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.

Parties with federal representation

Current United States Congressional seats

Political Parties	House of Representatives	Senate
Republican Party	245	54
Democratic Party	188	44
Independent	0	2
Vacant	2	0

Congressional leadership of the House of Representatives

Position	Representative
Speaker of the House	John Boehner (R)
Majority Leader	Kevin McCarthy (R)
Minority Leader	Nancy Pelosi (D)

Congressional leadership of the Senate

Position	Senator
President of the Senate	Joe Biden (D)
President Pro Tempore	Orrin Hatch (R)
Majority Leader	Mitch McConnell (R)
Minority Leader	Harry Reid (D)

The Vice President of the United States has the additional duty of President of the Senate. Because the number of seats in the United States Senate is an even number (two senators per state), it is the Vice President's duty as President of the Senate to cast a tie-breaking vote in the event that "they be equally divided"—an equal number of Senators voting both for and against a motion.

Parties with state representation

Political Parties	State Lower Chamber Seats	State Upper Chamber Seats
Republican Party	3,044	1,134
Democratic Party	2,344	832
Vermont Progressive Party	6	3
Working Families Party	0	1
Conservative Party of New York State	1	0
Independence Party of New York	1	0
Independent	13	3
Vacant	4	3
Total	5,411	1,972

Major political parties

A party that has "an independent state organization... in a majority of the states"^[1] is listed as a major party. An "independent state organization" is not to be confused with the organization of an Independent Democrat or Independent Republican.

Political Party	States*	Founded in	Former Titles	International Affiliations
Democratic Party	50 + DC	1828		Progressive Alliance[2]
Republican Party	50 + DC	1854		International Democrat Union
Libertarian Party	48 + DC[3]	1971		Interlibertarians[4]
Green Party	36 + DC[5]	1991		Global Greens
Constitution Party	26[5]	1992	U.S. Taxpayers' Party

Minor political parties

This listing of minor parties does not include independents.

Political Party	Founded in	Former Titles	International Affiliations
America First Party	2002
American Conservative Party	2008
American Freedom Party	2010	American Third Position Party
American Populist Party	2009
America's Party	2008	America's Independent Party
Christian Liberty Party*	1996	American Heritage Party
Citizens Party of the United States	2004	New American Independent Party
Communist Party USA	1919		International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties
Freedom Socialist Party	1966
Independent American Party	1998
Justice Party	2011
Modern Whig Party	2008
National Socialist Movement	1974	National Socialist American Workers Freedom Movement	World Union of National Socialists
Objectivist Party	2008
Party for Socialism and Liberation	2004
Peace and Freedom Party	1967
Pirate Party	2006		Pirate Party International (observer)
Prohibition Party	1869
Reform Party of the United States of America	1995	United We Stand America
Socialist Action	1983		Fourth International
Socialist Alternative	1986	Labor Militant	Committee for a Workers' International
Socialist Equality Party	1966	Workers League	International Committee of the Fourth International
Socialist Party USA	1973
Socialist Workers Party	1938		Pathfinder tendency (unofficial)
United States Marijuana Party	2002
United States Pacifist Party	1983
Unity Party of America	2004
Workers World Party	1959

Regional parties

These parties are based only in states or certain regions and rarely, if ever, offer candidates for national offices. These are all parties that are unaffiliated with national parties. Each state has official state chapters of the major parties as well as some of the minor parties.

