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There are many '''political pressure groups and organizations in Nouvelle Alexandrie'''. Some of these groups are international, some of them operate only at a domestic level.

Based on their relationship with policy makers in [[Nouvelle Alexandrie]], they can be divided into:
* '''insider groups''' - who have high degree of involvement and influence;
* '''outsider groups''' - who have little or no direct involvement or influence.

==Background==
* rights to assemble and organize granted by the [[Proclamation of Punta Santiago]];
* groups run the gamut of causes, activity, and power;
* some groups are small but may have local/regional impact enough to be influential, even if only in one region of NAX;
* how political parties rise and fall, quick overview of the history of NAX politics
* table of election results, with notes indicating party changes, mergers, defections, etc and final composition

===Campaign finance in Nouvelle Alexandrie===
Campaign finance in [[Nouvelle Alexandrie]] is mostly through private donors and individual contributions. Public financing is available to qualifying candidates, but the acceptance of public financing placed spending limits or caps on money a campaign can raise and spend. Elections for non-federal offices are governed by regional law. All of the [[Administrative divisions of Nouvelle Alexandrie|regions]] of [[Nouvelle Alexandrie]] allow some level of corporate and union contributions, each with its own limits on spending and campaign finance protocols and procedures.

At the federal level, campaign finance is under the authority of the [[Cortes Federales of Nouvelle Alexandrie|Cortes Federales]]. The [[Federal Electoral Commission (Nouvelle Alexandrie)|Federal Electoral Commission]] is the independent government agency that enforces federal election law.

====Political action committees====
In [[Nouvelle Alexandrie]], a political action committee (PAC) is a special organization that pools campaign contributions from members and donates those funds to campaigns for or against candidates, ballot initiatives, political causes, or legislation. An organization becomes a PAC when it receives or spends more than [[New Alexandrian écu|€]]1,000 for the purpose of influencing a federal election, and registers with the [[Federal Electoral Commission (Nouvelle Alexandrie)|Federal Electoral Commission]]. At the regional level, an organization becomes a PAC according to the region's election laws (usually at least [[New Alexandrian écu|€]]1,000 [[New Alexandrian écu|écu]] or more to match federal requirements).

Citizens can create political action committees and raise money to help candidates and causes. These political action committees are largely unregulated and have begun to proliferate in [[Nouvelle Alexandrie|New Alexandrian]] political life. The two most prominent of these are around the issue of guns, the [[Committee to Save Our Children]] and the [[Organisation for the Defence of Constitutional Rights]].

Contributions from corporate or labor union treasuries are illegal, though they may sponsor a PAC and provide financial support for its administration and fundraising. PACs that are affiliated with trade and labor unions may only solicit contributions from members. Independent PACs may solicit contributions from the general public and must pay their own costs from those funds.

The [[Federal Electoral Commission (Nouvelle Alexandrie)|Federal Electoral Commission]] maintains a national database of all federal and regional political spending over [[New Alexandrian écu|€]]1,000 or more. Federal campaign laws and regulations require that all campaign finance transactions (donations or expenditures) above [[New Alexandrian écu|€]]1,000 must be recorded, along with information about the donor or expense. This data is available for public consumption at a government-maintained website called the [[Federal Electoral Commission (Nouvelle Alexandrie)/Federal Campaign Finance Database|Federal Campaign Finance Database]].

====Campaign finance limits====
{| class="wikitable" 
|-
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | Donors
! colspan="7" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold;" | Recipients
|- style="font-style:italic;"
| Individual
| Candidate Campaign Committee
| PAC - Multicandidate
| PAC - Non-multicandidate
| Federal Party Committee
| Regional Party Committee
| Local or City Party Committee
|-
| style="text-align:center; font-style:italic;" | Individual
| rowspan="2" | €5,000 per "election cycle"
| rowspan="2" | €5,000 per "election cycle"
| rowspan="4" | €10,000 per "election cycle"
| rowspan="4" | €8,000 per "election cycle"
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | €20,000 per "election cycle"
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | €10,000 per "election cycle"
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | €8,000 per "election cycle"
|-
| style="text-align:center; font-style:italic;" | Candidate Campaign Committee
|-
| style="text-align:center; font-style:italic;" | Political Action Committee - Multicandidate
| €10,000 per "election cycle"
| €10,000 per "election cycle"
|-
| style="text-align:center; font-style:italic;" | Political Action Committee - Non-multicandidate
| €8,000 per "election cycle"
| €8,000 per "election cycle"
|-
| style="text-align:center; font-style:italic;" | Federal Party Committee
| €20,000 per "election cycle"
| €20,000 per "election cycle"
| rowspan="3" | €20,000 per "election cycle"
| rowspan="3" | €20,000 per "election cycle"
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | Unlimited transfers
|-
| style="text-align:center; font-style:italic;" | Regional Party Committee
| rowspan="2" | €10,000 per "election cycle"
| rowspan="2" | €10,000 per "election cycle"
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | Unlimited transfers
|-
| style="text-align:center; font-style:italic;" | Local or City Party Committee
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | Unlimited transfers
|-
| <small>Source: [[Federal Election Commission (Nouvelle Alexandrie)|NAX Federal Election Commission]]</small>
| colspan="7" | <small>"''election cycle''" = defined as the period in which political parties campaign for elections, as determined by the [[Federal Elections Commission (Nouvelle Alexandrie)|NAX Federal Elections Commission]].</small>
|}

