within the CVP against Ajay the party shrunk and began to split. Many of the two clickers were at least somewhat frustrated by the fact that members from other parties did have to come vote for Matt and that frustration lead to Reagan winning the September party president election over Matt who was seeking his fourth term as PP.

Party Rebirth

On September 1st, 2010, the Conservative Party was finally re-formed under the leadership of Pizza The Hut.


The Primary System

In March of 2009, a citizen of the party, Mattoze5, came up with the idea of a presidential primary system that could allow party members to vote on their nominee for eUSA president. After being voted on and accepted by the active party council and president, the first ever Erepublik Primary was held by the Conservative Party in April for the May country president elections. Although the first primary only had a less than 2% voter turnout, succeeding primaries have had a greater number of participation.

Candidates
May Primary June Primary July Primary August Primary September Primary October Primary November Primary
Gaius Julius* † Kyle321n* Emerick* Mattoze5* † Emerick* Gaius Julius* Josh Frost*
Henry Baldwin Scrabman Dodgercatcher Hekter Dodgercatcher Woxan Jewitt
Scrabman Dodgercatcher Lowell Kennedy Logan Dunleavy Rhane Yono Mattoze5
Huskerguy77 Rhane Joshua Hoss Raegan Taylor Dodgercatcher
Emerick Wade Seagrave Dodgercatcher Ardez
Robert Bayer Jaxon Leith NeilP99

* = Winner

† = Gaius Julius substituted in Kyle321n for his candidacy due to Rightcon. Mattoze5 dropped out to endorse Emerick