Red and Blue Parties and Neutrals

With the formation of a united planetary regime on Galactic Primus in Year 19,071, political factions within the Landsraad became divided between the Red Party, supporters of House Corrino and the ruling Corrino planetary Emperors, and the Blue Party, supporters of House Hawkwood.

Between these two parties were the Neutrals, who tried to maintain a moderate, middle-of-the-road stance between Reds and Blues.

Organized religions were divided between Reds, Blues, and Neutrals. The Tritheist Church was mainly divided between the Red Party and the Neutrals, while the United Monotheist Church and the Neopagan Movement were divided between the Blue Party and the Neutrals.

The 123 Families were more-or-less evenly divided between Reds, Blues, and Neutrals.

After the formation of the Imperial Republic in Year 23,786, the Imperial Parliament was divided between Reds, Blues, and Neutrals.

Sometimes, the Red and Blue parties were themselves divided into factions over their attitudes toward interplanetary governments outside the Imperial Republic, private interstellar corporations, professional and labor guilds, and "alien" (non-human) species.

During the time of the Hawkwood-Corrino-United Monotheist-Tritheist Hegemony, the Reds and Blues themselves contained prominent subfactions. There was the Iron Fist faction within the Red Party that was staunchly pro-military and expansionist, wanting to expand Republic borders into Ork Space and to annex non-Republic governments like the Star League and the Kingdom of Albion. Then there was the so-called secular parties, factions within both Reds and Blues that wanted to keep religion out of politics. There was the so-called populist parties within both Reds and Blues that distrusted Big Business and supported organizing workers within labor guilds.

Local planetary governments on individual worlds also tended to be often aligned with Reds, Blues,? or Neutrals.

With the coming of the Logan dynasty and the dual monarchy, the Blue Party became the pro-Logan party while the Red Party was the anti-Logan faction.

The League of Non-Humans and most members of non-human races like Orks and Star Elves and Asguardian Dwarfs tended to be Neutrals.

Private interstellar corporations that gained representation in Parliament were mostly aligned with the Red Party, but some representatives of Big Business were Blue or Neutral in their politics.

Professional guilds representing scientists, educators, law enforcement, military veterans, and medical professionals were mostly Neutral.

Labor guilds representing employed workers were seldom Neutral in their politics, but rather aligned mostly with the Blue Party. In some cases, a labor guild might align with the Red Party.