Social Democratic Party

The **Social Democratic Party** is a political party in Adoria and one of the major political parties alongside others in Adoria. It is the most successful party in Adorian electoral history and is currently headed by Bossman. Although the party is of great relevance and has a significant history in Adoria with the highest membership, it has allegedly been criticized for its policies against the public.

## **Overview**

The Social Democratic Party is one of the original parties in the Simulation. Its current leader is Bert Notable previous leaders include Kaiserdoge, Josh M, Ponderix and ABB. The SDP advocates a strong welfare state with high taxes on the rich and big buisnesses. Its social policies are very liberal. The SDP is the home of the moderate left, promoting social democratic values, which have always been essential to Adoria's political trends, bringing progress, development, integration and prosperity.

## **Manifesto**

* current
* old

## **Leaders**

* List of Social Democratic Party Leaders

## **Election**

### **1st Election**

The first election was a pretty bad result, the SDP expected more than a meager 8 seats (10% at the time). This is because the Socialists stole a lot of the SDP's vote. The election was also a big suprise for the moderate parties, unlike in real elections both the left and right extreme seemed very strong.

### **Polling for 2nd election**

In the polls for the 2nd general election the sdp was climing at a steaddy rate, at one point even reaching 15%. This is due to the unpopularity of the LibDems because they were moving more to the right and were alienating their left voters.

### **2nd Election**

The 2nd election had a satisfactory result for the SDP, they had nearly 4% less than expected in polls which means they only got 11 seats, this is becuase the centre-right leader of the LibDems (Cyril) was replaced by the more left Arjona. This meant that many of the SDP voters went back to the LibDems.

### **Polling for 3rd Election**

The 3rd general election is happening and The SDP, Libdems, Green, Science Party and the Third Way have formed the democratic coalition to try and win the elections. The DC is polling just under the 50% majority line.

 Current

## **Party Anthem**

   The party anthem of the SDP is Bella Ciao, a Italian antifascist song written by a unknown songwriter in the period of Mussolini's fascist regime. The Anthem reflect the SDP's long standing fight against fascism and National Socialism.

## **Policy Information**

### **Economy:**

1. Increase taxes for the rich, and big companies
2. Creation of a youth employment program
3. Put an end to employment discrimination based on race, gender, physical or mental disabilities, sexual orientation and gender identity
4. Promote employ-ability of people over 45
5. Nationalization of energy industries
6. Equitable redistribution of income and wealth
7. Regulate private businesses in order to protect workers and consumer's rights
8. Stronger governmental control to remove precariousness

### **Welfare State:**

1. Free universal healthcare (government funded)
2. Free education system (university included)
3. Increase pensions (government funded)
4. Subsidized housing for low income families
5. Increase the unemployment allowance
6. Agricultural subsidy to promote primary sector activities
7. Child subsidy to promote population growth

### **Social Policies:**

1. Legal and free abortion
2. Legal euthanasia
3. Defense of women's rights
4. Fight for LGBTQ+ rights
5. Free gender reassignment surguries in the public health system
6. Speed up the same-sex couples adoption process
7. Invest in social reintegration programs
8. Promote the cultural integration of immigrants
9. Welcome refugees
10. Encouraging reforms on religions, trying to decrease radicalization and violence
11. Anti-monarchy system

### **Green Policies:**

1. Cooperate with other countries in order to fight against climate change
2. Promote the use of eco-friendly energies
3. Plastic tax on corporations and industries
4. High fines for containment companies
5. Promote the use of public transport by making it cheaper and more accessible
6. Fiscal benefits for electric cars consumers
7. Educational green programs for children
8. Reduce traffic in the city centre

### **Foreign Affairs:**

1. Pro two state solution for the Israel-Palestine conflict
2. Penalties for countries where being homosexual/bisexual/transsexual is illegal
3. Penalties for countries where women's rights aren't respected
4. Promote the celebration of free elections in Venezuela
5. Stop selling weapons to Saudi Arabia
6. Condemn dictatorships and countries that don't respect human rights

## **See Also**

File:Social Democratic Party-Radical wing.pdfFile:Social Democratic Party new manifesto .pdf