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 [1] and from the parties themselves. Not all political parties have abbreviations.
Party ballot access comes from a variety of sources including Ballotpedia [2] and the websites of various state Secretaries of State. [3]
Party | Year founded | Political position | Ideology | Ballot access | Presidential ballot access (2024) | Membership (as of August 21,2025 [update] ) | Presidential vote (2024) | Legislators (federal and state) | |||||
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Electoral | Popular [4] | Senators [5] | Representatives | State legislators [6] | |||||||||
![]() | Republican Party (R) (GOP) | 1854 | Right-wing | Right-wing populism [a] Conservatism | 50 / 50 + DC | 50 / 50 + DC | 38,098,805 | 312 / 538 | 77,302,580 (49.8%) | 53 / 100 | 219 / 435 | 4,031 / 7,383 | |
![]() | Democratic Party (D) | 1828 | Center to Center-left | Liberalism Progressivism | 50 / 50 + DC | 50 / 50 + DC | 45,080,952 | 226 / 538 | 75,017,613 (48.3%) | 47 / 100 [A] | 212 / 435 | 3,271 / 7,383 |
The following third parties have members in state legislatures affiliated with them.
Party | Year founded | Political position | Ideology | Ballot access | Membership (as of August 21,2025 [update] ) | State legislators | |
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Vermont Progressive Party | 1993 | Left-wing | Progressivism [7] Democratic socialism [7] | Vermont | Unknown | 5 / 7,383 [8] | |
Forward Party (FWD) | 2022 | Center | 5 / 51 [9] | 2,054 [10] [11] [12] [13] | 1 / 7,383 [14] |
The following parties are represented in the Puerto Rican Legislature.
Party | Year founded | Political position | Ideology | President | Gubernatorial vote [15] | Senators [16] | Representatives [16] | Mayors [17] | |
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New Progressive Party Partido Nuevo Progresista (PNP) | 1967 [18] | Center to center-right | Puerto Rico statehood Centrism | Jenniffer González-Colón | 524,373 (41.22%) | 19 / 28 | 36 / 53 | 36 / 78 | |
Popular Democratic Party Partido Popular Democrático (PPD) | 1938 [19] | Center | Pro-Commonwealth Centrism Liberalism Social liberalism Decentralism | Jesús Manuel Ortiz | 273,162 (21.47%) | 5 / 28 | 13 / 53 | 41 / 78 | |
Puerto Rican Independence Party Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño (PIP) | 1946 [18] | Center-left | Puerto Rico independence Progressivism Social democracy Democratic socialism | Juan Dalmau | 391,945 (30.81%) | 2 / 28 | 3 / 53 | 0 / 78 | |
Project Dignity Proyecto Dignidad (PD) | 2019 | Center-right to right-wing | Christian democracy Anti-corruption Right-wing populism | Javier Jiménez | 81,251 (6.39%) | 1 / 28 | 1 / 53 | 1 / 78 |
The following third parties have ballot access in at least one state and are not represented in a national office or state/territorial legislature. [20]
The following third parties are multi-state organizations which have ballot access in more than one states.
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. [20]
Party | Created | Disbanded | Ideology | Other names | Mergers/Splits | Territory | |
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Puerto Rican Nationalist Party | 1922 | 1965 | Puerto Rican nationalism [167] | Puerto Rico | |||
Puerto Rican Socialist Party | 1959 | 1993 | Puerto Rican nationalism [168] | Puerto Rico | |||
Covenant Party | 2001 | 2013 [169] | Populism | Merged into: Republican Party | Northern Mariana Islands | ||
Working People's Party | 2010 | 2016 | Partido del Pueblo Trabajador | Puerto Rico | |||
Popular Party (Guam) | 1949 | 1964 | Commercial Party | Merged into: Democratic Party | Guam | ||
Territorial Party (Guam) | 1956 | 1966 | Merged into: Republican Party | Guam | |||
Popular Party (Northern Mariana Islands) [170] [171] | 1978 | Merged into: Democratic Party | Northern Mariana Islands | ||||
Territorial Party (Northern Mariana Islands) [171] | Merged into: Republican Party | Northern Mariana Islands | |||||
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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.
