This is a list of political parties in the United States, both past and present.
The list does not include independents.
Party | Ideology | Year founded | Membership (2022) | Presidential vote | Senators | Representatives | Governors | State legislators | Legislatures | Trifectas | ||||
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Electoral | Popular | Voting | Nonvoting | |||||||||||
Democratic Party | Social liberalism (American) | 1828 | 47,194,492 | 306 / 538 | 81,284,778 (51.27%) | 51 / 100 | 212 / 435 | 3 / 6 | 28 / 55 | 3,271 / 7,383 | 19 / 49 | 17 / 49 | ||
Republican Party | Conservatism (American) | 1854 | 35,723,389 | 232 / 538 | 74,224,501 (46.82%) | 49 / 100 | 222 / 435 | 3 / 6 | 26 / 55 | 4,031 / 7,383 | 28 / 49 | 22 / 49 |
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The following third parties have members in state legislatures affiliated with them.
Party | Ballot access (2022) | Ideology | Year founded | Membership | Presidential vote (2020) | State legislators | ||
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Libertarian Party | See also the list of affiliates AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, HI, ID, IN, KS, LA, MD, MI, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NC, NH, OH, OK, OR, SC, SD, TX, UT, VT, WV, WY + D.C. | Libertarianism (American) | 1971 | 727,776 (2022) | 1,865,917 (1.18%) | 1 / 7,383 | ||
Forward Party | CO, FL, SC, UT, VA | Human-Centered Capitalism Populism Reformism Radical centrism | 2022 | 64 (UT) | No candidate | 2 / 7,383 | ||
Vermont Progressive Party | Vermont | Progressivism (American) Democratic socialism | 1993 | Unknown | No candidate | 6 / 7,383 | ||
Independent Party of Oregon | Oregon | Centrism | 2007 | 137,972 (2022) | No candidate | 1 / 7,383 |
The following third parties are represented in the Puerto Rican Legislature.
Party | Ideology | Year founded | President | Gubernatorial vote | Senators | Representatives | Mayors | ||
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New Progressive Party Partido Nuevo Progresista | Puerto Rico statehood | 1967 | Pedro Pierluisi | 427,016 (33.24%) | 10 / 27 | 21 / 51 | 36 / 78 | ||
Popular Democratic Party Partido Popular Democrático | Pro-Commonwealth Centrism | 1938 | Jesus Manuel Ortiz | 407,817 (31.75%) | 12 / 27 | 26 / 51 | 41 / 78 | ||
Citizens' Victory Movement Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana | Anti-imperialism Anti-neoliberalism Progressivism | 2019 | Ana Irma Rivera Lassén | 179,265 (13.95%) | 2 / 27 | 2 / 51 | 0 / 78 | ||
Puerto Rican Independence Party Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño | Puerto Rico independence Social democracy | 1946 | Rubén Berríos | 175,402 (13.58%) | 1 / 27 | 1 / 51 | 0 / 78 | ||
Project Dignity Proyecto Dignidad | Christian democracy Anti-corruption | 2019 | César Váquez Muñiz | 87,379 (6.80%) | 1 / 27 | 1 / 51 | 1 / 78 |
The following third parties have ballot access in at least one state and are not represented in a national office, state legislature, or territorial legislature.
