List of political parties in the United States facts for kids

This is a list of political parties in the United States, both past and present. The list does not include independents.

Active parties

Major parties

Party			Ideology	Year founded	Membership (2022)	Presidential vote		Senators	Representatives		Governors	State legislators	Legislatures	Trifectas
						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

Third parties

Represented in state legislatures

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
		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

Represented in the legislature of the unincorporated territory of Puerto Rico

The following third parties are represented in the Puerto Rican Legislature.

Party			Ideology	Year founded	President	Gubernatorial vote	Senators	Representatives	Mayors
		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

Parties with ballot access for Congress, state legislatures, or territorial legislatures

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.

Multi-state or territory

Party			Ballot access	Ideology	Year founded	Membership	Presidential vote (2020)
		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%)
		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

Single state or territory

Party			Ballot access	Ideology	Year founded	Membership (2021)	Presidential vote (2020)
		Colorado Center Party	Colorado	Centrism	2022	N/A	N/A
		Conservative Party of New York State	New York	Conservatism	1962	147,606	295,657 (0.186%)
		United Kansas	Kansas	Centrism	2024
		Libertarian Association of Massachusetts	Massachusetts	Libertarianism	1972	19,097	47,013 (0.030%)
		Libertarian Party of New Mexico	New Mexico	Libertarianism	1972	12,798	12,585 (0.008%)
		Oregon Progressive Party	Oregon	Progressivism	2007	2,292	5,404 (0.003%)
		Green Mountain Peace and Justice Party	Vermont	Democratic socialism	1970	Unknown	166 (0.0001%)
		Alaskan Independence Party	Alaska	Alaskan nationalism	1978	17,213
		Independent Party of Delaware	Delaware		2000	9,844
		United Utah Party	Utah	Centrism	2017	1,690
		Ecology Party of Florida	Florida		2008	125
		Independent Party of Florida	Florida		1993	Unknown
		Aloha ʻĀina Party	Hawaii	Hawaiian sovereignty	2015	Unknown
		Labor Party	South Carolina	Social democracy	1996	Unknown
		United Citizens Party	South Carolina		1969	Unknown
		Independent Citizens Movement	U.S. Virgin Islands		1968	Unknown
		Sovereign Union Movement Movimiento Unión Soberanista	Puerto Rico		2010	Unknown

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.

Multi-state or territory

Party			Ideology	Year founded	Membership	Presidential vote (2020)	Year lost access	Seeking access
		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 Communism Revolutionary socialism	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 Revolutionary socialism Trotskyism	1986	Unknown
		United States Pirate Party	Pirate politics Civil libertarianism Direct democracy	2006	3,000
		Workers World Party	Communism Marxism–Leninism Anti-Imperialism	1959	Unknown
		Freedom Socialist Party	Trotskyism Revolutionary socialism Socialist feminism	1966	Unknown
		American Freedom Party	American nationalism Paleoconservatism Right-wing populism White nationalism Anti-immigration	2009	Unknown
		Socialist Action	Trotskyism	1983	Unknown
		Transhumanist Party	Libertarian transhumanism Extropianism Technogaianism	2014	Unknown

Single state or territory

Party			State	Ideology	Year founded	Membership (2022)	Presidential vote (2020)	Year lost access	Seeking access
		Common Sense Party of California	California	Centrism	2019	24,454		Never had
		Green Party of Alaska	Alaska	Green politics	1990	1,509	3,284 (0.002%)		As of May 2022
		California National Party	California	Californian nationalismSocial-Democracy	2015	413
		California Freedom Coalition	California	Californian secessionism	2017		Unknown
		Independence Party of New York	New York	Centrism	1991	363,437	22,656 (0.0143%)
		Liberal Party of New York	New York	Liberalism	1944	Unknown		2002
		Moderate Party of Rhode Island	Rhode Island	Centrism	2007	Unknown		2018
		Green Party of Rhode Island	Rhode Island	Green politics	1992	Unknown
		Independent Greens of Virginia	Virginia	Green conservatism	2005	Unknown
		Washington Progressive Party	Washington	Progressivism	2002	Unknown
		Progressive Dane	Wisconsin	Progressivism	1992	Unknown
		Keystone Party of Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Syncretic politics	2022	Unknown		Never had	Based on voter registration
		Moderate Party	New Jersey	Centrism	2022	Unknown		Never had	As of June 2022

Historical parties

Held national office or elected to Congress

Multi-State political parties

Single state political parties

Political parties in the unincorporated territories

Non-electoral organizations

Active

These organizations generally do not nominate candidates for election, but some of them have in the past; they otherwise function similarly to political parties.

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.

See also