List of political parties in the United States

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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]

Active parties

Major parties

Both major parties have ballot access in all 50 states in addition to the District of Columbia.

More information Party, Year founded ...
Party Year
founded		 Political
position		 Ideology Registered
voters (2025)[4]		 Presidential vote (2024) Legislators (federal and state)
Electoral Popular[5] Senate[6] House State
legislators[7]
Republican Party
(R; GOP)		 1854 Right-wing
38,166,633
312 / 538
 77,302,580 (49.8%)
53 / 100
219 / 435
4,031 / 7,383
Democratic Party
(D)		 1828 Center to
center-left		 Liberalism 45,069,950
226 / 538
 75,017,613
(48.3%)
47 / 100[a]
214 / 435
3,271 / 7,383
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Third parties

Represented in state/territorial legislatures

See also: Third-party members of state legislatures of the United States

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

More information Party, Year founded ...
Party Year
founded		 Political
position		 Ideology Ballot access Registered
voters (2025)[4]		 State/Territorial
legislators[8][9]
Working Families Party
(WFP)		 1998 Center-left to left-wing
3 / 50[b]
 67,889
83 / 7,578[11][12][c]
New Progressive Party
Partido Nuevo Progresista
(PNP)		 1967[13] Center to
center-right
Puerto Rico
55 / 7,578
Popular Democratic Party
Partido Popular Democrático
(PPD)		 1938[14] Center
Puerto Rico
18 / 7,578
Puerto Rican Independence Party
Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño
(PIP)		 1946[13] Center-left
Puerto Rico
5 / 7,578
Vermont Progressive Party
(VPP)		 1993 Left-wing
Vermont n/a[d]
5 / 7,578[15][e]
Project Dignity
Proyecto Dignidad
(PD)		 2019 Center-right
to right-wing
Puerto Rico
2 / 7,578
Forward Party
(FWD)		 2022 Center
5 / 50[16]
 4,808
1 / 7,578[17]
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Represented in Local Governments

The following third parties have affiliated members in local (city and county) general purpose local legislatures, or serving as elected executives of local general purpose governments.

More information Party, Year founded ...
Party Year
founded		 Political
position		 Ideology Ballot
access
[18][19]		 Presidential ballot
access (2024)		 Registered
voters
(2025)[4]		 Presidential
vote (2024)[5]		 Local general purpose
legislators/executives[20][21][22][f]
Green Party
(G; GRE)		 2001[24] Left-wing
19 / 50 + DC
37 / 50
 263,370 813,066 (0.526%)
46 / 282,969[25]
Libertarian Party
(LIB)		 1971 Right-wing
32 / 50[26][27]
47 / 50
 728,514 646,123 (0.418%)
21 / 282,969[28]
Constitution Party
(CON)		 1992[29] Far-right
11 / 50
12 / 50
 152,043 54,053 (0.035%)[g]
17 / 282,969[30]
American Solidarity Party
(ASP)		 2011[31] Syncretic
Fiscal: Center-left
Social: Center-right
2 / 50
7 / 50
 7,329 32,654 (0.021%)
2 / 282,969[32]
Communist Party USA
(CPUSA)		 1919 Far-left
0 / 50
0 / 50
 22 0[h]
2 / 282,969[33]
Alliance Party 2019[34] Center-left
3 / 50
31 / 50 + DC
 Unknown 754,980 (0.49%)[i]
1 / 282,969[35][36]
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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, state/territorial legislature or county office.[18]

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.

