History Main / FictionalPoliticalParty

Occasionally, a story taking place in a [[TheFuture Future]] setting may suggest that two or more RealLife political parties from the present day will have combined into a single party, for example, "The Republitarians." For added humor, combine two modern day parties with conflicting ideologies, like the "National Socialist Green Party." (But [[http://www.nazi.org/ that actually exists]].) Likewise, an AlternateHistory story may rewrite political history, suggesting that a party developed a similar yet different platform, compared to their actual counterpart, or even suggesting that major parties fizzled out while minor ones became big players long after they had disbanded in the real world.

Occasionally, a story taking place in a [[TheFuture Future]] setting may suggest that two or more RealLife political parties from the present day will have combined into a single party, for example, "The Republitarians." For added humor, combine two modern day parties with conflicting ideologies, like the "National Socialist Green Party." Likewise, an AlternateHistory story may rewrite political history, suggesting that a party developed a similar yet different platform, compared to their actual counterpart, or even suggesting that major parties fizzled out while minor ones became big players long after they had disbanded in the real world.

* In the modern novel continuity of the StarTrekExpandedUniverse, the Parliament Andoria is split between the Visionists (who are conservative and somewhat isolationist), and the strongly pro-Federation Modern Progessive party (liberal). On planet Mestiko, meanwhile, there's the Payavist Inward Party, which objected to alien interference in the world's rebuilding following the "pulse" disaster. It eventually overthrew the ''Zamestaad'' government in a coup (see StarTrekMereAnarchy). Finally, on Kropasar, the two major parties are named "Agreement" and "Consensus".

* In the modern novel continuity of the StarTrekExpandedUniverse, the Parliament Andoria is split between the Visionists (who are conservative and somewhat isolationist), and the strongly pro-Federation Modern Progessive party (liberal). On planet Mestiko, meanwhile, there's the Payavist Inward Party, which objected to alien interference in the world's rebuilding following the "pulse" disaster. It eventually overthrew the ''Zamestaad'' government in a coup. Finally, on Kropasar, the two major parties are named "Agreement" and "Consensus".

* In ''JudgeDredd'', the only democratic freedom allowed to the citizens of Mega-City One is the election of the city's Mayor, a very minor role that serves as a liaison between citizens and Justice Department. When the election campaign for [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Dave the Orangutan]] was covered in the story arc, "Portrait of a Politician," just about every social clique was shown to have formed its own political party and running its own candidate, many of which would kill each other in mob riots leading up to the election. Named parties include the Apathetic Fringe (named in the above picture), the Young Norms (presumably an anti-[[{{Mutants}} mutant]] lobby), the Lib-Lab Flab Party (presumably a Liberal-Labor party amongst the Big Meg's morbidly obese population), the Uglies (just ugly people), and the All-Out-War Party (basically a group of BombThrowingAnarchists). When the All-Out-War Party starts stirring up trouble, Dredd gives them exactly what they want.

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[[caption-width-right:320:So on Election Day, be sure to vote for me... or not. I don't care!]]

* ''{{Transmetropolitan}}'' has "the reigning party", and "the opposing party", which depends on who the President is.

* {{Transmetropolitan}} has "the reigning party", and "the opposing party", which is which depends on who the president is.

* ''In The Red'' by Mark Tavener features the Reform Party, which was an actual 19th century UK party. In the book it still exists in the 1990s and is similar to the Lib-Dems at the time, claiming to exert a "moderating influence" on the main parties (when in fact it exerts no influence at all). Their slogan is "You Know Reform Government Works," but the LemonyNarrator says that no one does unless they remember 1903. By the end of the book they've become a major player, after their leader not only helps catch a murderer, but gives the most impressive speech of his career (his speechwriter accidentally left the Dictaphone on [[spoiler: [[CoitusUninterrupus while having sex]]]]; this was dutifully typed up and handed to him).

* [[NineTeenEightyFour 1984]] brings us 'The Party'. Simply 'The Party' since they've long since gotten rid of the competition, forming a totalitarian regime. Judging from what little history we can discern, they were originally a very left/communist party which formed in Britain or Europe, eventually succeeding in revolution. Of course, their communist beliefs about social equality were all just a sham, or have long since become one- the only thing The Party wants is power.

-> -- '''Charles Saracino''', ''MassEffect''

[[caption-width-right:320:So on Election Day, be sure to vote for me... or not. I don't care!]]

-> -- Charles Saracino, ''MassEffect''

*** You know, I'm sure somebody's done that today...

* A one-shot short that AlanMoore wrote for ''[[TwoThousandAD 2000 AD]]'' called "Chronocops" (imagine "TimeTravel [[XMeetsY meets]] ''{{Dragnet}}''") saw the main characters travel to a [[NextSundayAD not-too-distant future]] Great Britain where [[SpearCarrier one man handing out fliers]] encourages people to vote for the Social Democrats as the only way to defeat "the Lab-Con Alliance," suggesting that the center-left Labour Party and the center-right Conservative Party with highly conflicting party platforms have somehow become a single party.

* A one-shot short that AlanMoore wrote for ''[[TwoThousandAD 2000 AD]]'' called "Chronocops" (imagine "TimeTravel [[XMeetsY meets]] ''{{Dragnet}}''") saw the main characters travel to a [[NextSundayAD not-too-distant future]] Great Britain where [[SpearCarrier one man handing out fliers]] encourages people to vote for "the Lab-Con Alliance" as the only way to defeat the Social Democrats, suggesting that the center-left Labour Party and the center-right Conservative Party with highly conflicting party platforms have somehow become a single party.

Political parties are a common occurrence to be found in just about any democracy. Individuals sharing similar ideologies and opinions band together to try and win elections and promote a political agenda that best serves the interests of people pertaining to that ideology and, if you're lucky, other people as well. Likewise, fictional settings that are democracies are typically shown to have political parties which reflect the issues and opinions which characterize political climate of a story's setting.

* YesMinister's ''Jim Hacker'' MP wears a white ribbon at his first election night. (No UK party is colored white.) No other party information is ever given.

* When Mr Gribble from ''RoundTheTwist'' runs for the Senate in the second series, he belongs to the fictional "Progressive Conservative Party," who have the same party colour (blue) as the real-life Liberal Party.

* YesMinister's Jim Hacker MP wears a white ribbon at his first election night. No other party information is ever given.

* One episode of ''MostExtremeEliminationChallenge'' saw Republicans vs. Democrats vs. Third Party; the majority of the "third parties" named are made-up, including the Brown Party, the S&M Party, and the Wiccan Party.