List of political parties in the United States
Template:Short description {{#invoke:Hatnote|hatnote}}{{#ifeq:||}} Template:Use mdy dates This list of political parties in the United States, both past and present, does not include independents.
Not all states allow the public to access voter registration data. Therefore, voter registration data should not be taken as the correct value and should be viewed as an underestimate.
The abbreviations given come from state ballots used in the most recent elections<ref name="FEC-2024">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and from the parties themselves. Not all political parties have abbreviations.
Party ballot access comes from a variety of sources including Ballotpedia<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Active parties
Major parties
Third parties
Represented in state legislatures
The following third parties have members in state legislatures affiliated with them.
| Party | Year founded |
Political position | Ideology | Ballot access | Membership (Template:Asof) |
State legislators | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Vermont Progressive Party | 1993 | Left-wing | Template:Nowrap | Vermont | Unknown | Template:Composition bar | |||||
| Forward Party (FWD) |
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Represented in the Puerto Rican Legislature
The following parties are represented in the Puerto Rican Legislature.{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}}
Other parties with ballot access
The following third parties have ballot access in at least one state and are not represented in a national office or state/territorial legislature.<ref name="Ballotpedia Ballot Access"/>
Multi-state
The following third parties are multi-state organizations—political parties which are active in more than one state—which have ballot access in one or more states. Template:Sticky header
| Party | Year founded |
Political position | Ideology | Ballot access<ref name="Ballotpedia Ballot Access"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
Presidential ballot access (2024) | Membership (Template:Asof)<ref name="Winger-Aug2025-BAN">Template:Cite news</ref> |
Presidential vote (2024)<ref name="2024 Results"/> | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Libertarian Party (LIB) |
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Syncretic Fiscal: Template:Nowrap Social: Template:Nowrap |
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Template:Composition bar | 713,526 | 646,123 (Template:Percentage) | |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Green Party (GRE) |
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Left-wing | Green politics Eco-socialism |
Template:Composition bar | Template:Composition bar | 261,259 | 813,066 (Template:Percentage) | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Constitution Party (CON) |
1992<ref name="Want to support a third party? Here are your options"/> | Far-right | Paleoconservatism Christian right |
Template:Composition bar | Template:Composition bar | 155,178 | 54,053 (Template:Percentage)Template:Efn | ||||
| No Labels | 2010 | Center | Centrism | Template:Composition bar | No candidate | 110,832 | No candidate | |||||
| Working Families Party (WFP) |
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Left-wing | Social democracy<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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No candidate | 65,386 | No candidate | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Alliance Party | citation | CitationClass=web
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Center-left | Anti-corruption Electoral reform Universal basic income |
Template:Composition bar | Template:Composition bar + DCTemplate:Refn | Unknown | 754,980 (Template:Percentage)Template:Refn | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Legal Marijuana Now Party (LMN) |
1998 | Marijuana legalization<ref name="Q and A with Legal Marijuana Now">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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Template:Composition bar | No candidate | 9,671 | No candidate | ||||
| Working Class Party (WCP) |
2016 | Left-wing | Socialism<ref name="Perkins 2023">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
Template:Composition bar | No candidate | Unknown | No candidate | ||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | American Solidarity Party (ASP) |
2011<ref name="The American Solidarity Party Charts Its Own Path"/> | Syncretic Fiscal: Template:Nowrap Social: Template:Nowrap |
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Template:Composition bar | Template:Composition bar | 2,698 | 32,654 (Template:Percentage) | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Approval Voting Party (APV) (AVP) |
2016 | Electoral reform<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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Template:Composition bar | Template:Composition bar | 5,094 | 2,196 (Template:Percentage) | ||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Liberal Party (LPU) |
2022 | Center | Classical liberalism<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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Template:Composition bar | Template:Composition bar | 18,822 | 859 (Template:Percentage) | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Natural Law Party (NLP) |
1992 | Transcendental | Transcendental Meditation<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | Template:Composition bar | Template:Composition bar + DCTemplate:Refn | 5,247 | 754,980 (Template:Percentage)Template:Refn | ||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) |
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Far-left | Marxism–Leninism<ref name=Derek2017>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name=Kroitzsh2019>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=Khan2021>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=Harman2018>Template:Cite book</ref> | Template:Composition bar | Template:Composition bar | 2,182 | 154,538 (Template:Percentage)Template:Refn | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | File:Reform Party logo cropped.jpeg | Reform Party | 1995 | Center | Radical centrism<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | Template:Composition bar | Template:Composition bar + DCTemplate:Refn | 2,679 | 754,980 (Template:Percentage)Template:Refn | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Unity Party (UPC) (Colorado affiliate) |
2004 | Center | Centrism<ref name="auto">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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Template:Composition barTemplate:Efn | No candidate | 3,135 | No candidate | |||
Single-state/single-territory
The following third parties have ballot access in only one state and are only active in that state.