Party | Ballot access | Ideology | Year founded | Membership | Presidential vote (2020) | ||
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Green Party | See also list of affiliates CA, CO, DE, FL, HI, LA, ME, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, OR, PA, SC, TX, WV + DC | Environmentalism Eco-socialism Libertarian socialism | 2001 | 239,474 (2023) | 404,090 (0.255%) | ||
Constitution Party | CO, FL, HI, ID, MI, MO, NV, OR, SC, UT, WI, WY | Paleoconservatism | 1992 | 129,070 (2022) | 60,066 (0.038%) | ||
No Labels | AK, AZ, CO, FL, KS, NC, OR | Centrism | 2010 | ||||
Working Families Party | CT, NM, NY, OR, SC | Social democracy | 1998 | 55,702 (2022) | 386,010 (0.243%) | ||
Alliance Party | CT, MN, SC | Centrism | 2019 | Unknown | 88,238 (0.056%) | ||
Reform Party | FL, MS | Radical centrism | 1995 | 4,500 (2022) | 5,966 (0.004%) | ||
Working Class Party | MD, MI | Socialism Progressivism | 2016 | Unknown | |||
Party for Socialism and Liberation | Hawaii, Florida | Marxism–Leninism | 2004 | 606 (FL) | 85,488 (0.054%) | ||
American Independent Party | California | Paleoconservatism | 1967 | 600,220 (CA) | 60,160 (0.038%) | ||
Peace and Freedom Party | California | Socialism | 1967 | 94,016 | 51,037 (0.032%) | ||
American Solidarity Party | AR, HI | Christian democracy | 2011 | Unknown | 40,365 (0.03%) | ||
Legal Marijuana Now Party | MN, NE | Marijuana legalization | 1998 | Unknown | 10,033 (0.006%) | ||
Unity Party | Colorado, Florida | Centrism | 2004 | 1,657 (CO) | 6,647 (0.004%) | ||
Natural Law Party | Michigan | Transcendental Meditation | 1992 | 6,657 (NJ) | 2,986 (0.002%) | ||
Approval Voting Party | Colorado | Electoral reform | 2016 | 1,149 (CO) | 409 (0.0003%) | ||
Justice Party | Mississippi | Progressivism | 2011 | Unknown | |||
People's Party (2017) | Florida | Progressivism | 2017 | Unknown |
The following parties have been active in the past 4 years, but as of December 2021, did not have official ballot access in any state.
Party | Ideology | Year founded | Membership | Presidential vote (2020) | Year lost access | Seeking access | ||
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Socialist Workers Party | Communism Castroism | 1938 | 298 (DE/KY) | 6,791 (0.004%) | ||||
Prohibition Party | Temperance Christian democracy Social conservatism | 1869 | 36 | 4,856 (0.003%) | ||||
Socialist Equality Party | Trotskyism | 1966 | Unknown | 351 (0.0002%) | ||||
Socialist Party USA | Socialism Anti-capitalism Eco-socialism Socialist feminism | 1973 | 8,215 (ME/MA/NJ) | |||||
Communist Party USA | Communism Marxism–Leninism Bill of Rights socialism | 1919 | ||||||
Progressive Labor Party | Anti-revisionism Stalinism | 1962 | Unknown | |||||
Socialist Alternative | Marxism | 1986 | Unknown | |||||
United States Pirate Party | Pirate politics | 2006 | 3,000 | |||||
Workers World Party | Communism | 1959 | Unknown | |||||
Freedom Socialist Party | Trotskyism | 1966 | Unknown | |||||
American Freedom Party | American nationalism | 2009 | Unknown | |||||
Socialist Action | Trotskyism | 1983 | Unknown | |||||
Transhumanist Party | Libertarian transhumanism Extropianism Technogaianism | 2014 | Unknown |
Party | Territory | Other names | Ideology | Mergers/Splits | Created | Disbanded | |
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Puerto Rican Nationalist Party | Puerto Rico | Puerto Rican nationalism | 1922 | 1965 | |||
Puerto Rican Socialist Party | Puerto Rico | Puerto Rican nationalism | 1959 | 1993 | |||
Covenant Party | Northern Mariana Islands | Populism | Merged into: Republican Party | 2001 | 2013 | ||
Working People's Party | Puerto Rico | Partido del Pueblo Trabajador | 2010 | 2016 | |||
Popular Party (Guam) | Guam | Commercial Party | Merged into: Democratic Party | 1949 | 1964 | ||
Territorial Party (Guam) | Guam | Merged into: Republican Party | 1956 | 1966 | |||
Popular Party (Northern Mariana Islands) | Northern Mariana Islands | Merged into: Democratic Party | 1978 | ||||
Territorial Party (Northern Mariana Islands) | Northern Mariana Islands | Merged into: Republican Party |
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These organizations generally do not nominate candidates for election, but some of them have in the past; they otherwise function similarly to political parties.
These historical organizations did not officially nominate candidates for election but may have endorsed or supported campaigns; they otherwise functioned similarly to political parties.
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