What is a political party? A well-known definition of political parties
comes from the American political scientist Antony Downs, who wrote:
“A political party is a team of men seeking to control the governing
apparatus by gaining office in a duly constituted election”. Keeping that in mind how would you feel if the "Donald Duck" party held office? Check out these very real and outrageous political parties.
They were never officially registered, but they held a convention in 1999 where a battle royal decided who was the party's leader.
It only existed for a brief time in Australia in the 80's, but their primary concern was an Argentine invasion, so they suggested sending killer penguins to the coast for protection.
They wanted to build laughter clinics and provide pensioners with beer in the UK.
They claim they can protect citizens from alcoholism by getting them to drink a beer instead of vodka.
Their only platform is to add a "None of the Above" option on the voting ballot.
This Canadian party was founded by a puppet named Ed the Sock voiced by Steven Kirzner who announced he was running for Prime Minister in 2011.
It started as a joke in Iceland when actor Jon Gnarr said all of the other parties were corrupt, so his new party wasn't going to keep their corruption a secret. However, he ended up winning a mayoral election.
They aim to reduce discrimination against bald people, and they have some catchy slogans such as "Receding, we advance."
This US party wants "Everybody for President!" They would also like to provide guns and dope for anyone who's interested.
One of their slogans is "Every man, woman and ostrich is a tsar!"
They promised to keep none of their promises in Canada.
They got 519 votes in the 2012 presidential election, and they want to get rid of booze.
They try to elect candidates who have also been in the "Miss Great Britain Beauty Contest."
It's not officially registered in Sweden, but they've been receiving write-in votes for decades. 1985 was their best year when 291 people voted for the adorable cartoon character.