| Party | Year founded |
Political position | Ideology | Membership (Template:Asof)Template:Efn<ref name="Winger-Aug2025-BAN"/> |
Presidential vote (2024)<ref name="2024 Results"/> | Ballot access<ref name="Ballotpedia Ballot Access"/> | |||
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| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | American Independent Party (AIP) |
1967 | Far-right | Paleoconservatism<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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896,260 | 754,980 (Template:Percentage)Template:Refn | California | |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Independent Party of Oregon (IPO) |
2007 | Center | Centrism<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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153,178 | No candidate | Oregon | |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Peace and Freedom Party (PAF) (PFP) |
1967 | Left-wing | Socialism<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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141,785 | 154,538 (Template:Percentage)Template:Refn | California | |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Colorado Center Party | 2022<ref name="coloradopolitics"/> | Center | Centrism | 3,698 | citation | CitationClass=web
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| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Conservative Party of New York State | 1962 | Right-wing | Conservatism<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
160,125 | New York | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Independent Party of Louisiana | 2016 | Center | Centrism | 150,672 | Louisiana | |||
| United Kansas | 2024 | Center | Centrism | 805 | Kansas | ||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Oregon Progressive Party (OPP) |
2007 | Left-wing | Progressivism<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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3,974 | 84,588 (Template:Percentage)Template:Refn | Oregon | |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Green Mountain Peace and Justice Party (GMPJP) |
1970 | Left-wing | Democratic socialism<ref name="Is socialism now acceptable in the US?">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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Unknown | 84,588 (Template:Percentage)Template:Refn | Vermont | |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Alaskan Independence Party (AIP) |
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Center-right to right-wing | Alaskan nationalism<ref name="American Separatists Are Thrilled About Scotland And Think It Will Lead To A 'Paradigm Shift'">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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19,175 | Alaska | |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Independent Party of Delaware (IDE) (IPoD) |
2000 | Center-right | Fiscal conservatism Laissez-faire Environmentalism |
12,046 | Delaware | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Independent American Party (UIAP) |
1993 | Far-right | Ultraconservatism<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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74,397 | Utah | ||
| Ecology Party of Florida | 2008<ref name="Ecology">Template:Cite news</ref> | Environmentalism | 3,264 | Florida | |||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Independent Party of Florida (IPF) |
1993 | Center | 276,467 | Florida | ||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Aloha ʻĀina Party | 2015 | Hawaiian sovereignty<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
Unknown | Hawaii | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | United Citizens Party (UC) (UCP) |
1969 | Center-left to left-wing | Progressivism Black nationalism |
Unknown | 84,588 (Template:Percentage)Template:Refn | South Carolina | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | South Carolina Workers Party (SCWP) |
2023 | Left-wing | Laborism | Unknown | 154,538 (Template:Percentage)Template:Refn | South Carolina | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Citizens' Victory Movement Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana |
2019 | Left-wing | Anti-colonialism Anti-neoliberalism Anti-corruption Environmentalism Progressivism Social democracy |
Unknown | Puerto Rico | |||
Active parties without ballot access
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.<ref name="Ballotpedia Ballot Access">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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| Party | Year founded |
Political position | Ideology | Membership (Template:Asof)<ref name="Winger-Aug2025-BAN"/> |
Presidential vote (2024)<ref name="2024 Results"/> | Year lost access | Seeking access | Ballot access | |||
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| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Common Sense Party of California | 2019 | Center | Centrism | 17,039 | Never had | California | ||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Green Party of Alaska (GPAK) |
1990 | Left-wing | Green politics<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
1,522 | 3,284 (0.002%) | citation | CitationClass=web
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Alaska | |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | California National Party | 2015 | Center-left | Californian nationalism<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
Unknown | California | ||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | California Freedom Coalition | 2017 | Big tent | Californian secessionism | Unknown | California | |||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Grassroots–Legalize Cannabis Party (G-LC) |
2014 | Left-wing | Marijuana legalization<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