Alaska

• Alaskan Independence Party

Connecticut

• Independent Party of Connecticut

Delaware

• Blue Enigma Party*
• Independent Party of Delaware

Hawaii

• Hawaii Independence Party

Michigan

• Natural Law Party

Minnesota

• Ecology Democracy Party
• Grassroots Party
• Independence Party of Minnesota

New York

• Conservative Party of New York State
• Independence Party of New York
• Liberal Party of New York
• New York State Right to Life Party
• Rent Is Too Damn High Party
• Tax Revolt Party of Nassau County*
• Working Families Party of New York*<noinclude>

Northern Mariana Islands

• Covenant Party

Ohio

• Charter Party (Cincinnati only)

Oregon

• Constitution Party of Oregon
• Independent Party of Oregon
• Oregon Progressive Party
• Oregon Working Families Party

Puerto Rico

• Sovereign Union Movement, (Movimiento Unión Soberanista)
• New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico, also translated New Party for Progress of Puerto Rico (Partido Nuevo Progresista de Puerto Rico)
• Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico, (Partido Popular Democrático de Puerto Rico)
• Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico Party, (Partido por Puerto Rico)
• Puerto Rican Independence Party, (Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño)
• Worker's People Party of Puerto Rico, (Partido del Pueblo Trabajador)

Rhode Island

• Moderate Party of Rhode Island

U.S. Virgin Islands

• Independent Citizens Movement

Vermont

• Vermont Progressive Party
• Liberty Union Party
• Vermont Working Families Party

Wisconsin

• Progressive Dane (Dane County only)

Historical parties

The following parties are no longer functioning; they are listed in order of founding.

• Federalist Party (c. 1789 – c. 1820)
• Democratic-Republican Party (1792 – c. 1824)
• Toleration Party (1816 – c. 1827)
• Anti-Masonic Party (1826–1838)
• National Republican Party (1825–1833)
• Nullifier Party (1830–1839)
• Whig Party (1833–1856)
• Liberty Party (1840–1848)
• Law and Order Party of Rhode Island (1840s)
• Temperance Party of Rhode Island (1840s)
• Free Soil Party (1848–1855)
• Anti-Nebraska Party (1854)
• American Republican Party (1843–1854)
• American Party (a.k.a. "Know-Nothings") (c. 1854 – 1858)
• Opposition Party (1854–1858)
• Constitutional Union Party (1860)
• Unconditional Union Party (1861–1866)
• National Union Party, (1864–1868)
• Readjuster Party (1870–1885)
• People's Party of Utah (1870–1891)
• Liberal Party (Utah) (1870–1893)
• Liberal Republican Party (1872)
• Greenback Party (1874–1884)
• Socialist Labor Party of America (1876–2008)
• Anti-Monopoly Party (1884)
• People's Party (a.k.a. "Populists") (1887–1908)
• Silver Party (1892–1902)
• National Democratic Party ("Gold Democrats") (1896–1900)
• Silver Republican Party (1896–1900)
• Social Democratic Party (1898–1901)
• Home Rule Party of Hawaii (1900–1912)
• Socialist Party of America (1901–1972)
• Independence Party (a.k.a. "Independence League") (1906–1914)
• Progressive Party 1912 (a.k.a. "Bull Moose Party") (1912–1914)
• National Woman's Party (1913–1930)
• Non-Partisan League (1915–1956)
• Farmer-Labor Party (1918–1944)
• Proletarian Party of America (1920–1971)
• Progressive Party 1924 (1924)
• Communist League of America (1928–1934)
• American Workers Party (1933–1934)
• Workers Party of the United States (1934–1938)
• Union Party (1936)
• American Labor Party (1936–1956)
• America First Party (1944) (1944–1996)
• States' Rights Democratic Party (a.k.a. "Dixiecrats") (1948)
• Progressive Party 1948 (1948–1955)
• Vegetarian Party (1948–1964)
• Puerto Rican Nationalist Party (1922–1965)
• Constitution Party (1950s) (1952–1968?)
• American Nazi Party (1959–1967)
• Puerto Rican Socialist Party (1959–1993)
• Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (1964)
• Black Panther Party (1966–1970s)
• Patriot Party (1960s–1980s)
• Youth International Party (a.k.a. "Yippies") (1967)
• Communist Workers Party (1969–1985)
• People's Party (1971–1976)
• New Union Party (1974–2005?)
• U.S. Labor Party (1975–1979)
• Concerned Citizens Party (1975–1992)
• Citizens Party (1979–1984)
• New Alliance Party (1979–1992)
• Populist Party of 1980s–1990s (1984–1994)
• Looking Back Party (1984–1996)
• Independent Party of Utah (1988–1996)
• A Connecticut Party (1990–?)
• New Party (1992–1998)
• Aloha Aina Party (1997–2000?)
• Marijuana Reform Party (1998–2002)
• Natural Law Party (1992–2004)
• Southern Party (1999–2003)
• Veterans Party (2003–2008)
• Christian Freedom Party (2004)
• Personal Choice Party (2004–2006?)
• Labor Party (1996–2007)
• United Citizens Party (1969–2008?)
• The American Party (1969–2008)
• Moderate Party (Illinois) (2005–2008)
• Populist Party of Maryland (2004–2008)
• New Jersey Conservative Party (1992–2009)
• Republican Moderate Party of Alaska (1986–2011)
• Taxpayers Party of New York (2010–2011)
• Freedom Party of New York (2010–2011)
• Florida Whig Party (2006–2012)
• Boston Tea Party (2006–2012)
• Raza Unida Party (1970–2012)
• Independence Party of America (2007–2013)
• Connecticut for Lieberman (2006–2013)

