Iowa Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Political parties=== {{Main|Political party strength in Iowa}} [[File:Samuel Jordan Kirkwood.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Samuel J. Kirkwood]], founder of the Iowa Republican Party, abolitionist, and Iowa's Civil War Governor]] In Iowa, the term "political party" refers to political organizations which have received two percent or more of the votes cast for president or governor in the "last preceding general election". Iowa recognizes three political parties—the [[Republican Party of Iowa|Republican Party]], the [[Iowa Democratic Party|Democratic Party]], and the [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Forming a Political Party in Iowa |url=https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/electioninfo/formpoliticalparty.html |website=sos.iowa.gov |publisher=Iowa Secretary of State Paul D. Pate |access-date=October 22, 2018 |archive-date=November 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107115523/http://sos.iowa.gov/elections/electioninfo/formpoliticalparty.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Libertarian Party obtained official political party status in 2017 as a result of presidential candidate [[Gary Johnson]] receiving 3.8% of the Iowa vote in the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 general election]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Libertarian Party obtains official political party status in Iowa |url=https://sos.iowa.gov/news/2017_03_2.html |website=sos.iowa.gov |publisher=Iowa Secretary of State Paul D. Pate |access-date=October 22, 2018 |archive-date=October 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022193511/https://sos.iowa.gov/news/2017_03_2.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Third party (politics)|Third parties]], officially termed "nonparty political organizations", can appear on the ballot as well. Four of these have had candidates on the ballot in Iowa since 2004 for various positions: the [[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution Party]], the [[Green Party (United States)|Green Party]], the [[United States Pirate Party|Pirate Party]], and the [[Socialist Workers Party (United States)|Socialist Workers Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/GenOffResults.pdf |title=Official Results Report—Statewide: 2006 General Election |access-date=July 26, 2007 |publisher=[[Iowa Secretary of State]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715101939/http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/GenOffResults.pdf |archive-date=July 15, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/elections/2004/general/CanvassSummary.pdf |title=Canvass Summary: 2004 General Election |access-date=July 26, 2007 |publisher=[[Chet Culver|Chester J. Culver]], [[Iowa Secretary of State]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070104025211/http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/elections/2004/general/CanvassSummary.pdf |archive-date=January 4, 2007 }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page