==Political Parties==
{{See also|Political parties of Nouvelle Alexandrie}}
[[File:Political-Compass-3-6-22.png|thumb]]
{| class="wikitable" 
|- style="font-weight:bold; text-align:center;"
! Federal Coalition
! Logo
! Color
! Seats
! Political Wing
! Ideology
|-
| [[Federal Humanist Party]]
| [[File:Federal Humanist Party Logo.png|100px]]
| {{color box|#000000}} [[wikipedia:Black|Black]]<br> {{color box|#fcdd09}} [[wikipedia:Gold|Gold]] <Br> {{color box|#800080}} [[wikipedia:Purple|Purple]]
| {{ParlSeats|289|619|hex=#fcdd09}}
| Centre-right
| {{Unbulleted list|Federalism|Humanism|Corporatism|Constitutionalism|Pro-Raspur Pact}}
|-
| [[Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance of Nouvelle Alexandrie|Social Democratic & Liberal Alliance]]
| [[File:SolidarityPartyNAXLogo.png|100px]]
| {{color box|#ff0000}} [[wikipedia:Red|Red]]<br> {{color box|#ffffff}} [[wikipedia:White|White]]
| {{ParlSeats|309|619|hex=#ff0000}}
| Centre-left to left
| {{Unbulleted list|Liberalism|Federalism|Social democracy|Democratic socialism|[[Aldricism]]}}
|-
| [[Moderate Caucus (Nouvelle Alexandrie)|Moderate Caucus]]
| [[File:Moderate-Caucus.png|100px]]
| {{color box|#fcdd09}} [[wikipedia:Gold|Gold]] <Br> {{color box|#800080}} [[wikipedia:Purple|Purple]]
| {{ParlSeats|3|619|hex=#800080}}
| Centre to centre-left
| {{Unbulleted list|Liberalism|Liberal conservatism|[[Aldricism]]|Radical centrism|Populism}}
|-
| [[Digger's Society]]
| [[File:DiggersSocietyLogo.png|100px]]
| {{color box|#ff0000}} [[wikipedia:Red|Red]]<br> {{color box|#000000}} [[wikipedia:Black|Black]]
| {{ParlSeats|4|619|hex=#000000}}
| Far left
| {{Unbulleted list|Anarcho-syndicalism|Syndicalism}}
|-
| [[Freedom Party of Nouvelle Alexandrie|Freedom Party]]
| [[File:FreedomPartyLogo.png|100px]]
| {{color box|#022859}} [[wikipedia:Blue|Blue]]
| {{ParlSeats|3|619|hex=#022859}}
| Far right
| {{Unbulleted list|Humanism|Right-wing populism|Ultranationalism|Social conservatism|Anti-[[Raspur Pact]]}}
|-
| Unaligned / Independents
| 
| 
| {{ParlSeats|11|619|hex=#022859}}
| 
| 
|}

==Causes==
===Budget and spending===
* [[National Taxpayer's Council of Nouvelle Alexandrie]]
* [[TaxWATCH]]
* [[Citoyenneté]] - a universal basic income advocacy that advocates the creation of a "Citizen's Dividend"

===Business===
* [[National Association of Insurers]]
* [[Association of New Alexandrian Bankers]]
* [[Nouvelle Alexandrie Builders Association]]
* [[Chamber of Commerce of Nouvelle Alexandrie]]
* [[Alduria-Wechua Federation of Industries]]
* Nouvelle Alexandrie Shareholders, Inc.
* New Alexandrian Business for Social Progress
* [[Federal Union of Small Businesses]]
* CRONYWatch
* [[National Association of Economists and Consultants]]
* Humanist Business Community
* [[Association of Oil Producers and Refiners]]
* [[Association of New Alexandrian Defense Contractors]]

===Cultural===
* Eternal Maroon Republic
* Protect Indigenous Cultures
* [[Civic Council for Sport and Culture]]

