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See also the American People's Party.
The People's Party was a political party in the United States, founded in 1971 by various individuals and local groups, including the Peace and Freedom Party, Commongood People's Party , Country People's Caucus , Human Rights Party , Liberal Union , New American Party , New Party and No Party . The groups saw the party as a united anti-war platform for the coming election.
The group ran Benjamin Spock in the U.S._presidential_election, 1972 on a social democratic platform, including calls to pull out of Vietnam, legalise marijuana and impose both minimum and maximum wages.
After the election, the party moved to become a loose coalition, but was soon defunct, with most of its founding parties also dissolved.