Unknown | 2022<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | Minnesota | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Liberal Party of New York | 1944 | Center-left | Social liberalism<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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Unknown | 2002 | New York | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Moderate Party of Rhode Island | 2007 | Center | Centrism<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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Unknown | 2018 | Rhode Island | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Green Party of Rhode Island (GPRI) |
1992 | Left-wing | Green politics<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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Unknown | Rhode Island | ||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Independent Greens of Virginia | 2005 | Center-right | Green conservatism<ref name="IGoV">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
Unknown | Virginia | ||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Washington Progressive Party (WAPP) |
2002 | Left-wing | Progressivism<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
Unknown | Washington | ||||
| Progressive Dane | 1992 | Left-wing | Progressivism<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | Unknown | Wisconsin | ||||||
| Moderate Party | 2022 | Center | Centrism<ref name="nytimes">Template:Cite news</ref> | Unknown | Never had | As of June 2022 | New Jersey | ||||
| New York State Right to Life Party | 1970 | Right-wing | Anti-abortion | 40,278 | 1978 | 2002 | New York | ||||
Historical parties
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Held national office or elected to Congress
| Party | Created | Disbanded | Years in national office | Ideology | Other names | Mergers/Splits | |||
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| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Federalist Party | 1789 | 1824 | 1789–1825 | Classical conservatism<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | ||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Anti-Administration party | 1789 | 1792 | 1789–1792 | Anti-Federalism<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | Merged into: Democratic-Republican Party in 1792 | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Democratic-Republican Party | 1792 | 1825 | 1792–1825 | Jeffersonianism<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> | Republican Party, Democratic Party | Split into: Democratic Party and National Republican Party | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | National Republican Party | 1825 | 1837 | 1825–1837 | Classical conservatism<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | Anti-Jacksonian Party, Adams-Clay Republicans | Merged into: Whig Party | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Anti-Masonic Party | 1828 | 1838 | 1829–1839 | Anti-Masonry<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> | Merged into: Whig Party | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Nullifier Party | 1828 | 1839 | 1831–1839 | Nullification<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | ||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Whig Party | 1833 | 1854 | 1837–1857 | Traditionalist conservatism<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | ||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Law and Order Party of Rhode Island | 1840 | 1848 | 1843–1845 | Anti-Dorr Rebellion<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> | Charterites | Merged into: Whig Party | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Liberty Party | 1840 | 1848 | 1845–1849 | Abolitionism<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | Merged into: Free Soil Party and Republican Party | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Know Nothing Party | 1844 | 1860 | 1845–1860 | Nativism<ref name="Boissoneault">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
Merged into: Constitutional Union Party (South) and Republican Party (North) | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Free Soil Party | 1848 | 1855 | 1849–1857 | Abolitionism<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | Merged into: Republican Party | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Union Party | 1850 | 1853 | 1851–1853 | Conditional unionism<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | ||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Opposition Party (Northern) | 1854 | 1858 | 1855–1857 | Abolitionism<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | Merged into: Republican Party | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Opposition Party (Southern) | 1858 | 1860 | 1859–1860 | Pro-slavery<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | Merged into: Constitutional Union Party | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Constitutional Union Party | 1860 | 1860 | 1860 | Southern unionism<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | Unionist Party | Merged into: Unconditional Union Party | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | National Union Party | 1862 | 1865 | 1862-1865 | American unionism<ref>Template:Citation</ref> | Union Party | Merged into: Republican Party | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Unconditional Union Party | 1861 | 1866 | 1860–1866 | American unionism<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> | Union Party | Merged into: National Union Party | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Liberal Republican Party | 1871 | 1875 | 1871–1875 | Classical liberalism<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | Merged into: Republican Party and Democratic Party | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Anti-Monopoly Party | 1874 | 1886 | 1873–1881 | Progressivism<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> | Merged into: People's Party (1892) | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Greenback Party | 1874 | 1884 | 1879–1889 | Currency reform<ref>Paul Kleppner, The Greenback and Prohibition Parties," in Arthur M. Schlesinger (ed.), History of U.S. Political Parties: Volume II, 1860-1910, The Gilded Age of Politics. New York: Chelsea House/R.R. Bowker Co., 1973; pg. 1552.