The Reform Party of the United States of America, often shortened to Reform Party USA or the Reform Party, is a centrist and populist political party in the United States, founded in 1995 by Ross Perot. The party claimed that it could end corruption in the government and focus on the major problems faced by the country; Perot had won 18.9% of the popular vote during the 1992 election as an alternative to the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. In 1998, the party's candidate Jesse Ventura was elected Governor of Minnesota, and Donald Trump, Pat Buchanan, Ralph Nader, and David Duke were also members of the party at different points in their political careers. Since 2000, the party has never won over 1% of the vote. In 2010, Manhattan madam Kristin M. Davis called on women, Hispanics, African-Americans, and gay people to join the New York Reform Party and reject the Democrats' and Republicans' perceived catering to wealthy white males. The party lost its ballot access in Florida in 2023, and it endorsed Robert F. Kennedy's presidential campaign before switching its support to Donald Trump in August 2024.
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