More information Party, Year founded ...
Party Year
founded		 Political
position		 Ideology Ballot access
[18][37]		 Presidential ballot
access (2024)		 Registered
voters (2025)[4]		 Presidential
vote (2024)[5]
No Labels 2021[38] Center
4 / 50[39]
 No candidate 55,038 No candidate
Legal Marijuana Now Party
(LMN)		 1998 Marijuana legalization[40]
2 / 50
 No candidate 9,967 No candidate
Working Class Party
(WCP)		 2016 Left-wing
2 / 50
 No candidate 3,751 No candidate
Approval Voting Party
(APV; AVP)		 2016 Electoral reform[42]
1 / 50
1 / 50
 5,173 2,196 (0.001%)
Liberal Party
(LPU)		 2022 Center Classical liberalism[43]
1 / 50
1 / 50
 15,040 859 (0.0006%)
Natural Law Party
(NLP)		 1992 Transcendental Transcendental Meditation[44]
1 / 50
31 / 50 + DC
 5,271 754,980 (0.49%)[i]
Party for Socialism and Liberation
(PSL)		 2004[29] Far-left Marxism–Leninism[45][46][47][48]
1 / 50
19 / 50
 2,181 154,538 (0.100%)[j]
 Unity Party
(UPC – Colorado affiliate)		 2004 Center Centrism[49]
1 / 50[k]
 No candidate 3,181 No candidate
Reform Party 1995 Center Radical centrism[50]
0 / 50[l]
31 / 50 + DC
 2,696 754,980 (0.49%)[i]
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Single-state/single-territory

The following third parties have ballot access in only one state and are only active in that state.

More information Party, Year founded ...
Party Year
founded		 Political position Ideology Registered
voters (2025)[4]		 Presidential vote (2024)[5] Ballot access[18]
American Independent Party
(AIP)		 1967 Far-right Paleoconservatism[51] 939,695 754,980 (0.49%)[i] California
Peace and Freedom Party
(PAF; PFP)		 1967 Left-wing Socialism[52] 148,494 154,538 (0.10%)[j] California
Independent Party of Florida
(IPF)		 1993 Center 292,607 Florida
Ecology Party of Florida 2008[53] Environmentalism 3,564 Florida
Conservative Party of New York State 1962 Right-wing Conservatism[54] 161,187 New York
Arizona Independent Party 2023 Unknown No candidate Arizona
Colorado Center Party 2022[55] Center Centrism 3,921 Colorado[55]
United Citizens Party
(UC; UCP)		 1969 Center-left
to left-wing
Unknown 84,588 (0.055%)[m] South Carolina
South Carolina Workers Party
(SCWP)		 2023 Left-wing Laborism Unknown 154,538 (0.100%)[j] South Carolina
Independent Party of Oregon
(IPO)		 2007 Center Centrism[56] 154,743 No candidate Oregon
Oregon Progressive Party
(OPP)		 2007 Left-wing Progressivism[57] 4,063 84,588 (0.055%)[m] Oregon
United Kansas 2024 Center Centrism 946 Kansas
Independent American Party
(UIAP)		 1993 Far-right Ultraconservatism[58] 79,391 Utah
Independent Party of Delaware
(IDE; IPoD)		 2000 Center-right
12,343 Delaware
Green Mountain Peace and Justice Party
(GMPJP)		 1970 Left-wing Democratic socialism[59] n/a[d] 84,588 (0.055%)[m] Vermont
Citizens' Victory Movement
Movimiento Victoria Ciudadana		 2019 Left-wing
Unknown Puerto Rico
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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.[18]

