Conservative Party

The Conservative Party is one of the two major political parties in Fontolia. It is historically a major competitor of it's counterpart, the Left Republic Party. However, since 2005, the Left Republic party has maintained a dominant-party rule over Fontolia. This has since heavily damaged the party. Since 1990, it also has not won a majority over 111 seats(109 are need for a majority). The party saw a low point in 2011, when its lost 12 seats in congress, leaving it at 79 seats won to the Left Republic Party's 138 seats. In the most recent 2020 election, the party won 41% of the popular vote, winning 98 seats. The party's loss of power in elections is generally blamed on it's last president, Robert Martin, who in 2003, joined the UK-led invasion of Iraq. The action was supported by all Conservatives in Congress, while only being supported by 2 Left Republicans. The party's support plunged to a record low, with Martin's approval rating dropping to 21%, the lowest for any Fontolian president in the country's history. The party lost with 39% of the popular vote in the 2005 presidential election. It lost 23 seats in Congress, dropping from 110 to 87. While the party has begun to see a mild form of recovery since 2017, it has continued to lose most elections, including city and county and other local elections, at a major rate.