Pacitalian Social Democratic Congress

Pacitalian Social Democratic Congress
Chairperson	Federico Mattapensa
General Secretary	Damián Moya
Founded	June 30, 2020 (2020-06-30)
Merger of	Pacitalian Social Congress, Democratic Nationalist Party
Headquarters	Corso D'Amato 292/10, Timiocato 2077AC
Youth wing	CSDPxJuve
Women's wing	CSDPxFemme
Ideology	Democratic socialism, social democracy, market socialism, social liberalism, Georgism
Political position	Centre-left
International affiliation	Federation of Socialism Union of the Left
Colours	Red
Senato	57 / 100
Constazione	340 / 715
Website
www.csdp.org.pc
Political parties

The Pacitalian Social Democratic Congress (PSDC, Pacitalian: Conagresso Sociodemocrate Pacitaliana, CSDP) is a major, left-wing to centre-left political party in Pacitalia. Historically, the PSDC has been Pacitalia's only major national-level social democratic political party.

The PSDC, in its current state, was formed in 2020 by the re-merger of the more centrist Pacitalian Social Congress (PSC) and left-wing Democratic Nationalist Party (DNP). The DNP had been created in 2007, when trade union leaders and the progressive faction of the PSC, disaffected by what they perceived to be a rightward drift in the party's platform and principles, and eager to take advantage of the new Second Republic's proportional representation electoral systems, split away from the PSC. This group created their own political party, initially called "The Egalitarians".

Both parties were in opposition to centre-right governments (led by the Federation of Progressive Democrats) for the majority of the era in which they were split. Seeking an opportunity to consolidate progressive voters and win power, DNP leader Damián Moya and his counterpart in the PSC, Tomás de la Marques, engineered a reconstitution of the two parties, ratified by their respective memberships by the end of 2019, and taking effect by June 30, 2020.

Prior to the re-merger, the two parties were junior partners in a coalition government with the Green Party from 2009 to 2011. In 2018, after the Conte government failed to retain majority support in parliament and resigned, the DNP and PSC partnered again, with Moya becoming prime minister and de la Marques his deputy. The coalition relied on confidence votes from other minor parties to stay in power for the remainder of the term. Voters delivered the reunified party a massive mandate in the 2020 national elections due to the Moya government's handling of, and response to, the COVID-19 pandemic in Pacitalia.

Due to its alignment and close ties with the labour movement in Pacitalia, the party has a massive organizational advantage over other parties and deploys an extensive campaign apparatus during elections. The PSDC is by far the largest party by membership and fundraising income as of 2023. It dominates both chambers of the national parliament, and holds majorities or pluralities of seats in more than half of Pacitalia's regional councils. Pacitalia's five largest cities are all run by mayors who are PSDC members.

Ideology

The party's constitution describes it as a "democratic socialist organization [that is] dedicated to the advancement of socialist, democratic, and socially liberal ideas and values". Further, the constitution states that "the means of production and distribution are to be in common ownership for the good of all".

Though the explicit language of the constitution indicates the PSDC is a socialist, secular party, the party has never explicitly disavowed religion or capitalism. The PSDC adopted a series of motions by members at its national conventions during the 1990s which struck out potentially anti-religious sentiment from the party bylaws and allowed it to adopt more free market economic policies in its election platforms. The modern party typically campaigns and governs closer to the political centre. Like other centre-left parties, the PSDC and its predecessors have sought, as former leader Fernando Chiovitti once remarked, "a capitalist system inside a tall fence".

The party has historically advocated for, among others:

• prioritizing national interests over foreign ones;
• establishing and owning enterprises to compete with the private sector;
• extensively supervising and regulating private industry;
• encouraging workers to organize and form unions;
• imposing higher taxes on the wealthy and redistributing wealth;
• providing a strong social safety net through welfare and social programs;
• guaranteeing equal rights for every person;
• running well-funded, efficient public services; and,
• disincentivizing private health care and education

The PSDC is considered a "big tent" political party, encompassing large factions of socialists, social democrats, market socialists, and social liberals. In recent years, the farther left elements of the party have been more prominent and guided the party's overall policy direction.

Its voting base tends to skew towards non-religious people, urban professionals, people with at least some post-secondary education, young people, women, LGBTQ+ people, new immigrants, and non-traditional households. The party is more popular in cities and, historically, has drawn consistent, strong support in Pomentane, Pungaria, Franconia, Empordia and Marquería. Though working-class rural voters have largely shifted right in the last 25 years, there is still notable support for the party among workers in some primary industries, such as fishermen in the Pacitalian islands. This is because PSDC governments have often enacted and/or reinforced protectionist measures that support their livelihoods.

