Communist Party USA

On the political map: Strongly left economically · socially progressive

Founded in 1919, the Communist Party USA is a Marxist-Leninist party calling for public ownership of major industry and finance, a democratically planned economy run by and for workers, and an end to what it sees as U.S. imperialism abroad. Over the past several decades it has shifted from running its own national candidates toward labor and community organizing and supporting the broad left.

Founded

1919

In government

No members of Congress; focuses on union and community organizing and has generally backed Democratic candidates in recent national elections.

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Signature positions

Public ownership of banks, energy, and major industry
A guaranteed job, housing, and income for everyone
Free universal health care and public education through college
Sharply expanded union rights and worker control of production
Deep cuts to the military and an anti-imperialist foreign policy
Expansive civil-rights and immigrant protections

The platform, issue by issue

Taxes & Fiscal

Strongly left

Healthcare

Strongly left

Immigration & Border

Strongly left

Guns

Left

Abortion & Reproductive Rights

Strongly left

Environment & Energy

Strongly left

Crime & Policing

Strongly left

Defense & Veterans

Strongly left

Economy & Labor

Strongly left

Foreign Policy & Trade

Strongly left

Civil Rights & Social

Strongly left

Education

Strongly left

Government & Democracy

Strongly left

Judicial & Nominations

Strongly left

Each issue runs left ↔ right(−1…+1), distilled from the party's most recent national platform. A simplified, directional read — not a substitute for the platform itself.

Members of Congress most aligned with this platform

Every current member ranked by how closely their voting record matches this platform, using the same issue-by-issue similarity as the My Politics quiz. No sitting member belongs to this party, so these are the members whose records land closest to it.

Where it sits on the political map

Party platforms:Communist Party USA

Each small dot is a current member (Dem · Rep); the larger dots are the party platforms. Economic axis: taxes, healthcare, labor, energy. Social axis: abortion, guns, immigration, civil rights, crime.