Coalition Party

The Coalition Party is a neoliberal political party in the Manchu Commune that was founded in 1979. It originally had the goal of severing Manchu-Soviet relations and moving Manchuria towards the Western Bloc of the Cold War, however it has since turned into a proponent of globalism advocating for the globalization of Manchuria. The party advocates for neoliberal policies such as moderate taxation and free trade.
== History ==
=== Wan Chang era ===
==== Neoliberal Caucus ====
In the 1970s, the main opposition to the socialist political structure of the Manchu Commune was the Anti-Commune Party (ACP). The ACP served as a coalition of pro-capitalist politicians and activists, however it had no official ideological leaning outside of "anti-Communism" and "capitalism." As a result, there was heavy factionalization within the ACP at the time. Members of the party ranged from neo-Nazis to anarcho-capitalists to everything in between, including neoliberals and libertarians.
Following the election of Jimmy Carter as President of the United States in 1976, neoliberalism slowly became adopted as the dominant economic system of the Western Bloc. The ACP was traditionally supportive of the Western Bloc, however the Anti-Commune National Committee (ACNC) at the time was dominated by libertarians. These libertarians were highly skeptical of the rise of neoliberalism. The American Carter administration responded to this by utilizing the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as a mechanism to infiltrate the ACP and promote neoliberal tendencies within the ACP. The CIA hired a neoliberal political figure within the party, Wan Chang, to serve as the Chairman of the Neoliberal Caucus.
In December 1978, the ACNC learned of the CIA's shady activities within the Neoliberal Caucus. Being led by libertarians, the committee was highly afraid of becoming a puppet for a foreign government. To try and fix the problem, the ACNC purged the Neoliberal Caucus from the party. Wan Chang was permanently barred from attending ACP events and his party membership was suspended.
==== Earliest party activities ====
On January 6, 1979, the purged neoliberals from the Neoliberal Caucus reorganized. The neoliberals held an event known as the "Counter-Communist Convention of 1979," the name implying that the ACP was just as Communist as the various socialist parties. At this convention, the Neoliberal Caucus officially announced the formation of the Coalition Party as a new political party. Wan Chang was appointed the first Chairman of the Coalition Party and the Coalition National Committee (CNC) was established as the governing body of the party.
Ahead of the 1982 Manchu Election, the Coalition Party nominated Wan Chang for President of the Manchu Commune. Despite the previous struggle between libertarians and neoliberals within the ACP, the Anarchist Front for Capitalism in Manchuria (AFCM) endorsed Chang's campaign. On election day, 37% of the Anti-Commune Party's membership voted for Wan Chang. The ACNC blamed Chang as a spoiler after the election, claiming he had ruined a great opportunity for anti-Communists to gain more political power. This claim lacked evidence, however, as Chang and ACP nominee Deng Zhong collectively only had 19% of the popular vote, of which Chang only won 4%.
Some members of the Coalition Party had joined expecting the neoliberal platform to resonate with far more people, however the failure to get even more than 5% of the popular vote frustrated these members. A lot of these members considered themselves more conservative on social issues and also thought that Wan Chang's non-stance on homosexuality and abortion was a problem. Hoping to challenge the CNC, they formed the Coalition Party Neoconservative Caucus (CPNC). The CPNC was short-lived, however, as the CNC declared its message "contradictorary to the founding principles of the Coalition Party." The CPNC responded by splitting from the Coalition Party entirely in 1983, instead forming the Movement for Americanism in Manchuria (MAM). The MAM was inspired by Ronald Reagan, then-President of the United States, and received heavy funding from the CIA. The MAM has never been a proper political threat to the Coalition Party as it has never received over 0.5% of the popular vote and usually just endorses the Coalition candidate.
==== Rise and fall in popularity ====
The Coalition Party renominated Wan Chang for President in the 1986 Manchu Election, 1990 Manchu Election, and finally in the 1994 Manchu Election. He received 7%, 42%, and 0.3% respectively in each of these elections. His 7% result was a three-point increase from his 1982 result, with this slight increase in popularity often being attributed to the dissolution of socialism in favor of social democracy in the Soviet Union. By 1990, the Soviet Union was on the verge of total collapse and a wave of anti-Communist revolutions had swept across the Eastern Bloc. While no rebellions had broken out in Manchuria yet, he was able to capitalize on the rising distrust of Communism to win major urban centers and earn the endorsement of the ACNC. 
He had his worst showing in 1994 after the Manchu Civil War two years saw the Coalition Party engage in treason against Manchuria. The triumph of the Communard government over the rebellions resulted in Wan Chang being indicted and convicted of treason, mass murder, and war crimes. He was released early in January 1994 as part of the reconciliation process, but he was incredibly unpopular among Manchus. After botching the election with 0.3% of the vote, he died of a stroke on February 8, 1995.
=== Song My era ===
After the unexpected death of Wan Chang, a crisis in leadership erupted within the Coalition Party. The Coalition National Committee held an emergency session to select a new party chairperson. The CNC remained in session from February 11, 1995 to April 4, 1995. In the end, the CNC came to a compromise and selected the neoliberal feminist Song My as the new Chairwoman of the Coalition Party.
== Ideology ==
=== Main ===
==== Neoliberalism ====
Neoliberalism is the main ideology of the Coalition Party. Neoliberalism is a form of centrism, which means it's located near to dead-center of the political compass.
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