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 |
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Alaska | April 3, 2024 [182] | 73,637 | 143,100 | 6,654 | – | 776 | – | 21,232 [d] | 346,110 | 591,509 | ||
Arizona | April 2024 [183] | 1,192,205 | 1,434,982 | 31,164 | 2,796 | – | 27,539 | – | 1,369,634 | 4,058,320 | ||
Arkansas | May 3, 2024 [184] | 86,231 | 131,647 | 700 | 104 | – | 1 | 1,543,863 | 1,762,546 | |||
California | February 20, 2024 [185] | 10,285,108 | 5,388,479 | 240,618 | 102,659 | 271 | 42,039 | – | 1,195,512 [e] | 4,822,647 | 22,077,333 | |
Colorado | May 1, 2024 [186] | 1,006,438 | 903,079 | 37,315 | 8,280 | 11,245 | 7,969 | – | 9,413 [f] | 1,850,286 | 3,834,112 | |
Connecticut | May 16, 2024 [187] | 798,205 | 466,908 | 2,996 | 1,350 | – | 298 | 29,155 [g] | 919,524 | 2,218,436 | ||
Delaware | May 1, 2024 [188] | 350,955 | 205,909 | 2,028 | 718 | 238 | 1,768 | 47 | 314 | 15,130 [h] | 197,529 | 774,636 |
Washington, D.C. | August 2022 [189] | 379,489 | 26,567 | 2,290 | 3,855 | – | 82,556 | 494,757 | ||||
Florida | February 20, 2024 [190] | 4,363,490 | 5,214,907 | 35,445 | 7,712 | 14,833 | 7,498 | – | 266,493 [i] | 3,539,382 | 13,449,760 | |
Idaho | August 2022 [189] | 129,550 | 577,507 | 11,147 | – | 4,036 | – | 275,271 | 997,511 | |||
Iowa | November 1, 2022 [191] | 597,120 | 681,871 | 12,100 | 2,966 | – | 555,988 | 1,850,045 | ||||
Kansas | April 30, 2024 [192] | 503,972 | 874,132 | 24,151 | – | 39 | – | 563,482 | 1,965,776 | |||
Kentucky | April 15, 2024 [193] | 1,511,242 | 1,615,451 | 16,391 | 2,403 | 1,376 | – | 209 | – | 190,063 [j] | 153,870 | 3,491,005 |
Louisiana | November 7, 2023 [194] | 1,133,813 | 1,021,571 | 15,839 | 2,583 | 154 | 2,296 | 823 | – | 130,273 [k] | 665,154 | 2,979,345 |
Maine | March 5, 2024 [195] | 341,925 | 281,904 | 5,236 | 36,724 | – | 9,677 | – | 275,560 | 951,026 | ||
Maryland | March 2024 [196] | 2,208,095 | 994,529 | 18,836 | – | 234 | – | 54,299 | 909,180 | 4,185,173 | ||
Massachusetts | May 3, 2024 [197] | 1,336,825 | 415,438 | – | 3,599 | 292 | – | 113 | 722 | 36,484 [l] | 3,132,433 | 4,925,906 |
Nebraska | May 1, 2024 [198] | 330,657 | 605,466 | 18,036 | – | 6,684 [m] | 271,568 | 1,232,411 | ||||
Nevada | May 1, 2024 [199] | 708,432 | 654,182 | 20,967 | – | 48,105 | 794,532 | 2,329,718 | ||||
New Hampshire | March 29, 2024 [200] | 260,281 | 304,375 | – | 325,930 | 890,586 | ||||||
New Jersey | June 1, 2024 [201] | 2,496,054 | 1,563,771 | 25,174 | 11,498 | 12,989 | – | 1,550 | – | 28,084 [n] | 2,422,574 | 6,561,694 |
New Mexico | April 30, 2024 [202] | 577,692 | 415,653 | – | 27,443 [o] | 315,390 | 1,336,178 | |||||
New York | February 27, 2024 [203] | 6,404,069 | 2,903,144 | – | 54,678 | 572,778 [p] | 3,173,678 | 13,108,347 | ||||
North Carolina | May 1, 2024 [204] | 2,404,692 | 2,234,315 | 50,119 | 2,056 | 0 (New) | 7,752 | – | 2,743,054 | 7,441,988 | ||
Oklahoma | April 30, 2024 [205] | 649,432 | 1,214,774 | 22,365 | – | 449,488 | 2,336,059 | |||||
Oregon | August 2022 [189] | 1,014,041 | 730,765 | 20,865 | 7,820 | – | 8,364 | 141,185 [q] | 1,031,392 | 2,958,277 | ||
Pennsylvania | April 29, 2024 [206] | 3,895,223 | 3,499,524 | 42,919 | 10,326 | – | 1,273,199 | 8,721,191 | ||||
Rhode Island | May 2024 [207] | 281,725 | 103,268 | – | 338,629 | 723,622 | ||||||
South Dakota | May 1, 2024 [208] | 144,243 | 303,722 | 2,923 | – | 22 | – | 945 | 149,935 | 601,790 | ||
Utah | August 18, 2025 [209] | 283,142 | 1,023,396 | 24,282 | 793 | 8,184 | 11,216 | – | 93,904 [r] | 588,657 | 2,033,574 | |
West Virginia | May 4, 2024 [210] | 358,056 | 477,549 | 10,800 | 2,542 | – | 39,412 | 292,963 | 1,181,322 | |||
Wyoming | May 4, 2024 [211] | 23,787 | 178,387 | 1,057 | – | 343 | 13 | – | 15,875 | 219,462 |
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