List of political parties in the United States Virgin Islands
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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.
The United States Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands
The Virgin Islands of the United States are a group of islands in the Caribbean that are an insular area of the United States. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands archipelago and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles.The U.S...
has a three-party system, and many additional candidates run as independents.
The parties
- Democratic Party of the Virgin IslandsDemocratic Party of the Virgin IslandsThe Democratic Party is a political party in the U.S. Virgin Islands. It won the gubernatorial elections of 2006 when its candidate John de Jongh was elected with 57.3 %.At the last elections, 7 November 2006, the party won 8 out of 15 seats....
- Independent Citizens Movement (ICM)Independent Citizens MovementThe Independent Citizens Movement is a conservative political party in the U.S. Virgin Islands that was founded by Virdin C. Brown and Steve O'Reilly in 1968. Its symbol is the torch.- Early history:...
- Republican Party of the Virgin IslandsRepublican Party of the Virgin IslandsThe Republican Party is a political party in the U.S. Virgin Islands. It was founded in 1948 by a committee led by Roy Gordon as a successor to the Republican Club of the Virgin Islands founded in 1924 by Adolph Achille Gereau....
See also
- Politics of the United States Virgin IslandsPolitics of the United States Virgin IslandsPolitics of the United States Virgin Islands takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic dependency, whereby the Governor is the head of the local government, and of a multi-party system...
- List of political parties by country
- Political party strength in the United States Virgin IslandsPolitical party strength in the United States Virgin IslandsThe following table indicates the party of elected officials in the United States insular area of the United States Virgin Islands:*Governor*Lieutenant GovernorThe table also indicates the historical party composition in the:*Territorial Legislature...
External links
- http://www.vivote.gov/