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The Social Democratic Party was one of three major contemporary parties in the United States, along with its rivals, the Progressive Party and the New Republican Party. It was founded by Freya Oliver in 1984 following the collapse of the Democratic Party.

The party generally supported social equality, civil liberty, and economic equal opportunities. Social Democrats in Congress tended to not stray far from party policy. The party supported a mixed economy, with organized labor, government-funded college tuition, universal healthcare, and consumer protection. Socially, it supported increased gun control, abortion rights, LGBT rights, and immigration and criminal justice reform.

The party was abolished after the 1994 midterms.