a half-century ago under the drive of Batlle has forced the Blancos or Nationalists to become more relatively conservative in position.

On the part of both major parties, however, many inconsistencies and many ideological subdivisions, temporary or permanent, occur.

Its presidential candidate, Guillermo Stirling, won 10.4% of the popular vote and placed third, ending the 10-year rule of the Colorado Party and the two-party system.

Some of its significant historical leaders were Fructuoso Rivera, Venancio Flores, José Batlle y Ordóñez, Luis Batlle Berres, Jorge Pacheco Areco, Juan María Bordaberry, Julio María Sanguinetti, Luis Bernardo Pozzolo, and Jorge Batlle.

Subsequently to his defeat in 2004, Guillermo Stirling endorsed Pedro Bordaberry's Vamos Uruguay movement.