Communist Party USA

The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) is one of several Marxist-Leninist groups in the United States. While the CPUSA played a significant role in organizing industrial unions and defending the rights of African-Americans in the 1930s and 1940s, it was effectively eliminated as a political force by McCarthyism and the Cold War.

Presidential candidates

• 1924 - William Z. Foster
• 1928 - William Z. Foster
• 1932 - William Z. Foster
• 1936 - Earl Browder
• 1940 - Earl Browder
• 1968 - Gus Hall
• 1972 - Gus Hall
• 1976 - Gus Hall
• 1980 - Gus Hall
• 1984 - Gus Hall