Citizens of the Republic

Citizens of the Republic Civitanoj de la Respubliko
Abbreviation	CR
Founded	1972
Merger of	Liberal Party-dissidents Citizens and Liberals of Sxio
Split from	Liberal Party
Membership (2019)	89,564
Ideology	Liberalism Nonsectarianism Decentralization Neo-unuaism Factions: Social liberalism Libertarianism Conservative liberalism
Political position	Centre
National affiliation	Forward
Colors	Yellow
Kunveno	28 / 227

The Citizens of the Republic is a nonsectarian and liberal political party in Itsch. The party was founded in 1972 as a merger of the regional party from Sxio; the Citizens and Liberals of Sxio and dissidents from the Liberal Party

Ideology

The Citizens are the only nonsectarian political party in the parliament of Itsch.
Party platform:

• the party supports the womens right for abortion, gay marriage, euthanasia
• free trade and free immigration
• flat income tax
• legalization of all drugs
• Decentralization of education and health care
• Nonsectarianism

Regional branches

• Citizens and Liberals of Sxio (CLS)
• Citizens of Ĉefurbo Metropolo (CĈM)
• Arbaro kaj Herbejo Citizens (AkHC)
• Citizens of the Laery Region (CLR)
• Ebenaĵo Citizens Party (PCE)
• Citizens and Youth of Dael (CYD)

Electorate

The party scores above average in the regions of Sxio and Arbaro kaj Herbejo, the suburbs of Itsch City and the southern coast of the Laery region. It is the most popular party (60% of non-sectarian voters) among non-sectarian voters. Another important voter group of the party is the upper class.

Election results

Election year	% of votes	Seats won	+/- (% point)	+/- (seats)	Govt?
2006	15.1%	33 / 227			Government RPP-CR-SPL
2010	19.8%	48 / 227	4.7	15	Government RPP-CR-SPL
2014	21.6%	51 / 227	1.8	3	Government Unity-CR
2018	16.7%	28 / 227	3.9	23	Opposition