</ref> | Merged into: People's Party (1892) | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Readjuster Party | 1870 | 1885 | 1881–1889 | Left-wing populism<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> | ||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Labor Party | 1887–1891 | |||||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | People's Party (1892) | 1892 | 1908 | 1892–1903 | Populism<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> | Populist Party | Merged into: Democratic Party | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Silver Party | 1892 | 1902 | 1893–1902 | Bimetalism<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> | Merged into: Democratic Party | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Silver Republican Party | 1896 | 1900 | 1897–1900 | Bimetalism<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> | Merged into: Republican Party | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Socialist Party of America (SPA) |
1901 | 1972 | 1911–1913 1915–1919 1921–1929 |
Democratic socialism<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
Splinter parties: Nonpartisan League (1915) National Party (1917) Communist Party USA (1919) Proletarian Party of America (1920) American Labor Party (1936) Social Democratic Federation (1936) Final split: (1972–1973) Socialist Party USA, Social Democrats, USA, and Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Progressive Party (1912) | 1912 | 1920 | 1913–1919 | Progressivism<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> | Bull Moose Party | Merged into: Republican Party | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Farmer–Labor Party | 1920 | 1936 | 1919–1921 1923–1945 |
Social democracy<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> | Merged into: Democratic Party | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Wisconsin Progressive Party | 1934 | 1946 | 1935–1946 | Wisconsin Idea | Merged into: Republican Party | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | National Progressives of America (NPA) |
1938 | 1946 | 1938–1946 | Progressivism Non-interventionism | Merged into: Republican Party | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | American Labor Party (1936) (ALP) |
1936 | 1956 | 1939–1951 | Social democracy<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> | ||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Nonpartisan League (NPL) |
1915 | 1956 | 1917–1959 | Democratic socialism Agrarianism<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
NPL | Merged into: North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
Multi-state political parties
Single-state political parties
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| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Toleration Party | 1816 | 1828 | Secularism<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> | American Party | Merged into: Democratic Party | Connecticut | |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Working Men's Party | 1829 | 1831 | Owenism<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> | Merged into: Locofoco faction of the Democratic Party | New York | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Anti-Mormon Party | 1841 | 1844 | Illinois | ||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Independent Anti-Mormon Party of Oneida County | 1870s | 1880s | Idaho | ||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | People's Party | 1870 | 1891 | Mormonism<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> | Utah | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Liberal Party | 1870 | 1893 | Anti-clericalism<ref>Template:Cite thesis</ref> | Utah | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Independent Reform Party | 1874 | 1874 | Illinois | ||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Independent Party | 1884 | 1884 | Florida | ||||
| Home Rule Party of Hawaii | 1900 | 1912 | Hawaiian nationalism<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | Merged into: Republican Party | Hawaii | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | American Party (1904) | 1904 | 1911 | Utah | ||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | American Party (1914) | 1914 | 1916 | Split from: Democratic Party | New York | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party (FLP) |
1918 | 1944 | Populism<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | Merged into: Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party | Minnesota | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Progressive Democratic Party | 1944 | 1948 | Progressivism<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | Split from: Democratic Party | South Carolina | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) |
1964 | 1964 | Desegregation<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | Merged into: Democratic Party | Mississippi | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Lowndes County Freedom Organization (LCFO) |
1965 | 1970 | Racial equality | Lowndes County Freedom Party | Merged into: Democratic Party | Alabama | |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Third Party for America | 1966 | 1968 | Alabama | ||||
| Choctaw Youth Movement (CYM) |
1969 | 1975 | Choctaw nationalism | Oklahoma | ||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Libertarian Party of Virginia (LPVA) |
1974 | 2022<ref name="Reason 9/15/22"/> | Libertarianism<ref name="5 things the Libertarian Party stands for"/> | Virginia | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Labor–Farm Party of Wisconsin | 1982 | 1987 | Left-wing populism<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
Wisconsin | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Illinois Solidarity Party | 1986 | 2007 | Anti-LaRouchism<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