Multi-state
More information Party, Year founded ...
Party Year
founded		 Political position Ideology Registered
voters (2025)[4]		 Presidential
vote (2024)[5]
Aloha ʻĀina Party 2015 Hawaiian sovereignty[60] Unknown No candidate
Socialist Workers Party
(SWP)		 1938 Far-left
795 4,118 (0.003%)
Prohibition Party
(P; PRO)		 1869 Syncretic
Social: Center
Fiscal: Center-left
22 1,144 (0.0007%)
Socialist Equality Party
(SEP)		 1966 Far-left
Unknown 4,638 (0.003%)
Socialist Party USA
(SOC; SPUSA)		 1973 Left-wing
9,062 361 (0.0002%)
United States Pirate Party
(USPP)		 2006 Syncretic
721 914 (0.0006%)
Revolutionary Communists of America
(RCI)		 2024 Far-left
Unknown
American Communist Party
(ACP)		 2024 Syncretic
Unknown
Progressive Labor Party
(PLP)		 1962 Far-left
Unknown
Socialist Alternative
(SAlt; SA)		 1986 Far-left
Unknown
Workers World Party
(WWP)		 1959 Far-left
Unknown
Freedom Socialist Party
(FSP)		 1966 Far-left
Unknown
American Freedom Party
(AFP)		 2009 Far-right
Unknown
Socialist Action
(SAct)		 1983 Far-left
Unknown
Transhumanist Party 2014
Unknown
Christian Liberty Party
(CLP)		 2000 Right-wing
Unknown
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Single-state
More information Party, Year founded ...
Party Year
founded		 Political position Ideology Registered
voters (2025)[4]		 Presidential
vote (2024)[5]		 Year lost access Seeking access State
Common Sense Party of California 2019 Center Centrism 15,010 Never had California
Green Party of Alaska
(GPAK)		 1990 Left-wing Green politics[61] 1,522 3,284 (0.002%) As of May 2022[62] Alaska
California National Party 2015 Center-left
Unknown California
California Freedom Coalition 2017 Big tent Californian secessionism Unknown California
Liberal Party of New York 1944 Center-left Social liberalism[64] Unknown 2002 New York
Moderate Party of Rhode Island 2007 Center Centrism[65] Unknown 2018 Rhode Island
Green Party of Rhode Island
(GPRI)		 1992 Left-wing Green politics[66] Unknown Rhode Island
Independent Greens of Virginia 2005 Center-right Green conservatism[67] Unknown Virginia
Washington Progressive Party
(WAPP)		 2002 Left-wing Progressivism[68] Unknown Washington
Progressive Dane 1992 Left-wing Progressivism[69] Unknown Wisconsin
Moderate Party 2022 Center Centrism[70] 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
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Historical parties

The following parties are no longer functioning.

Held national office or elected to Congress

More information Party, Created ...
Party Created Disbanded Years in national office Ideology Other names Mergers/Splits
Federalist Party 1789 1824 1789–1825 Classical conservatism[71]
Anti-Administration party 1789 1792 1789–1792 Anti-Federalism[72] Merged into: Democratic-Republican Party in 1792
Democratic-Republican Party 1792 1825 1792–1825 Jeffersonianism[73] Republican Party, Democratic Party Split into: Democratic Party and National Republican Party
National Republican Party 1825 1837 1825–1837 Classical conservatism[74] Anti-Jacksonian Party, Adams-Clay Republicans Merged into: Whig Party
Anti-Masonic Party 1828 1838 1829–1839 Anti-Masonry[75] Merged into: Whig Party
Nullifier Party 1828 1839 1831–1839 Nullification[76]
Whig Party 1833 1854 1837–1857 Traditionalist conservatism[77]
Law and Order Party of Rhode Island 1840 1848 1843–1845 Anti-Dorr Rebellion[78] Charterites Merged into: Whig Party
Liberty Party 1840 1848 1845–1849 Abolitionism[79] Merged into: Free Soil Party and Republican Party
Know Nothing Party 1844 1860 1845–1860 Nativism[80] Merged into: Constitutional Union Party (South) and Republican Party (North)
Free Soil Party 1848 1855 1849–1857 Abolitionism[81] Merged into: Republican Party
Union Party 1850 1853 1851–1853 Conditional unionism[82]
Opposition Party (Northern) 1854 1858 1855–1857 Abolitionism[83] Merged into: Republican Party
Opposition Party (Southern) 1858 1860 1859–1860 Pro-slavery[84] Merged into: Constitutional Union Party
Constitutional Union Party 1860 1860 1860 Southern unionism[85] Unionist Party Merged into: Unconditional Union Party
National Union Party 1862 1865 1862-1865 American unionism[86] Union Party Merged into: Republican Party
Unconditional Union Party 1861 1866 1860–1866 American unionism[87] Union Party Merged into: National Union Party
Liberal Republican Party 1871 1875 1871–1875 Classical liberalism[88] Merged into: Republican Party and Democratic Party
Anti-Monopoly Party 1874 1886 1873–1881 Progressivism[89] Merged into: People's Party (1892)
Greenback Party 1874 1884 1879–1889 Currency reform[90] Merged into: People's Party (1892)
Readjuster Party 1870 1885 1881–1889 Left-wing populism[91]
Labor Party 1887–1891
People's Party (1892) 1892 1908 1892–1903 Populism[92] Populist Party Merged into: Democratic Party
Silver Party 1892 1902 1893–1902 Bimetalism[93] Merged into: Democratic Party
Silver Republican Party 1896 1900 1897–1900 Bimetalism[94] Merged into: Republican Party
Socialist Party of America
(SPA)		 1901 1972 1911–1913
1915–1919
1921–1929		 Democratic socialism[95] 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) SPUSA, SDUSA, and DSOC
Progressive Party (1912) 1912 1920 1913–1919 Progressivism[96] Bull Moose Party Merged into: Republican Party
Farmer–Labor Party 1920 1936 1919–1921
1923–1945		 Social democracy[97] Merged into: Democratic Party
Wisconsin Progressive Party 1934 1946 1935–1946 Wisconsin Idea Merged into: Republican Party
National Progressives of America
(NPA)		 1938 1946 1938–1946 Progressivism Non-interventionism Merged into: Republican Party
American Labor Party (1936)
(ALP)		 1936 1956 1939–1951 Social democracy[98]
Nonpartisan League
(NPL)		 1915 1956 1917–1959 Democratic socialism Agrarianism[99] NPL Merged into: North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party[100]
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Multi-state political parties

