The Unity Party is a centrist third party in the US, challenging the dominance of the Republican and Democratic parties. It fielded candidates in Colorado in 2008 and supports a simplified federal tax code, a carbon tax, and a balanced budget. Grassroots enthusiasm compensates for a lack of national recognition. Bill Hammons, a restaurant employee, ran for Congress in 2008.
The Unity Party in the United States is a relatively new political party that challenges the political dominance of two primary parties, the Republican and the Democratic, of mainstream American politics at virtually all levels of government. The politics of this small party is commonly described as centrist. As a “third party” or independent political party, the unity party faces many challenges common to all additional political parties seeking to get involved in American local, state or federal elections.
In 2008, the Unity Party was reported to have officially fielded candidates to the polls in parts of the state of Colorado, including Boulder. The Unity Party claims membership in 26 states, but was primarily active in Colorado in the 2008 cycle. Since then, the party has attracted some growth, although state member roles often number in the hundreds, rather than thousands.
In terms of traditional candidates, the Unity Party has been associated with US Army General Wesley Clark’s executive campaign. In terms of name recognition and traditional political associations, this party is generally limited, but grassroots enthusiasm can make up for a lack of national recognition. As third parties continue to challenge the established political system, groups like the Unity Party are determined to offer voters choices.
Journalists who reviewed the Unity Party’s goals mentioned some commonalities of the party’s political platform. One of them is the simplification of the US federal tax code, which includes a flat tax element, but is not fully based on a flat tax. Recent reports indicate that this political party supports some kind of carbon tax, though perhaps not the cap and trade system already proposed in Washington. Many party members would also like to see the federal government balance the US budget; this general election principle has proven to have a hold even within the ranks of both Democratic and Republican parties, but with the inability of consecutive Democratic and Republican executive administrations to effectively balance the budget, third parties are often taking on the mantle of a balanced budget.
Some voters are more familiar with the Unity Party in the form of recent campaigns like Bill Hammons’. Hammons, 33, a restaurant employee, was on the ballot in 2008 for Colorado’s 2nd congressional district. Hammons emphasized his status as a wage earner throughout his campaign. Many voters and grassroots political activists see great strength in fielding candidates with less privileged positions than many of those tied to the two major political parties in the United States
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