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Our Platform

The Colorado Forward Party (CO FWD) is a new kind of political party. We are the Colorado branch of the national Forward Party. Our platform is places principles & values over specific policies. Recognizing that no single party or policy is correct for every community, we emphasize respect, compromise, transparency and community-oriented solutions.

We concentrate on supporting innovative ways of restoring the voices and choices of every voter in America.

Character matters to us. Putting community, state, and country before party matters to us. Empowering independents and the forgotten majority matters to us. Providing more choice of who we vote for and how we vote matters to us. The Colorado Platform is split up into three sections: Positioning, Principles, and Initiatives. These three cornerstones provides the structural framework for the Forward Party's candidates and the code of conduct for Forward Party elected officials.

Colorado Principles

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Moderation

PRINCIPLE #1: MODERATION We expect all FORWARD candidates, affiliates, and elected officials to embrace moderation over polarization, reject extremism, and be willing to compromise whenever they address tough issues, electoral challenges, and...
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Collaboration

PRINCIPLE #2: COLLABORATION We’re dedicated to building a warm political home, which welcomes literally anyone, of any party or perspective, who is willing to work together in good faith to find better,...
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Accountability

PRINCIPLE #3: ACCOUNTABILITY Regardless of their current political affiliation, FORWARD candidates and elected officials will strive, specifically, to serve the people who vote them into office, whom they have sworn an oath...
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Colorado Positioning

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Better Future

Envisioning a Better Future FORWARD is here for the long haul, not just the next election cycle. We’re building both a political home and a grassroots movement of members, supporters, volunteers, candidates...
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Forgotten Majority

Empowering the Forgotten Majority We exist, as a party, to empower independent-minded voters in the state of Colorado, often referred to as the “exhausted” or “forgotten majority”.   Our platform enables Coloradans...
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Diverse Local Platform

Building Diverse Local Platforms from the Ground Up We are building a political community of smart people who can work together to solve complex problems with common-sense solutions that require nuance and...
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Colorado Election Improvement Initiatives

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Ranked-choice voting

Ranked-choice voting (RCV/IRV/STV) ensures that the candidate who is elected has the support of the majority of voters. Plurality voting often elects a candidate who has the support of a minority of...
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Nonpartisan Primaries

Colorado is ahead of many other states in how it runs its elections. However, there is room for improvement. The problem is that the current system punishes people who have left the...
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Independent Redistricting Commissions

The notion is do voters get to choose their leaders, or do leaders get to choose their voters? Off-year partisan redistricting –notably in Texas and California – has been an alarming recent...
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