More information Party, Created ...
Party Created Disbanded Ideology Other names Mergers/Splits
American Republican Party (1843) 1843 1845 Nativism[101] Merged into: American Party (1844)
Democratic-Republican Party (1844) 1844 1844 Texas annexation[102] Merged into: Democratic Party
Southern Rights Party 1850 1854 Split into: Democratic Party and Whig Party
Merged into: Democratic Party
Radical Democratic Party 1864 1864 Abolitionism[103] Merged into: Republican Party
Socialist Labor Party of America
(SLP)		 1876 2011 De Leonism[104] Workingmen's Party of the United States
National Democratic Party 1896 1900 Gold standard[105] Gold Democrats Split into: Democratic Party
Merged into: Democratic Party
Social Democracy of America
(SDA)		 1897 1900 Utopian socialism[106] Merged into: Social Democratic Party
United Christian Party
(UCP)		 1897 1928
Social Democratic Party
(SDP)		 1898 1901 Democratic socialism[107] Merged into: Socialist Party of America
Independence Party 1906 1914 Progressivism[108] Independence League
Single Tax Party 1910 1920s Georgism[109] Land Value Tax Party, Commonwealth Land Party
National Woman's Party
(NWP)		 1913 1930 Feminism
National Party 1917 1919 Social democracy
Progressivism
Pro-war patriotism		 Splits from: Socialist Party of America
Labor Party of the United States 1919 1920 Social democracy[110] Merged into: Farmer–Labor Party
Proletarian Party of America
(PPA)		 1920 1971 Communism[111] Splits from: Socialist Party of America
Workers Party of America
(WPA)		 1921 1929 Marxism–Leninism Communist Party USA
American Party (1924) 1924 1924 Nativism[112]
Progressive Party (1924) 1924 1924 Progressivism[113] Merged into: Wisconsin Progressive Party
Communist League of America 1928 1934 Trotskyism[114] Split from: Communist Party USA
American Labor Party (1932)
(ALP)		 1932 1935 De Leonism[115] Split from: Industrial Union Party
Industrial Union Party
(IUP)		 1933 1950 De Leonism Split from: Socialist Labor Party of America
American Workers Party
(AWP)		 1933 1934 Trotskyism[116] Merged into: Workers Party of the United States
Workers Party of the United States
(WPUS)		 1934 1938 Trotskyism[117] Merged into: Socialist Party of America
Union Party 1935 1936 Distributism[118]
America First Party (1943) 1944 1947 Isolationism[119]
American Vegetarian Party 1947 1967
States' Rights Democratic Party 1948 1948 Segregationism[120] Dixiecrats Split from: Democratic Party
Progressive Party (1948) 1948 1955 Progressivism[121] Split from: Democratic Party
Constitution Party (1952) 1952 1970s Paleoconservatism[122] Christian Nationalist Party
National States' Rights Party 1958 1987 Neo-fascism
American Party (1969) 1969 2008 Paleoconservatism[123]
Raza Unida Party 1970 2012 Chicanismo[124]
People's Party (1971) 1971 1976 Democratic socialism[125]
U.S. Labor Party
(USLP)		 1975 1979 LaRouchism[126]
Citizens Party 1979 1984 Progressivism[127]
New Alliance Party
(NAP)		 1979 1992 Left-wing populism[128]
Populist Party (1984) 1984 1996 White nationalism[129]
Grassroots Party 1986 2012 Marijuana legalization
Greens/Green Party USA
(G/GPUSA)		 1991 2019 Ecopolitics[130] Green Committees of Correspondence
Labor Party
(LP)		 1996 2007 Social democracy[131]
Southern Party
(SP)		 1999 2003 Southern nationalism[132]
Boston Tea Party
(BTP)		 2006 2012 Libertarianism[133]
Independence Party of America 2007 2013 Centrism[134]
U.S. Marijuana Party 2002 2016?
Rent Is Too Damn High Party 2005 2015
Justice Party 2011 2024 Progressivism[135]
Serve America Movement
(SAM)		 2017 2022 Big tent[136] Merged into: Forward Party[137]
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Single-state political parties