History

Notable policy achievements

• Legalization of labour and trade unions (1969)
• Decriminalization of homosexuality (1970)
• Legalization of homosexuality (1975)
• Decriminalization of "soft" drugs like cannabis (1976)
• Landmark housing anti-discrimination law (1979)
• Legalization of cannabis (1983)
• Abolition of the death penalty (1984)
• Creation of a consumption tax (2010)
• Passage of the Housing Affordability and Cost of Living Act (2018)
• Complete overhaul of road and public transport rules (2019-2020)
• Foringanan split from Atlantian Oceania (2022)

Party leaders

Name	Party	Served from	Served until	Notes
Juan Rodriguez		April 18, 1963	January 9, 1969	Prime Minister (1965-1969)
Roberto Castorini		January 9, 1969	September 5, 1977	Prime Minister (1969-1977)
Athena Papistikas		September 5, 1977	May 31, 1993	Prime Minister (1977-1985)
Aracio Partiva		May 31, 1993	July 10, 2002
Fernando Chiovitti		July 10, 2002	September 1, 2007	Prime Minister (2006-2007)
Fernando Chiovitti	PSC	September 1, 2007	August 4, 2008
Jávier Grandinetti	DNP	September 1, 2007	November 15, 2012
Bartomeu Cámp i Franc	PSC	August 4, 2008	January 26, 2011
Tomás de la Marques	PSC	January 26, 2011	September 9, 2011	Leader ad interim
Vacant	PSC	September 9, 2011	September 9, 2013	Party suspended (Elections Act violation)
Cristián Piñera	DNP	November 15, 2012	February 6, 2016 §	DNP archonal candidate, 2010
Tomás de la Marques	PSC	September 9, 2013	June 29, 2020	Deputy Prime Minister (2018-2020)
Jávier Grandinetti	DNP	February 8, 2016 §	May 31, 2016
Damián Moya	DNP	May 31, 2016	June 29, 2020	Prime Minister (2018-present)
Damián Moya		June 30, 2020

§ Piñera died suddenly of a heart attack and the party officially had no leader for the two days between Piñera's death and Grandinetti being named the interim replacement.
Note: Leader's party only listed for the era in which the PSC and DNP were split (2007-2020).

Electoral performance

The below tables include pre-merger results of both the DNP and PSC for historical context.

Constazione Repubblicana

Election	Leader	Party	Electorate votes		Party list votes		Electorate seats		Party list seats		Total seats		Position	Result
			No.	Share	No.	Share	No.	±	No.	±	No.	±
2014	Cristián Piñera	DNP	79,712,679	23.2%	73,528,075	21.4%	56 / 270	20	95 / 445	32	151 / 715	52	2nd	Opposition
	Tomás de la Marques	PSC	16,726,602	5.0%	33,910,208	10.1%	0 / 270	0	45 / 445	45	45 / 715	45	4th	Opposition
2017	Damián Moya	DNP	89,335,062	27.4%	71,402,842	21.9%	70 / 270	14	97 / 445	2	167 / 715	16	2nd	Coalition government with PSC
	Tomás de la Marques	PSC	64,229,953	19.7%	72,707,004	22.3%	62 / 270	62	99 / 445	54	161 / 715	116	3rd	Coalition government with DNP
2020	Damián Moya		151,151,231	46.5%	182,040,274	56.0%	207 / 270	75	250 / 445	54	457 / 715	129	1st	Majority government
2023	Damián Moya		140,361,329	41.5%	135,288,028	40.0%	162 / 270	45	178 / 445	72	340 / 715	117	1st	Plurality government

Senato Repubblicana

Election	Leader	Party	Votes		Seats		Position	Result
			No.	Share	No.	Share
2014	Cristián Piñera	DNP	108,574,166	31.6%	22 / 96	8	2nd	Minority (opposition)
	Tomás de la Marques	PSC	12,712,798	3.7%	3 / 96	3	6th	Minority (opposition)
2017	Damián Moya	DNP	85,422,578	26.2%	27 / 96	5	1st	Majority (governing)
	Tomás de la Marques	PSC	77,923,650	23.9%	20 / 96	17	3rd	Majority (governing)
2020	Damián Moya		152,752,840	47.4%	72 / 100	25	1st	Majority (governing)
2023	Damián Moya		114,676,083	34.2%	57 / 100	15	1st	Majority (governing)

Archonate of the Pacitalian Republic

Election	Candidate	Party	First-round votes			Runoff election			Result
			No.	Share	Position	No.	Share	Position
2010	Cristián Piñera	DNP	70,931,379	24.7%	3rd				Eliminated in first round
	Athena Papistikas	PSC	21,400,134	7.4%	4th				Eliminated in first round
2016	Franco Russo	PSC	84,022,575	30.8%	2nd	124,681,113	50.0%	2nd	Lost in runoff
	Sorinel Vulpes	DNP	19,822,366	7.3%	4th				Eliminated in first round
2017	Vittoria Agradossa	DNP	77,650,120	26.8%	2nd	141,136,117	51.0%	1st	Elected
	Adan Cárdenas	PSC	61,539,308	21.3%	3rd				Eliminated in first round
2023	Franco Russo		103,322,602	36.1%	2nd	132,229,091	46.5%	2nd	Lost in runoff

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