List of political parties in the United States

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

Contents

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.

Active parties

Major parties

PartyIdeologyYear
founded
Political positionMembership
(2024) [1]
Electoral (2024)Popular [2] Senators
[3]
VotingNonvoting Governors
[4]
State
legislators
[4]
Legislatures
[4]
Trifectas
[4]
Republican Party Conservatism 1854 Center-right to right-wing 37,314,494
312 / 538
77,234,090 (
53 / 100
220 / 435
3 / 6
29 / 55
4,031 / 7,383
28 / 49
22 / 49
Democratic Party Liberalism 1828 Center-left 45,512,696
226 / 538
74,936,918
(
47 / 100
[A]
215 / 435
3 / 6
25 / 55
3,271 / 7,383
19 / 49
17 / 49

Third parties

Represented in state legislatures

The following third parties have members in state legislatures affiliated with them.

Ballot access in multiple states
Party Ballot access Presidential ballot access (2024) IdeologyYear
founded
Political positionMembership
(2024) [1]
Presidential vote (2024) State
legislators
Forward Party
5 / 51
[5]
No candidate2022 Center 1483No candidate
2 / 7,383 [6]
Ballot access in a single state
Party Ballot access IdeologyYear
founded
Political positionMembership
(2024) [1]
Presidential vote (2024) State
legislators
Vermont Progressive Party Vermont Progressivism [7]
Democratic socialism [7]
1993 Left-wing UnknownNo candidate
13 / 7,386 [8]

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 legislature. [9]

Multi-state
Single-state

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. [9]

Multi-state
Single-state

Major parties in Puerto Rico

The following parties are represented in the Puerto Rican Legislature.

PartyIdeologyYear
founded
Political positionPresident Gubernatorial vote [62] Senators [63] Representatives [63] Mayors [64]
New Progressive Party
Partido Nuevo Progresista
Puerto Rico statehood 1967 [65] Center to centre-right Pedro Pierluisi 427,016 (33.24%)
10 / 27
21 / 51
36 / 78
Popular Democratic Party
Partido Popular Democrático
Pro-Commonwealth
Centrism
1938 [66] Center Jesús Manuel Ortiz 407,817 (31.75%)
12 / 27
26 / 51
41 / 78
Citizens' Victory Movement
Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana
Anti-imperialism
Anti-neoliberalism
Progressivism
2019 Left-wing 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 [65] Center-left Rubén Berríos 175,402 (13.58%)
1 / 27
1 / 51
0 / 78
Project Dignity
Proyecto Dignidad
Christian democracy
Anti-corruption
2019 Center-right to right-wing César Váquez Muñiz87,379 (6.80%)
1 / 27
1 / 51
1 / 78

Historical parties

Held national office or elected to Congress

PartyYears in national officeOther namesIdeologyMergers/SplitsCreatedDisbanded
Federalist Party 1789–1825 Classical conservatism [67] 17891824
Anti-Administration party 1789–1792 Anti-Federalism [68] Merged into: Democratic-Republican Party in 179217891792
Democratic-Republican Party 1792–1825Republican Party, Democratic Party Jeffersonianism [69] Split into: Democratic Party and National Republican Party 17921825
National Republican Party 1825–1837Anti-Jacksonian Party, Adams-Clay Republicans Classical conservatism [70] Merged into: Whig Party 18251837
Anti-Masonic Party 1829–1839 Anti-Masonry [71] Merged into: Whig Party 18281838
Nullifier Party 1831–1839 Nullification [72] 18281839
Whig Party 1837–1857 Traditionalist conservatism [73] 18331854
Law and Order Party of Rhode Island 1843–1845Charterites Anti-Dorr Rebellion [74] Merged into: Whig Party 18401848
Liberty Party 1845–1849 Abolitionism [75] Merged into: Free Soil Party and Republican Party 18401848
Know Nothing Party 1845–1860 Nativism [76] Merged into: Constitutional Union Party (South) and Republican Party (North)18441860
Free Soil Party 1849–1857 Abolitionism [77] Merged into: Republican Party 18481855
Union Party 1851–1853 Conditional unionism [78] 18501853
Opposition Party (Northern) 1855–1857 Abolitionism [79] Merged into: Republican Party 18541858
Opposition Party (Southern) 1859–1860 Pro-slavery [80] Merged into: Constitutional Union Party 18581860
Constitutional Union Party 1860Unionist Party Southern unionism [81] Merged into: Unconditional Union Party 18601860
Unconditional Union Party 1860–1866Union Party American unionism [82] Merged into: National Union Party 18611866
Liberal Republican Party 1871–1875 Classical liberalism [83] Merged into: Republican Party and Democratic Party 18711875
Anti-Monopoly Party 1873–1881 Progressivism [84] Merged into: People's Party (1892) 18741886
Greenback Party 1879–1889 Currency reform [85] Merged into: People's Party (1892) 18741884
Readjuster Party 1881–1889 Left-wing populism [86] 18701885
Labor Party 1887–1891
People's Party (1892) 1892–1903Populist Party Populism [87] Merged into: Democratic Party 18921908
Silver Party 1893–1902 Bimetalism [88] Merged into: Democratic Party 18921902
Silver Republican Party 1897–1900 Bimetalism [89] Merged into: Republican Party 18961900
Socialist Party of America 1911–1913
1915–1919
1921–1929
Democratic socialism [90] 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
19011972
Progressive Party (1912) 1913–1919Bull Moose Party Progressivism [91] Merged into: Republican Party 19121920
Farmer–Labor Party 1919–1921
1923–1945
Social democracy [92] Merged into: Democratic Party 19201936
Wisconsin Progressive Party 1935–1946Merged into: Republican Party and Democratic Party 19341946
American Labor Party (1936) 1939–1951 Social democracy [93] 19361956
Nonpartisan League 1917–1959NPL Democratic Socialism Agrarianism [94] Merged into: North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party [95] 19151956