The following parties were active in a single state only.
More information Party, Created ...
Party Created Disbanded Ideology Other names Mergers/Splits State
Toleration Party 1816 1828 Secularism[138] American Party Merged into: Democratic Party Connecticut
Working Men's Party 1829 1831 Owenism[139] Merged into: Locofoco faction of the Democratic Party New York
Anti-Mormon Party 1841 1844 Illinois
Independent Anti-Mormon Party of Oneida County 1870s 1880s Idaho
People's Party 1870 1891 Mormonism[140] Utah
Liberal Party 1870 1893 Anti-clericalism[141] Utah
Independent Reform Party 1874 1874 Illinois
Independent Party 1884 1884 Florida
Home Rule Party of Hawaii 1900 1912 Hawaiian nationalism[142] Merged into: Republican Party Hawaii
American Party (1904) 1904 1911 Utah
American Party (1914) 1914 1916 Split from: Democratic Party New York
Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party
(FLP)		 1918 1944 Populism[143] Merged into: Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party Minnesota
Progressive Democratic Party 1944 1948 Progressivism[144] Split from: Democratic Party South Carolina
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
(MFDP)		 1964 1964 Desegregation[145] Merged into: Democratic Party Mississippi
Lowndes County Freedom Organization
(LCFO)		 1965 1970 Racial equality Lowndes County Freedom Party Merged into: Democratic Party Alabama
Third Party for America 1966 1968 Alabama
Choctaw Youth Movement
(CYM)		 1969 1975 Choctaw nationalism Oklahoma
Libertarian Party of Virginia
(LPVA)		 1974 2022[27] Libertarianism Virginia
Alaskan Independence Party
(AIP)		 1978[146] 2025[147] Alaskan nationalism[148] Alaska
Labor–Farm Party of Wisconsin 1982 1987 Left-wing populism[149] Wisconsin
Illinois Solidarity Party 1986 2007 Anti-LaRouchism[150] Split from: Democratic Party Illinois
Republican Moderate Party of Alaska 1986 2011 Centrism[151] Alaska
A Connecticut Party 1990 1998 Liberalism[152] Split from: Republican Party Connecticut
Independence Party of New York 1991 2022 Centrism[153] New York
New Jersey Conservative Party
(CP-NJ)		 1992 2009 Conservatism[154] New Jersey
Independent Grassroots Party 1996 1998 Marijuana legalization Split from: Grassroots Party Minnesota
Marijuana Reform Party 1998 2002 Marijuana legalization[155] New York
Independence Party of Florida 1999 2017 Florida
Washington Progressive Party
(WAPP)		 2002 2023 Progressivism[156] Washington
Personal Choice Party
(PCP)		 2004 2006 Libertarianism[157] Utah
Florida Whig Party 2006 2012 Fiscal Conservatism[158] Florida
Connecticut for Lieberman 2006 2013 Centrism[159] Split from: Democratic Party Connecticut
Tea Party of Nevada 2010 2010 Tea Party movement Split from: Republican Party Nevada
Taxpayers Party of New York 2010 2011 Conservatism[160] New York
Freedom Party of New York 2010 2013 Progressivism[161] New York
Grassroots–Legalize Cannabis Party 2014 2022 Marijuana legalization[162] Minnesota
United Independent Party
(UIP)		 2014 2017 Liberalism[163] Massachusetts
Women's Equality Party 2014 2018 Feminism[164] New York
Independent Party of Louisiana 2016 2025 Centrism Louisiana
Bread and Roses Party 2018 2021 Socialism[165] Maryland
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Political parties in the unincorporated territories