Split from: Democratic Party | Illinois | |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Republican Moderate Party of Alaska | 1986 | 2011 | Centrism<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | Alaska | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | A Connecticut Party | 1990 | 1998 | Liberalism<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | Split from: Republican Party | Connecticut | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Independence Party of New York | 1991 | 2022 | Centrism<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
New York | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | New Jersey Conservative Party (CP-NJ) |
1992 | 2009 | Conservatism<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | New Jersey | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Independent Grassroots Party | 1996 | 1998 | Marijuana legalization | Split from: Grassroots Party | Minnesota | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Marijuana Reform Party | 1998 | 2002 | Marijuana legalization<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
New York | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Independence Party of Florida | 1999 | 2017 | Florida | ||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Washington Progressive Party (WAPP) |
2002 | 2023 | Progressivism<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
Washington | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Personal Choice Party (PCP) |
2004 | 2006 | Libertarianism<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
Utah | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Florida Whig Party | 2006 | 2012 | Fiscal Conservatism<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | Florida | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Connecticut for Lieberman | 2006 | 2013 | Centrism<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | Split from: Democratic Party | Connecticut | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Tea Party of Nevada | 2010 | 2010 | Tea Party movement | Split from: Republican Party | Nevada | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Taxpayers Party of New York | 2010 | 2011 | Conservatism<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
New York | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Freedom Party of New York | 2010 | 2013 | Progressivism<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
New York | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | United Independent Party (UIP) |
2014 | 2017 | Liberalism<ref name="Tyler">Template:Cite news</ref> | Massachusetts | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Women's Equality Party | 2014 | 2018 | Feminism<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | New York | |||
| Bread and Roses Party | 2018 | 2021 | Socialism<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | Maryland | ||||
Political parties in the unincorporated territories
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Non-electoral organizations
Active
Template:Multiple issues These organizations generally do not nominate candidates for election, but some of them have in the past; they otherwise function similarly to political parties. Template:Sticky header
Historical
These historical organizations did not officially nominate candidates for election but may have endorsed or supported campaigns; they otherwise functioned similarly to political parties. Template:Sticky header
| Party | Created | Disbanded | Ideology | Other names | Mergers/Splits | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | National Renaissance Party (NRP) |
1949 | 1981 | Neo-Nazism | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | American Nazi Party (ANP) |
1959 | 1983 | Neo-Nazism | World Union of Free Enterprise National Socialists, National Socialist White People's Party, New Order (successor organization) | Split into: National Socialist Party of America, National Alliance, National Socialist Movement, and New Order. | |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Patriot Party | 1960 | 1980 | Socialism<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> | Split from: Young Patriots Organization | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Black Panther Party | 1966 | 1982 | Black nationalism<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Youth International Party (YIP) |
1967 | 1967 | Anarcho-socialism<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | Yippies | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Marxist–Leninist Party, USA (MLPUSA) |
1967 | 1993 | Marxism–Leninism<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Red Guard Party | 1969 | 1973 | Maoism | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Communist Workers Party (CWP) |
1969 | 1985 | Maoism<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | National Socialist Party of America (NSPA) |
1970 | 1981 | Neo-Nazism | Split from: American Nazi Party | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | National Amerindianist American Redman's Party (NAARP) |
1972 | 1976 | Third Worldism, Socialism | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | National Alliance | 1974 | 2013 | Neo-Nazism | Split from: American Nazi Party | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | New Union Party | 1974 | 2005 | De Leonism<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | International Socialist Organization (ISO) |
1977 | 2019 | Trotskyism<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | White Patriot Party (WPP) |
1980 | 1987 | White supremacy | Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Confederate Knights of the Ku Klux Klan |
||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | New Party | 1992 | 1998 | Progressivism<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | Traditionalist Worker Party (TWP) |
2013 | 2018 | Neo-Nazism<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
||
Party registration
Officially recognized parties in states are not guaranteed have ballot access, membership numbers of some parties with ballot access are not tracked, and vice versa. Not all of these parties are active, and not all states record voter registration by party. Boxes in gray mean that the specific party's registration is not reported.
