A 21st-century political home for Independents and recovering Democrats & Republicans
REASON #1
American democracy and the United States Constitution are under attack from within and outside the USA and must be defended by our political parties and leadership.
why a new party?
REASON #2
Independents are a large USA voting bloc that the two major parties take for granted because independent voters have not traditionally been organized into a broad-based coalition.
REASON #3
Party leaders urge moderate voters to follow their party's strategy or leave their memberships if they cannot accept their party’s more extreme programs and candidates.
REASON #4
Both major political parties have buried their heads in the sand legislatively, preferring partisanship to governing and resolving unmet critical crises crippling America.
The “Damn Regular People” Party
See our introduction video here.
We call it what we are.
It’s a new day in party politics!
Coming Soon
become a founding donor to our party
The maximum allowable contribution by an individual to the 21st Century Democratic-Republican Committee is $41,300 per year (52 U.S.C. § 30116(a)(1)(A)).
Contributions to the Committee or Party are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes.
OUR INITIAL PARTY PRIORITIES
In addition to organizing and operating the new party, the 21st Century Democratic-Republican Party has several initial priorities to pursue:
Protect and defend American democracy and the United States Constitution.
Widely promote the initial 12 tenets of the 21st Century Democratic-Republican Party
Urge currently non-registered voters to register for the 2024 elections and encourage registered voters to consider declaring themselves as independents or DRP members instead.
Begin identifying potential party officials who might serve a state role in promoting the 12 tenets and start recruiting candidates for federal, state, and local office.
Not a donkey or an elephant
wE’RE ORGANIZING AROUND THE RHINO (not rino) PRINCIPLE
GETTING SOMETHING DONE
When rhinos are facing a crisis, they do one of two things. The make a lot of noise to warn those in the way to move out or they put their horn down and just thunder forward.
DOING GOOD FOR ALL
Our priority as a political party is to get things done for our fellow Americans. Doing good for all, not ourselves, is the goal. After all, we are Damn Regular People.
Thomas Jefferson
Author of the Declaration of Independence, Founding Father, 3rd U.S. President
What it takes to form a new party in america today
it starts one person at a time
Forming and building a new political party in America is straightforward. Follow the rules, organize your members, and advocate as loudly as you can for what you believe in, and you can become a viable alternative to what has not been working for any of us in the United States these past decades. It starts one person at a time and grows from there.
the original democratic-republicans
James Madison
Father of the American Constitution, Founding Father, 4th U.S. President
how the two Democratic-republican parties compare today
The Original Party
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Unalienable rights of the individual
Republican government (of the people, by the people, and for the people) as Lincoln said
People are sovereign with civic duties and equal subject to the laws
Believed in equal rights & social equality
Freedom of speech, religion, and press
Separation of church and state
Right to due process & equal before the law
Decentralization (states’ rights)
Free markets
Free trade
Vilified corruption
Ending partisan conflict
Anti-monarchy & anti-aristocracy
Strict limits on the national government
Adverse to national debt
A diversified economy & economic growth
Federally funded infrastructure projects
Protective tariffs
Oppose divisive parties
Agrarianism
Sympathy with the French Revolution
The 21st Century Party
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Unalienable rights of the individual
Government of the people, by the people, and for the people
People are sovereign with civic duties and equal subject to the laws
Believed in equal rights & social equality
Freedom of speech, religion, and the press
Separation of church and state
Right to due process & equal before the law
Decentralization (state’s rights)
Free markets
Free trade
Vilified corruption
Ending partisan conflict
Anti-dictator, anti-authoritarian, anti-socialist, anti-monarchy, anti-aristocracy
Strict limits on the national government
Adverse to national debt
A diversified economy & economic growth
Federally funded infrastructure projects
Protective tariffs
A viable independent party to balance a divisive, polarizing two-party system
Agrarianism and rural communities