The following parties were active in a single territory only.
More information Party, Created ...
Party Created Disbanded Ideology Other names Mergers/Splits Territory
Puerto Rican Nationalist Party 1922 1965 Puerto Rican nationalism[166] Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican Socialist Party 1959 1993 Puerto Rican nationalism[167] Puerto Rico
Covenant Party 2001 2013[168] 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)[169][170] 1978 Merged into: Democratic Party Northern Mariana Islands
Territorial Party (Northern Mariana Islands)[170] Merged into: Republican Party Northern Mariana Islands
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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.

More information Political party, Year founded ...
Political party Year founded Former names Ideology Mergers/Splits International affiliations
African People's Socialist Party
(APSP)		 1972 Merger of: Junta of Militant Organizations
Black Rights Fighters
Black Study Group		 Uhuru Movement
American Indian Movement
(AIM)		 1968 Pan-Indianism
Black Riders Liberation Party
(BRLP)		 1996[171]
Charter Committee 1924
Citizens Party of the United States 2004
Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism
(CCDS)		 1991
Clan na Gael
(CnG)		 1867 Irish republicanism
Irish nationalism
Irish-American Interests		 Successor to the Fenian Brotherhood IRB (until 1924)
Irish Volunteers (until 1918)
IRA (until 1969)
Provisional IRA (until 2005)
Democratic Socialists of America
(DSA)		 1982 Democratic socialism
Multi-tendency		 Merger of: DSOC, New American Movement FSP, Progressive International
Freedom Road Socialist Organization
(FRSO)		 1985 ICS
Irish Republican Socialist Committees of North America
(IRSCNA)		 1984 Marxism–Leninism
Irish republicanism
Left-wing nationalism
Revolutionary socialism
Irish-American Interests		 IRSP
National Justice Party
(NJP)		 2020 White nationalism
National Labor Federation
(NATLFED)		 1972 Communism
National Socialist Movement 1974 Neo-Nazism
Neo-fascism
White supremacy
Anti-globalism		 WUNS
New Afrikan Black Panther Party
(NABPP)		 2005
New Black Panther Party
(NBPP)		 1989
New Order 1983 American Nazi Party, National Socialist White People's Party Esoteric Neo-Nazism World Union of National Socialists
News and Letters Committees[citation needed] 1955
Patriot Front 2017 Neo-fascism
American nationalism
Revolutionary Black Panther Party
(RBPP)		 1992
Revolutionary Communist Party, USA
(RCPUSA)		 1975 Revolutionary Union Maoism
Social Democrats, USA
(SDUSA)		 1972
Spartacist League/U.S.[citation needed] 1966 ICL(FI)
World Socialist Party of the United States
(WSPUS)		 1916 Socialist Party of the United States
Socialist Educational Society
Workers' Socialist Party		 Socialism
Syndicalism
Anti-Leninism
Communism
Classical Marxism
Revolutionary socialism
Impossibilism		 Split from: Socialist Party of America WSM
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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.

