Wallace Progressive Party

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Wallace Progressive Party was a left-wing American political party formed around Henry A. Wallace’s 1948 presidential campaign, advocating New Deal-style economic policies, civil rights, and a conciliatory approach to the Soviet Union.

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instanceOf political party
third party in the United States
advocatedPolicy New Deal-style economic policies
anti–Jim Crow legislation
civil rights for African Americans
détente with the Soviet Union
expanded social welfare programs
peaceful coexistence with the Soviet Union
racial desegregation
strong labor rights
associatedWith left-liberal activists
some Communist Party USA members
consideredAs successor to earlier Progressive Party movements in the U.S.
country United States of America
surface form: United States
criticizedBy Republican Party
surface form: Republicans

mainstream Democrats
criticizedFor alleged Communist influence
dissolutionReason electoral failure and Cold War anti-communism pressure
electoralActivity ran Henry A. Wallace for president in 1948
era early Cold War
foreignPolicyStance conciliatory approach to the Soviet Union
foundedFor Henry A. Wallace 1948 presidential campaign
historicalSignificance illustrated divisions in U.S. liberalism over the Cold War
major left-wing challenge to the Democratic Party in 1948
ideology New Deal liberalism
democratic socialism
left-wing politics
progressivism
keyPerson Henry A. Wallace
namedAfter Henry A. Wallace
opposedPolicy Cold War confrontation
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
position left-wing
result1948Election received over one million popular votes
won no electoral votes
runningMateIn1948 Glen H. Taylor NERFINISHED
successor various local progressive and left-wing groups in the United States
supportedGroup Black Americans
surface form: African Americans

farmers
labor unions
liberal intellectuals

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Progressive Party (United States, 1948) alsoKnownAs Wallace Progressive Party