2016 United States general election

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Americans are sharply divided in the first general election since the country narrowly voted to withdraw from the North American Free Trade Association last year. What was expected to be an easy reelection campaign for Prime Minister Jan Brewer has narrowed significantly in the final months, with the opposition Labor Party hoping to return to power for the first time since Al Gore's defeat in 2008.


Conservative and Unionist Party: Led by Brewer following Mitt Romney's resignation in the aftermath of the referendum, the Conservatives campaigned on a promise to implement American exit from NAFTA (even while Brewer endorsed a Remain vote heading into the referendum). The party have bet their majority on public support for the prime minister's personal leadership in anticipated negotiations with North American leaders, a strategy which has proved less than fruitful as Labor make unexpected gains in the polls.

Labor Party: Howie Hawkins's unlikely victory in the leadership race to succeed Martin O'Malley paved the way for an even greater upset. Long counted the underdog, Hawkins's Labor—which has sought to sidestep NAFTA with a campaign focussed on bread-and-butter issues—now appears poised to deny the Conservatives a majority in the House of Representatives. Despite opposition from the party's moderate wing, Hawkins has embraced his party's socialist heritage with a manifesto promising government "for the many, not the few."

United States Independence Party: A more-or-less single-issue party in favor of American withdrawal from NAFTA, led by Ed Gillespie.

Liberal Democrats: Briefly in power from 2009 to 2013 under the coalition government, the Liberal Democrats look to rebuild their base after a devastating result in 2012. They have vowed to resist leaving NAFTA at any cost, the only "major" party running explicitly against implementing the referendum results. Despite this position, the party have struggled to regain the support of young voters who form the heart of the Remain constituency.

Green Party: Environmentalists, opposed to leaving NAFTA.


Regional parties

Southern National Party: Led by Mary Landrieu, the party is the leading force for Southern Independence with its base in the Deep South states along the Gulf Coast. Following the defeat of the 2014 independence referendum, the party hope to rekindle the movement for Southern nationhood in the wake of the NAFTA vote, calling for the South to break away from the stifling dominion of Northern interests and enter into a mutual association with Central America (the oft-proposed "Golden Circle").

Party of Cascadia: Based in Washington and Oregon, the party—less successful electorally than their nationalist sisters to the South—advocates for independence from the UK and broadly leftist social policies.

Democratic Unionist Party: Brewer's best hope for a coalition partner if the Conservatives fail to win a majority in the House, the DUP endorsed a Leave vote heading into the referendum. A socially conservative unionist party, they oppose efforts to separate from the US and appeal primarily to Anglophone voters of the Congregationalist tradition.

Nous Mêmes: "Ourselves," in French, the party supports reunification of New England with the predominantly Catholic, Francophone Republic of Quebec.