More information Party, Created ...
Party Created Disbanded Ideology Other names Mergers/Splits
National Renaissance Party
(NRP)		 1949 1981 Neo-Nazism
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.
Patriot Party 1960 1980 Socialism[172] Split from: Young Patriots Organization
Black Panther Party 1966 1982 Black nationalism[173]
Black Hammer Party 2019 2025 Black nationalism
Black separatism
Black conservatism
Pan-Africanism
Trumpism
Garveyism
Afrocentrism
Anti-colonialism
Anti-liberalism
Anti-communism
Anti-Zionism
Vaccine hesitancy
Russophilia
Sakaism
Youth International Party
(YIP)		 1967 1967 Anarcho-socialism[174] Yippies
Marxist–Leninist Party, USA
(MLPUSA)		 1967 1993 Marxism–Leninism[175]
Red Guard Party 1969 1973 Maoism
Communist Workers Party
(CWP)		 1969 1985 Maoism[176]
National Socialist Party of America
(NSPA)		 1970 1981 Neo-Nazism Split from: American Nazi Party
National Amerindianist American Redman's Party
(NAARP)		 1972 1976 Third Worldism, Socialism
National Alliance 1974 2013 Neo-Nazism Split from: American Nazi Party
New Union Party 1974 2005 De Leonism[177]
International Socialist Organization
(ISO)		 1977 2019 Trotskyism[178]
White Patriot Party
(WPP)		 1980 1987 White supremacy Carolina Knights of the Ku Klux Klan,
Confederate Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
New Party 1992 1998 Progressivism[179]
Traditionalist Worker Party
(TWP)		 2013 2018 Neo-Nazism[180]
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Party registration

Officially recognized parties in states are not guaranteed to 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.

More information State/DC, As of ...
Political party registration by state
State/DC As of DEM REP LIB GRN CST FWD RFM WFP Others Unaffiliated Total
Alaska April 3, 2024[181] 73,637 143,100 6,654 – 776 – 21,232[n] 346,110 591,509
Arizona January 2026[182] 1,219,616 1,550,566 30,648 5,058 –
1,526,111[o]
 4,331,999
Arkansas May 3, 2024[183] 86,231 131,647 700 104 – 1 1,543,863 1,762,546
California Oct 20, 2025[184] 10,376,887 5,824,749 232,855 113,209 216 1,126 – 1,325,080[p] 5,219,152 23,093,274
Colorado Jan 1, 2026[185] 997,725 906,396 34,926 8,119 11,165 407 – 40,182[q] 1,997,007 3,995,927
Connecticut May 16, 2024[186] 798,205 466,908 2,996 1,350 – 298 29,155[r] 919,524 2,218,436
Delaware May 1, 2024[187] 350,955 205,909 2,028 718 238 – 47 314 16,898[s] 197,529 774,636
Dist. of Columbia August 2022[188] 379,489 26,567 2,290 3,855 – 82,556 494,757
Florida Oct 7, 2024[189] 4,421,790 5,499,717 35,964 9,089 19,708 735 188 – 345,807[t] 3,616,170 13,949,168
Idaho August 2022[188] 129,550 577,507 11,147 – 4,036 – 275,271 997,511
Iowa Nov 1, 2022[190] 597,120 681,871 12,100 2,966 – 555,988 1,850,045
Kansas April 30, 2024[191] 503,972 874,132 24,151 – 39[u] 563,482 1,965,776
Kentucky April 15, 2024[192] 1,511,242 1,615,451 16,391 2,403 1,376 – 209 – 190,063[v] 153,870 3,491,005
Louisiana Nov 7, 2023[193] 1,133,813 1,021,571 15,839 2,583 154 – 823 – 139,408[w] 665,154 2,979,345
Maine Nov 4, 2025[194] 352,352 308,597 6,843 37,332 – 333,003 1,038,127
Maryland March 2024[195] 2,208,095 994,529 18,836 – 54,533 909,180 4,185,173
Massachusetts May 3, 2024[196] 1,336,825 415,438 – 3,599 292 – 113 722 36,484[x] 3,132,433 4,925,906
Nebraska May 1, 2024[197] 330,657 605,466 18,036 – 6,684[y] 271,568 1,232,411
Nevada May 1, 2024[198] 708,432 654,182 20,967 – 48,105 794,532 2,329,718
New Hampshire Mar 29, 2024[199] 260,281 304,375 – 325,930 890,586
New Jersey June 1, 2024[200] 2,496,054 1,563,771 25,174 11,498 12,989 – 1,550 – 28,084[z] 2,422,574 6,561,694
New Mexico April 30, 2024[201] 577,692 415,653 – 27,443[aa] 315,390 1,336,178
New York Feb 27, 2024[202] 6,404,069 2,903,144 – 54,678 572,778[ab] 3,173,678 13,108,347
North Carolina Nov 22, 2025[203] 2,309,777 2,306,019 46,392 4,253 – 2,949,379 7,615,820
Oklahoma April 30, 2024[204] 649,432 1,214,774 22,365 – 449,488 2,336,059
Oregon August 2022[188] 1,014,041 730,765 20,865 7,820 3,845 – 8,364 141,185[ac] 1,031,392 2,958,277
Pennsylvania April 29, 2024[205] 3,895,223 3,499,524 42,919 10,326 – 1,273,199 8,721,191
Rhode Island May 2024[206] 281,725 103,268 – 338,629 723,622
South Dakota May 1, 2024[207] 144,243 303,722 2,923 – 967 149,935 601,790
Utah Aug 18, 2025[208] 283,142 1,023,396 24,282 793 8,184 3,002 – 102,118[ad] 588,657 2,033,574
West Virginia May 4, 2024[209] 358,056 477,549 10,800 2,542 – 39,412 292,963 1,181,322
Wyoming May 4, 2024[210] 23,787 178,387 1,057 – 343 – 13 15,875 219,462
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Parties by number of registered voters

