Talk:Progressive Party (United States)

Division?
Should we divide this into United States Progressive Party (1912), United States Progressive Party (1924), and United States Progressive Party (1948)? john k 16:42, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)


 * The only thing militating against such a change is that each of the Progressive Parties was pretty ephemeral, so it's not clear that each deserves its own entry. - Nat Krause 18:07, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)


 * yes they should be split because there was no continuity between them and each represented very important forces specific to its own time period. 67.176.74.236 19:41, 10 November 2005 (UTC) Richard Jensen


 * I will split the article into 4 parts, a disambiguation page and three main articles. With some cross references added it should not confuse any users (and it will eliminate the confusion that tends to run the movements together). Rjensen 06:03, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

7 The article now looks gutted, with near-empty section titles. I hope it will not stay like this. If all components are to be moved to a separate article, then this should become only a disambiguation page. --AladdinSE 07:02, 6 February 2006 (UTC)


 * good point-- I fixed it so that it's only a disambig page. (but doesn't that require a little more?) Rjensen

I replaced section titles with bullet points. Much closer to the classic Wikipedia disambiguation page.--AladdinSE 08:21, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Nice job! Rjensen 08:27, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Links to this page
Hello. Can an expert go through the links to this page and fix them so they point directly to whichever incarnation of this party is appropriate? There are some tools available to help with this kind of work (see AutoWikiBrowser or Tools/Navigation popups). Thanks! Ewlyahoocom 12:02, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Minnesota Progressive Party Reference
My recollection is that in Eugene McCarthy's 1988 campaign he was running as the candidate of the Consumer Party and was only on the ballot in Pennsylvania. I have not heard of him running with a Minnesota Progressive Party. Any support for the MN party statement? meyerlondon

The Progressive Party of California
This article is incomplete. There is absolutely no mention of the Progressive Party in California lasting from 1900-1910. The progressive party at its peak with Gov. Hiram Johnson was a major factor in cutting the strangle hold of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company on California politics and instituting several progressive changes which are still in affect today. These include the State Propositions, term limits, non party local elected officials, and the primary system to name a few. Not mentioning the progressive party in California does severe injustice to an article about the progressive party. In fact, it is clear that there was a progressive movement in California because Governor and later Senator Hiram Johnson was the vice presidential candidate under Theodore Roosevelts Progressive party platform in the 1912 presidential election. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.62.8.183 (talk) 01:49, 17 March 2009 (UTC)