Non-electoral organizations

These organizations do not nominate candidates for election but otherwise function similarly to political parties. Some of them have nominated candidates in the past.

Political Party	Founded in	Former Titles	International Affiliations
American Falangist Party	1985
American Nazi Party	1959	World Union of Free Enterprise National Socialists
American Reform Party	1997
Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism	1991	Committees of Correspondence
Communist Voice Organization	1995
Democratic Socialists of America	1982		Socialist International
Freedom Road Socialist Organization (freedomroad.org group)	1985
Freedom Road Socialist Organization (frso.org group)	1985		International Communist Seminar
Fourth International Caucus (faction of Solidarity)	1995		Fourth International (USFI)
Greens/Green Party USA	1991
International Socialist Organization	1977
Internationalism	1970		International Communist Current
Internationalist Group	1996		League for the Fourth International
Internationalist Workers' Group	2002		International Communist Tendency
League for the Revolutionary Party	1976		Communist Organization for the Fourth International
League of Revolutionaries for a New America	1993
News and Letters Committees	1955
Progressive Labor Party	1961	Progressive Labor Movement	*<noinclude>
Refoundation and Revolution (faction of Solidarity)	2002	Trotskyist League	Coordinating Committee for the Refoundation of the Fourth International
Revolutionary Communist Party, USA	1975	Revolutionary Union
Revolutionary Organization of Labor	1961	Ray O. Light	International Communist Seminar, International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations (International Newsletter), International Coordination of Revolutionary Parties and Organizations
Social Democrats, USA	1972
Socialist Organizer	1991		Fourth International (International Center of Reconstruction)
Socialist Workers Organization	2001
Solidarity	1986
Spartacist League	1966		International Communist League (Fourth Internationalist)
The Spark	1971		International Communist Union
U.S. Marxist–Leninist Organization	1981
Workers Party	2003
World Socialist Party of the United States	1916	Socialist Party of the United States Socialist Educational Society Workers' Socialist Party	World Socialist Movement

See also

• List of frivolous political parties
• List of political parties by country
• List of political parties in Puerto Rico
• List of state Constitution Parties in the U.S.
• List of state Green Parties in the U.S.
• List of state Libertarian Parties in the U.S.
• Party system
• Political party strength in U.S. states
• Politics of the United States
• Third party (United States)
• Two-party system

References

Further reading

• Nash, Howard P., Jr.; Schnapper, M. B. (1959). Third Parties in American Politics. 
• Ness, Immanuel; Ciment, James (2000). The Encyclopedia of Third Parties in America. Armonk, NY, U.S.A.: Sharpe Reference. ISBN 0-7656-8020-3. 

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

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