Socialist Party of North Carolina

Infobox_American_Political_Party
party_name = Socialist Party of North Carolina
party_articletitle = Socialist Party USA
party_
chairman = Brendan Davidson
senateleader = None
houseleader = None
foundation = 1996
ideology = Social democracy
Democratic socialism
international = none
colours = Red
headquarters = Raleigh
footnotes = The Socialist Party of North Carolina is a democratic socialist/social democratic political party in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

It was formed in 1996 by at-large members of Socialist Party USA and is recognized as both an activist organization and a vehicle for democratic socialist electoral politics. The SPNC was a key supporter of the FLOC boycott of Mt. Olive Pickles and is involved the death penalty moratorium movement.

The party obtained write-in status for Socialist Presidential candidates David McReynolds in 2000 (who received over 1000 votes in NC) and Walt Brown in 2004 (who received about 300); these two elections were the first since 1936 in which people in North Carolina could vote for Socialist Party candidates. The then secretary of the party, Brendan Davidson, unsuccessfully sought a seat on the city council of Salisbury, North Carolina, in 2005, making him the first member of the modern party to seek office in North Carolina. Davidson narrowly lost, receiving 5% of the vote and coming in sixth place in a race where the top five candidates were elected.

In 2007, the Socialist Party of North Carolina ended its affiliation with the Socialist Party USA.

The Socialist Party of North Carolina has two chartered locals: the Salvador Allende Local in the Raleigh-Durham area and the Art Young Local in the Jacksonville area. Other locals are in the process of forming in Rowan County and Charlotte.

External links

* [http://www.northcarolinasocialist.freeservers.com/ Salvador Allende Local]