One critic claimed UFPJ is overly supportive of the Democratic Party.[7] However, UFPJ had sponsored protests outside the Democratic National Convention in July, 2004,[8] calling for an "emphatic rejection of the Democratic 'leadership' that supported the war."[9] In 2006, UFPJ, and many of its member groups, participated in the Voters for Peace campaign,[10] a pledge which states, "I will only vote for or support federal candidates who publicly commit to a speedy end to the Iraq war, and to preventing future 'wars of aggression'."