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Notes

  1. [a]
    Includes two Independent Senators who both caucus with the Democratic Party.[6]
  2. [b]
    In the 2024 United States Presidential election, WFP endorsed Kamala Harris. In Oregon, Harris appeared on a single ballot line with both the Democratic and Working Families parties listed. In New York, Harris appeared on a separate ballot line with votes counting in a fusion ticket.[10]
  3. [c]
    Number only includes WFP members in New York State. Number includes members elected on an electoral fusion ballot line with the Democratic Party.
  4. [d]
    Vermont does not register voters by party.
  5. [e]
    Number includes members elected on an electoral fusion ballot line with the Democratic Party.
  6. [f]
    the total number of available seats is based on the best available data and may not be exact [23]
  7. [g]
    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.
  8. [h]
    CPUSA has not run federal candidates since 1988.
  9. [i]
    In an example of electoral fusion, the Alliance Party, American Independent Party, Natural Law Party, and Reform Party all nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr, who later dropped out. However, he remained on the ballot in other states.
  10. [j]
    2024 votes for Party for Socialism and Liberation, nd Peace and Freedom Party, and South Carolina Workers Party counted together, since all three parties endorsed Claudia de la Cruz.
  11. [k]
    Disaffiliated
  12. [l]
    The Florida affiliate of the Reform Party, the only affiliate with has ballot access, is affiliated with the Alliance Party.
  13. [m]
    The Green Mountain Peace and Justice Party, Oregon Progressive Party, and United Citizens Party endorsed Cornel West. Votes counted in a fusion ticket.
  14. [n]
    "Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
  15. [o]
    "Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
  16. [p]
    "Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
  17. [q]
    "Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
  18. [r]
    "Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
  19. [s]
    "Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
  20. [t]
    "Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
  21. [u]
    "Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
  22. [v]
    "Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
  23. [w]
    "Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
  24. [x]
    "Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
  25. [y]
    "Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
  26. [z]
    "Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
  27. [aa]
  28. [ab]
    "Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
  29. [ac]
    "Other" political affiliations listed as follows:
  30. [ad]
    "Other" political affiliations listed as follows:

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