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** Joe [=MacTaggert=], monstrously evil ex-husband of Moira [=MacTaggert=], is up for local election in "Proteus", but the only real identifier of his political views (if he even has any) are that he's painting himself as a family values candidate (which is why he refuses to allow Moira to divorce him; if word got out, it'd damage his campaign), which suggests he's more likely Tory.
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** In season 2, Mr. Benevolent manages to become Chancellor of the Exchequer ("because [[TakeThat what better job is there for an undead supervillain?]]"), but his party isn't given, though given the flagrant corruption and, again, outright ''evil'', it's probably an extremely unflattering shot at the Whig party.
** Similarly, the PM in the series finale, Gladraeli Clampvulture, is of no identified political party, and no aspirations beyond re-election, even in the face of universal annihilation.
** In season 2, Mr. Benevolent manages to become Chancellor of the Exchequer ("because [[TakeThat what better job is there for an undead supervillain?]]"), but his party isn't given, though given the flagrant corruption and, again, outright ''evil'', it's probably an extremely unflattering shot at the Whig party.
** Similarly, the PM in the series finale, Gladraeli Clampvulture, is of no identified political party, and no aspirations beyond re-election, even in the face of universal annihilation.
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* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}:'' In series 3, Blackadder goes up against the brother of William Pit the Younger, William Pit the Even Younger (Whig). Blackadder has Baldrick run as an independent (Adder), though the Adder Party's actual electoral promises go unsaid. There's also the Keep Royal White, Ratcatching and Safe Sewage Party, and the Standing at the Back, Dressed Stupidly and Acting Stupidly Party standing in the same election. The former's goals are pretty self-explanatory, while the Standing at the Back, Dressed Stupidly and Acting Stupidly Party promise a lot of joke proposals since they know no-one will ever actually vote for them (free corsets for those under five, compulsory asparagus at meals, and the abolition of slavery).
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* ''Radio/BleakExpectations'': In series 2, Pip Bin stands for election as MP for Poverty St. Mary and Dreadfulness North as an independent, mixing aspects of both Tory and Whig (or "Twig", as Ripely Fecund points out). However, his only political aspirations are preventing his nemesis corrupting parliament for his own ends. He manages to get around the usual problem of independents doing poorly since his constituency has only one living voter left.
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* ''Radio/BleakExpectations'': In series 2, Pip Bin stands for election as MP for Poverty St. Mary and Dreadfulness North as an independent, mixing aspects of both Tory and Whig (or "Twig", as Ripely Fecund points out). However, his only political aspirations are preventing his nemesis corrupting parliament for his own ends. He manages to get around the usual problem of independents doing poorly since his constituency has only one living voter left.
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** Smokey Brown from ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]'' is mentioned in the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue to have become the first black mayor of his hometown in Georgia (and, [[AdaptationExpansion in the anime]], later the mayor of New York).
** In ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Steel Ball Run]]'', Funny Valentine is the 23rd president of the United States, though it is never mentioned which party he belongs to. In RealLife, the 23rd president was UsefulNotes/BenjaminHarrison, who was a Republican.
** In ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Steel Ball Run]]'', Funny Valentine is the 23rd president of the United States, though it is never mentioned which party he belongs to. In RealLife, the 23rd president was UsefulNotes/BenjaminHarrison, who was a Republican.
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** Smokey Brown from ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]'' is mentioned in the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue to have become the first black mayor of his hometown in Georgia (and, [[AdaptationExpansion in the anime]], later the mayor of New York).
York by the late 1980s). It is never mentioned which party he belongs to, but considering he was a poor black kid growing up in the 1930s...
** In ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Steel Ball Run]]'', Funny Valentine is the 23rd president of the United States, though it is never mentioned which party he belongs to. In RealLife, the 23rd president was UsefulNotes/BenjaminHarrison, who was a Republican. A popular fan theory is that since Valentine was progressive enough to hire a black man to be his personal bodyguard in 1890, he was likely a Republican (meaning that by modern standards, he would be a Democrat).
** In ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Steel Ball Run]]'', Funny Valentine is the 23rd president of the United States, though it is never mentioned which party he belongs to. In RealLife, the 23rd president was UsefulNotes/BenjaminHarrison, who was a Republican. A popular fan theory is that since Valentine was progressive enough to hire a black man to be his personal bodyguard in 1890, he was likely a Republican (meaning that by modern standards, he would be a Democrat).
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** [[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Senator Armstrong's]] party isn't stated either, but considering [[TheSocialDarwinist his]] [[DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans plans]], he'd probably [[LargeHam FUCK ALL OF IT]] once he got into power. Fittingly, his yellow necktie is neither [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience Democratic blue nor Republican red]].
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** [[VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance Senator Armstrong's]] party isn't stated either, but considering [[TheSocialDarwinist his]] [[DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans plans]], he'd probably [[LargeHam FUCK ALL OF IT]] once he got into power. Fittingly, his yellow necktie is neither [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience Democratic blue nor Republican red]].red]], and his MotiveRant quotes both UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr and UsefulNotes/RonaldReagan.