| State/DC | As of | DEM | REP | LIB | GRN | CST | NLB | RFM | WFP | Others | Unaffiliated | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
73,637 | 143,100 | 6,654 | – | 776 | – | 21,232Template:Efn | Template:Party shading/Independent (US)|346,110 | 591,509 | ||
| Arizona | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
1,192,205 | Template:Party shading/Republican|1,434,982 | 31,164 | 2,796 | – | 27,539 | – | Template:Align | 4,058,320 | ||
| Arkansas | May 3, 2024<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | 86,231 | 131,647 | 700 | 104 | – | 1 | Template:Party shading/Independent (US)|1,543,863 | 1,762,546 | ||||
| California | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
Template:Party shading/Democratic|10,376,887 | 5,824,749 | 232,855 | 113,209 | 216 | – | 1,326,206Template:Efn | 5,219,152 | 23,093,274 | ||
| Colorado | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
1,006,438 | 903,079 | 37,315 | 8,280 | 11,245 | 7,969 | – | 9,413Template:Efn | Template:Party shading/Independent (US)|1,850,286 | 3,834,112 | |
| Connecticut | May 16, 2024<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | 798,205 | 466,908 | 2,996 | 1,350 | – | 298 | 29,155Template:Efn | Template:Party shading/Independent (US)|919,524 | 2,218,436 | |||
| Delaware | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
Template:Party shading/Democratic|350,955 | 205,909 | 2,028 | 718 | 238 | 1,768 | 47 | 314 | 15,130Template:Efn | 197,529 | 774,636 |
| Washington, D.C. | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
Template:Party shading/Democratic|379,489 | 26,567 | 2,290 | 3,855 | – | 82,556 | 494,757 | ||||
| Florida | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
4,363,490 | Template:Party shading/Republican|5,214,907 | 35,445 | 7,712 | 14,833 | 7,498 | – | 266,493Template:Efn | 3,539,382 | 13,449,760 | |
| Idaho | August 2022<ref name="Winger-August2022-BAN"/> | 129,550 | Template:Party shading/Republican|577,507 | 11,147 | – | 4,036 | – | 275,271 | 997,511 | ||||
| Iowa | November 1, 2022<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | 597,120 | Template:Party shading/Republican|681,871 | 12,100 | 2,966 | – | 555,988 | 1,850,045 | |||||
| Kansas | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
503,972 | Template:Party shading/Republican|874,132 | 24,151 | – | 39 | – | 563,482 | 1,965,776 | |||
| Kentucky | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
1,511,242 | Template:Party shading/Republican|1,615,451 | 16,391 | 2,403 | 1,376 | – | 209 | – | 190,063Template:Efn | 153,870 | 3,491,005 |
| Louisiana | November 7, 2023<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | Template:Party shading/Democratic|1,133,813 | 1,021,571 | 15,839 | 2,583 | 154 | 2,296 | 823 | – | 130,273Template:Efn | 665,154 | 2,979,345 | |
| Maine | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
Template:Party shading/Democratic|341,925 | 281,904 | 5,236 | 36,724 | – | 9,677 | – | 275,560 | 951,026 | ||
| Maryland | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
Template:Party shading/Democratic|2,208,095 | 994,529 | 18,836 | – | 234 | – | 54,299 | 909,180 | 4,185,173 | ||
| Massachusetts | May 3, 2024<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | 1,336,825 | 415,438 | – | 3,599 | 292 | – | 113 | 722 | 36,484Template:Efn | Template:Party shading/Independent (US)|3,132,433 | 4,925,906 | |
| Nebraska | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
330,657 | Template:Party shading/Republican|605,466 | 18,036 | – | 6,684Template:Efn | 271,568 | 1,232,411 | ||||
| Nevada | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
708,432 | 654,182 | 20,967 | – | 48,105 | Template:Party shading/Independent (US)|794,532 | 2,329,718 | ||||
| New Hampshire | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
260,281 | 304,375 | – | Template:Party shading/Independent (US)|325,930 | 890,586 | ||||||
| New Jersey | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
Template:Party shading/Democratic|2,496,054 | 1,563,771 | 25,174 | 11,498 | 12,989 | – | 1,550 | – | 28,084Template:Efn | 2,422,574 | 6,561,694 |
| New Mexico | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
Template:Party shading/Democratic|577,692 | 415,653 | – | 27,443Template:Efn | 315,390 | 1,336,178 | |||||
| New York | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
Template:Party shading/Democratic|6,404,069 | 2,903,144 | – | 54,678 | 572,778Template:Efn | 3,173,678 | 13,108,347 | ||||
| North Carolina | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
2,404,692 | 2,234,315 | 50,119 | 2,056 | 0 (New) | 7,752 | – | Template:Party shading/Independent (US)|2,743,054 | 7,441,988 | ||
| Oklahoma | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