Multi-state political parties

Single-state political parties

Political parties in the unincorporated territories

PartyTerritoryOther namesIdeologyMergers/SplitsCreatedDisbanded
Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Puerto Rico Puerto Rican nationalism [158] 19221965
Puerto Rican Socialist Party Puerto Rico Puerto Rican nationalism [159] 19591993
Covenant Party Northern Mariana Islands Populism Merged into: Republican Party 20012013 [160]
Working People's Party Puerto Rico Partido del Pueblo Trabajador20102016
Popular Party (Guam) Guam Commercial PartyMerged into: Democratic Party 19491964
Territorial Party (Guam) Guam Merged into: Republican Party 19561966
Popular Party (Northern Mariana Islands) [161] [162] Northern Mariana Islands Merged into: Democratic Party 1978
Territorial Party (Northern Mariana Islands) [162] Northern Mariana Islands Merged into: Republican Party

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.

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.

Political party registration by state
State/DCAs of DEM REP LIB GRN CST NLB RFM WFP Others Unaffiliated Total
Alaska April 3, 2024 [173] 73,637143,1006,65477621,232 [e] 346,110591,509
Arizona April 2024 [174] 1,192,2051,434,98231,1642,79627,539
1,369,634
4,058,320
Arkansas May 3, 2024 [175] 86,231131,64770010411,543,8631,762,546
California February 20, 2024 [176] 10,285,1085,388,479240,618102,65927142,0391,195,512 [f] 4,822,64722,077,333
Colorado May 1, 2024 [177] 1,006,438903,07937,3158,28011,2457,9699,413 [g] 1,850,2863,834,112
Connecticut May 16, 2024 [178] 798,205466,9082,9961,35029829,155 [h] 919,5242,218,436
Delaware May 1, 2024 [179] 350,955205,9092,0287182381,7684731415,130 [i] 197,529774,636
Washington, D.C. August 2022 [180] 379,48926,5672,2903,85582,556494,757
Florida February 20, 2024 [181] 4,363,4905,214,90735,4457,71214,8337,498266,493 [j] 3,539,38213,449,760
Idaho August 2022 [180] 129,550577,50711,1474,036275,271997,511
Iowa November 1, 2022 [182] 597,120681,87112,1002,966555,9881,850,045
Kansas April 30, 2024 [183] 503,972874,13224,15139563,4821,965,776
Kentucky April 15, 2024 [184] 1,511,2421,615,45116,3912,4031,376209190,063 [k] 153,8703,491,005
Louisiana November 7, 2023 [185] 1,133,8131,021,57115,8392,5831542,296823130,273 [l] 665,1542,979,345
Maine March 5, 2024 [186] 341,925281,9045,23636,7249,677275,560951,026
Maryland March 2024 [187] 2,208,095994,52918,83623454,299909,1804,185,173
Massachusetts May 3, 2024 [188] 1,336,825415,4383,59929211372236,484 [m] 3,132,4334,925,906
Nebraska May 1, 2024 [189] 330,657605,46618,0366,684 [n] 271,5681,232,411
Nevada May 1, 2024 [190] 708,432654,18220,96748,105794,5322,329,718
New Hampshire March 29, 2024 [191] 260,281304,375325,930890,586
New Jersey June 1, 2024 [192] 2,496,0541,563,77125,17411,49812,9891,55028,084 [o] 2,422,5746,561,694
New Mexico April 30, 2024 [193] 577,692415,65327,443 [p] 315,3901,336,178
New York February 27, 2024 [194] 6,404,0692,903,14454,678572,778 [q] 3,173,67813,108,347
North Carolina May 1, 2024 [195] 2,404,6922,234,31550,1192,0560 (New)7,7522,743,0547,441,988
Oklahoma April 30, 2024 [196] 649,4321,214,77422,365449,4882,336,059
Oregon August 2022 [180] 1,014,041730,76520,8657,8208,364141,185 [r] 1,031,3922,958,277
Pennsylvania April 29, 2024 [197] 3,895,2233,499,52442,91910,3261,273,1998,721,191
Rhode Island May 2024 [198] 281,725103,268338,629723,622
South Dakota May 1, 2024 [199] 144,243303,7222,92322945149,935601,790
Utah June 3, 2024 [200] 275,698991,89426,411748,4972,35388,837 [s] 574,7341,968,498
West Virginia May 4, 2024 [201] 358,056477,54910,8002,54239,412292,9631,181,322
Wyoming May 4, 2024 [202] 23,787178,3871,0573431315,875219,462

Parties by number of registered voters

See also

Notes

Notes
  1. The Constitution Party had two candidates running for the 2024 presidential election—one which was nominated by the party and one which was nominated by the Constitution Party dissidents.
  2. See membership table below
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  1. Includes two Independent Senators who all caucus with the Democratic Party. [3]
  2. The Alliance Party originally nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr, who later dropped out. However, he remained on the ballot in other states. Kennedy was nominated by several parties.
  3. 1 2 3 4 The party's candidate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, dropped out before the election. However, votes were still cast for him. Votes counted in a fusion ticket.
  4. The American Independent Party originally nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr, who later dropped out. However, he remained on the ballot in other states. Kennedy was nominated by several parties.
  5. The Natural Law Party originally nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr, who later dropped out. However, he remained on the ballot in other states. Kennedy was nominated by several parties.
  6. 1 2 Votes counted as part of a fusion ticket.
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