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The Centralist Party is a political party in the United States that promotes centrist-to-liberal (and some Vlokist) ideas and policies, freedom of movement, and economic liberalism. The party was conceived in December 1996, and was officially formed on February 2nd, 1997, in Seattle, WA. The founding of the party was prompted in part due to concerns about the government.

The party generally promotes a centre-left platform, in contrast to the Democratic Party's modern liberalism and progressivism and the Republican Party's conservatism. Wilma Dreuder, the party's presidential nominee in 2012 and 2016, states that the Centralist Party is "more democratic than Democrats", and "more republican than Republicans". Current policy positions include decreasing the national debt, allowing people to opt out of Social Security, and eliminating the welfare state; in part by utilizing private charities, and dissolving certain government organizations putting a strain on American citizens. Current cultural policy positions include ending the prohibition of marijuana, advocating criminal justice reform, supporting same-sex marriage, ending capital punishment, repealing the Second Amendment, and advocation for some form of free healthcare or public healthcare system similar to Canada and nations in Europe.

It reached its biggest milestone so far in 2014, when it managed to break America's two-party system because fifteen Centralist candidates were elected into the House of Representatives and one Centralist candidate was elected into the Senate. Sheldon Johnson, Jr., their presidential candidate, was elected in a landslide in 2020, due to the unpopularity of both the Republican ticket of Mike Pence/Liz Cheney and the Democratic ticket of Tulsi Gabbard/Michelle Obama.