This party has about 6.8 million members in California. This party believes the role of government should be to protect citizen's rights, provide education for all citizens, maintain order and provide economic stability. This party has about 89,000 members in California. This party believes in a decentralized, responsible government through individual participation at the community level reflecting the diversity of these communities through a multi-party, proportional representation system. This party has about 74,000 members in California.
Libertarians think governments usually make the wrong decisions.
This party believes governments should only protect the rights of the individual from violence, the threat of violence, fraud and nothing else. This party has about 69,000 members in California. This party believes government should be in tune with natural law so it can work with nature's efficiency and citizens can be truly self-governing. This party has about 70,000 members in California. This party believes that government has a responsibility to provide for the general welfare so that everyone has jobs, housing, education, health care and equal rights.