===Drugs===
* Compassionate Use Congress
* High Five 

===Environmental===
* [[Environmental Defense Council]]
* [[Clean Air Coalition]]
* [[Clean Water Congress]]
* Coalition of Conservationists 
* [[Coastal Cleanups]]
* Greener Nouvelle Alexandrie
* Habitat for Animal Friends
* No Nukes, Never!
* Zero Gray Anti-Pollution Crusade

===Family relationships===
*Families First
*Nouvelle Alexandrie Adoption Alliance
*Polygamists for Political Change

===Gun rights===
* [[Committee to Save Our Children]] (CSOC), representing parents, children, and college students who want gun laws and regulations to be more strict;
* [[Organisation for Armed Settlers]] (OAS), active in the colonial territories of [[North Lyrica]], [[South Lyrica]], and [[New Luthoria]] where settlers are threatened by native communities;
* [[Organisation for the Defence of Constitutional Rights]] (ODCR), representing gun owners in the developed metropolitan regions.

===Abortion===
* [[Choose Life Alliance]]
* [[National Council for Reproductive Rights]]
* [[Society of the Sisters of Santa Melusina]]

===Food===
* Federation of Fisherfolk
* Foundation for Food Security
* Farmers Alliance for Green Growth
* No to GMO
* [[Organization for Community Pantries]]

===International===
* [[MTO Society of Nouvelle Alexandrie]]

====International development====
* We Are the 1% for International Cooperation 
* [[Democratic Micras]]
* [[Euran Committee for Global Relief]]

===Political===
* Ancestral Domain NOW
* Anti-Red Tape Alliance
* [[Citizens for a Democratic Eura]]
* [[Congress for Constitutional Amendments]]
* Lawyers for Liberal Democracy
* [[New Alexandrian Republic]]
* League of Crown Loyalists
* Social Issues Watch
* [[Wechua Voice]]
* National Alliance of Voters
* Nouvelle Alexandrie Library Association
* [[New Alexandrian Committee to Protect Journalists]]
* [[Movement for Vanic Rights]]

===Health Care===
* Advocates for Clearer Eyesight 
* [[Quality Healthcare for All]]
* [[National Healthcare NOW!]]
* Guild of Public Health Eugenicists (GPHE);
* [[Nouvelle Alexandrie Medical Association]]''' (NAMA);
* [[Public HealthWatch]].

===Raspur Pact-related pressure groups===
{{See also|Raspur Pact}}
* [[League of Imperial Constancian Loyalists]]

===Population===
*Natalist League, advocates state support for large families (4+ children) under the [[New Prosperity Plan]]
*[[Society for the Preservation of the Law of Graces]].

===Labor===
{{Main|Labor Unions in Nouvelle Alexandrie}}
* [[Federal Confederation of Trade Unions]] (FCTU);
* [[Federal Union of Educators]] (FUE);
* [[General Confederation of Labor]] (GCL);
* [[Federation of Teamsters and Dockworkers]] (FTD);
* [[Guild of Humanist Workers]] (GHW), ''labour front of the [[Federal Humanist Party]]'';
* [[Guild of Euran Miners]].

===Religious/secular groups===
* [[Couples for Cedrism]]
* Secular Citizenry
* [[Autocephalous Nazarene Church of Alexandria|Church of Alexandria]] (Nazarene)
* [[Church of Caputia]] (Melusinian)
* [[Faith of Inti]] (Intian)
* [[Society for the Nazarene Churches]] (Nazarene)
* [[Zurvanism|True Path Movement]] (Zurvanism)
* [[The Peoples of Eura]] (Holy Settlerism)
* [[The Peoples of Haifa and Israat]]

===Rural matters===
* Countryside Development Coalition
* Fairer Federalism

===Transport===
* Amateur Airedales of Nouvelle Alexandrie
* Green Public Spaces Alliance
* New Urbanism Means for Transit-Oriented Transportees
* [[Nouvelle Alexandrie Automobile Association]]
* Public Transport is a Public Good

===Women===
* Women's Guild of New Alexandria (WGNA), [[federal Humanist Party|Humanist]], anti-feminist, pro-monarchic women's organisation
* [[Women's Congress of Nouvelle Alexandrie]] (WCNA)
* Women Socialists

===Youth===
*Humanist Vanguard, youth arm of the [[Federal Humanist Party]]
* Supreme Student Councils of the Federation
* National Scholars Association
* Wechua Youth
* Young Monarchists League
*[[Young Socialists of Nouvelle Alexandrie]]

==See also==
*[[Political parties of Nouvelle Alexandrie]];
*[[Political parties of Alduria]];
*[[Political clubs and pressure groups of the Wechua Nation]].

[[Category:Politics of Nouvelle Alexandrie]]
[[Category:Elections and referenda of Nouvelle Alexandrie]]
[[Category:Political organizations in Nouvelle Alexandrie]]