As of April 17, 2012, the California Moderate Party has indefinitely halted its efforts.

California Moderate Party

The Details

Starting a new political party might seem to you to be too tall a mountain to climb.  That’s what conventional thinkers would have you believe.  In fact, what we can accomplish this feat in five simple steps:

  1. Believe.  This one’s pretty easy.  You just need to believe that we have the power to change our political culture.  Of course, our message of shared responsibility won’t resonate with everyone, but that’s the vision that we need to support.  After all, if we’re waiting for someone else to solve our problems for us, maybe we don’t deserve to have them solved.
  2. Show support.  Throughout 2012, we’re asking you to simply show your support.  Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, tell your friends, make a small contribution, start a local chapter, host an event—the opportunities are endless.  We just need to begin showing the doubters that people like you believe in this by being visibly active.
  3. Register.  Beginning in 2013, we’ll ask you to register with us and help register other moderates.  The California Moderate Party will officially qualify once we have 103,004 voters registered by January 2014.  But that’s only the beginning.  We’ll need to be on a path toward 2 million voters by 2020 to maximize our impact.
  4. Encourage defectors.  As long as we continue to grow with focus on long-term change, we’ll reach a tipping point where we create enough of an incentive for a few courageous lawmakers to defect from their parties.  Those leaders will help us gain the resources we need to sustain our efforts.  We might reach the critical mass we need as early as 2013, but it could take slightly longer.
  5. Organize.  As early as 2014, we’ll be ready to organize and win elections—whether we’re working to re-elect our noble defectors or recruiting future leaders to challenge incumbents, we’ll demonstrate our potential as an electoral force to be reckoned with.  We’ll need you to build local chapters and develop a network across college campuses so that we have a solid infrastructure that breeds success.