649,432 | Template:Party shading/Republican|1,214,774 | 22,365 | – | 449,488 | 2,336,059 | |||||
| Oregon | August 2022<ref name="Winger-August2022-BAN"/> | 1,014,041 | 730,765 | 20,865 | 7,820 | – | 8,364 | 141,185Template:Efn | Template:Party shading/Independent (US)|1,031,392 | 2,958,277 | |||
| Pennsylvania | April 29, 2024<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | Template:Party shading/Democratic|3,895,223 | 3,499,524 | 42,919 | 10,326 | – | 1,273,199 | 8,721,191 | |||||
| Rhode Island | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
281,725 | 103,268 | – | Template:Party shading/Independent (US)|338,629 | 723,622 | ||||||
| South Dakota | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
144,243 | Template:Party shading/Republican|303,722 | 2,923 | – | 22 | – | 945 | 149,935 | 601,790 | ||
| Utah | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
283,142 | Template:Party shading/Republican|1,023,396 | 24,282 | 793 | 8,184 | 11,216 | – | 93,904Template:Efn | 588,657 | 2,033,574 | |
| West Virginia | citation | CitationClass=web
}}</ref> |
358,056 | Template:Party shading/Republican|477,549 | 10,800 | 2,542 | – | 39,412 | 292,963 | 1,181,322 | |||
| Wyoming | May 4, 2024<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | 23,787 | Template:Party shading/Republican|178,387 | 1,057 | – | 343 | 13 | – | 15,875 | 219,462 | |||
Parties by number of registered voters
- Democratic Party – 46,121,872
- Republican Party – 36,556,705
- American Independent Party – 834,730
- Libertarian Party – 704,455
- Independent Party of Florida – 234,524
- Green Party – 210,053
- Conservative Party of New York State – 164,826
- Peace and Freedom Party – 138,238
- Independent Party of Oregon – 137,972
- Independent Party of Louisiana – 136,125
- No Labels – 109,920
- American Independent Party of Nevada – 103,500
- Independent American Party of Utah – 90,902
- Working Families Party – 64,674
- Constitution Party – 46,553
- Liberal Party – 31,343
- Independent Party of Connecticut – 29,136
- Common Sense Party – 22,029
- Conservative Party of Florida – 17,595
- Alaskan Independence Party – 18,683
- Conservative Party of New Jersey – 14,639
- United Independent Party – 14,469
- Independent Party of Delaware – 10,722
- Constitution Party of Utah – 8,475
- Socialist Party of New Jersey – 7,856
- Nebraska Legal Marijuana NOW Party – 6,684
- Natural Law Party – 5,668
- Boricua Party – 5,068
- Approval Voting Party – 4,721
- Forward Party – 4,716
- Constitution Party of Oregon – 3,845
- We the People Party – 3,445
- Oregon Progressive Party – 3,213
- Unity Party – 3,134
- Coalition With a Purpose – 2,936
- Ecology Party of Florida – 2,881
- Reform Party – 2,742
- Party for Socialism and Liberation – 1,827
- Socialist Party – 1,700
- Socialist Party of Massachusetts – 1,615
- Colorado Center Party – 1,558
- Green Party of Alaska – 1,520
- People's Party – 1,212
- Conservative Party of Louisiana – 794
- Conservative Party of Delaware – 790
- Socialist Workers Party – 727
- Liberal Party of Delaware – 682
- American Party of Delaware – 520
- American Solidarity Party – 568
- American Delta Party – 462
- Alaska Moderate Party – 388
- Progressive Party of Alaska – 253
- Patriot's Party of Alaska – 219
- Workers Party of Massachusetts – 183
- OWL – 96
- Mandalorians – 92
- Blue Enigma Party – 81
- Alliance Party – 62
- Normal Party of California – 24
- Prohibition Party – 19
- Moderate Party of California – 18
- One Party – 15
- Freedom Reform Party – 8
- Ring of Truth Party – 6
- Hogwash Party – 5
- Aurora Party – 3
- Ohio Reform Party - 1
- Unaffiliated/Independent – 34,006,350
See also
- Political parties in the United States
- List of frivolous political parties
- List of ruling political parties by country
- List of political parties in Puerto Rico
- List of state parties of the Democratic Party (United States)
- List of state Green Parties in the United States
- List of state parties of the Libertarian Party (United States)
- List of state parties of the Republican Party (United States)
- Party system
- Political party strength in U.S. states
- Politics of the United States
- Third party (U.S. politics)
- Two-party system
Notes
- Notes
Template:Notelist Template:Reflist
- Footnotes
Further reading
External links
- Party Links
- Political Parties Timeline
- Ballot Access News
- Politics1 Directory of Candidates
- Independent Political Candidate Directory at IndeCan
- Educational quiz that matches policy answers to U.S. political parties known as I Side With
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- Traditionalist Worker
- Unconditional Union
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