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* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', the Muggle Prime Minister who is the POV character of one of the chapters and American President whose phone call he's awaiting are never given parties. He also doesn't mention any specific policies so it's not even implied if he's a Labour or Tory PM.
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* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', the Muggle Prime Minister who is the POV character of one of the chapters and American President whose phone call he's awaiting are never given parties. He also doesn't mention any specific policies so it's not even implied if he's a Labour or Tory PM. Given the time frame of the books, the PM and POTUS should be John Major and Bill Clinton, respectively, but the PM's (implied) direct predecessor is referred to as male, when in real life it would have been Margaret Thatcher.
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* The music video for [[Music/TallyHall Tally Hall's]] "The Whole World and You" features a US presidential candidate, Andrew Sotry, who uses a cheerful subversion the common convention of identifying party by tie color by changing his tie color in every scene in which he appears. At various points he has not only red and blue ties but also yellow and green (and a white bowtie), running through all the signature tie colors worn by the band members.
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* The music video for [[Music/TallyHall Tally Hall's]] "The Whole World and You" features a US presidential candidate, Andrew Sotry, who uses a cheerful subversion the common convention of identifying party by tie color by changing his tie color in every scene in which he appears. At various points he has not only red and blue ties but also yellow and green (and a white bowtie), running through all the signature tie colors worn by the band members.
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* In ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'', the President's political party is never mentioned or indicated. There's no mention of his political positions: he's just an uncaring self-absorbed bastard. Though given the film takes place after a nuclear war and [[FakeAmerican he has an English accent]]... the question may well be academic in this case.
** The President in the sequel, ''Film/EscapeFromLA'', however, is very obviously a Republican StrawmanPolitical, as an extreme example of the Religious Right. For example, he orders that all atheists be sent to [[TheAlcatraz Los Angeles]], as well as all prostitutes, and any and all criminals; sex outside of marriage is outright illegal; alcohol is also illegal (teetotalism being a common position in certain Protestant denominations).
** The President in the sequel, ''Film/EscapeFromLA'', however, is very obviously a Republican StrawmanPolitical, as an extreme example of the Religious Right. For example, he orders that all atheists be sent to [[TheAlcatraz Los Angeles]], as well as all prostitutes, and any and all criminals; sex outside of marriage is outright illegal; alcohol is also illegal (teetotalism being a common position in certain Protestant denominations).
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* In ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'', the President's political party is never mentioned or indicated. There's no mention of his political positions: he's just an uncaring self-absorbed bastard. Though given the film takes place after a nuclear war and [[FakeAmerican he has an English accent]]... the question may well be academic in this case.
**case. The President in the sequel, ''Film/EscapeFromLA'', however, is very obviously a Republican StrawmanPolitical, as an extreme example of the Religious Right. For example, he orders that all atheists be sent to [[TheAlcatraz Los Angeles]], as well as all prostitutes, and any and all criminals; sex outside of marriage is outright illegal; alcohol is also illegal (teetotalism being a common position in certain Protestant denominations).
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It sometimes stretches credibility, but sometimes not. [[RealLife Real-life]] politicians in the US often say "Smith for Congress" without mentioning party affiliation, but in Britain, campaigns often give the party name, e.g., "Vote Labour/Conservative -- vote [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Smith_(politician) John Smith"]] (okay, in that case, you're voting Labour). Some ballot papers don't name the candidates' parties, as in Britain until 1968, and [[http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/virginia-ballots-skimp-on-party-id/2011/10/21/gIQAHYuuGM_story.html some US elections today.]] Others only name the party without naming candidates, especially those for closed-list proportional representation elections, where the party is what you vote for instead of individual candidates. Populist regimes usually put the emphasis on their political leader rather than the party, and when he's not running personally they use AdvertisingByAssociation on their candidates. Conversely, candidates for judicial posts will generally have no party given because ethically judges are supposed to be politically neutral.
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It sometimes stretches credibility, but sometimes not. [[RealLife Real-life]] politicians in the US often say "Smith for Congress" without mentioning party affiliation, but in Britain, Britain and Canada, campaigns often give the party name, e.g., "Vote Labour/Conservative Labour/Conservative/Liberal/NDP -- vote [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Smith_(politician) John Smith"]] (okay, in that case, you're voting Labour).Labour or NDP). Some ballot papers don't name the candidates' parties, as in Britain until 1968, and [[http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/virginia-ballots-skimp-on-party-id/2011/10/21/gIQAHYuuGM_story.html some US elections today.]] Others only name the party without naming candidates, especially those for closed-list proportional representation elections, where the party is what you vote for instead of individual candidates. Populist regimes usually put the emphasis on their political leader rather than the party, and when he's not running personally they use AdvertisingByAssociation on their candidates. Conversely, candidates for judicial posts will generally have no party given because ethically judges are supposed to be politically neutral.
