American Political Parties

[nativetexan]

Here is a compiled list of current and historical political parties in the United States. Most of them are affiliated with the big 5, but, some aren't...Interesting...Source is Wiki..

Parties in presidential contention

Further information: Political parties in the United States Each of five parties shares a degree of national attention by attaining the mathematical possibility of its nominee becoming President of the United States -- i.e., having ballot status for its presidential candidate in states whose collective total is at least half of the Electoral-College votes -- in the U.S. presidential election, 2008.

• Democratic Party (1828 modern, 1792 historic)
  
• Republican Party (1854)
  
• Libertarian Party (1971)
  
• Constitution Party (1992)
  
• Green Party (1996)

Other parties that have nominated candidates in recent elections

These parties have offered candidates in recent elections, but did not in 2004, and they do not have ballot status in enough states in 2008 to win the presidency. Some do not have presidential candidates, but for other offices only.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it.

• America First Party (2002)
  
• Boston Tea Party (2006)
  
• Centrist Party (United States) (2006)
  
• Independence Party of America (2007)
  
• Jefferson Republican Party (2006)
  
• Moderate Party (2006)
  
• Marijuana Party (2002)
  
• Party for Socialism and Liberation (2004)
  
• Peace and Freedom Party (1967) - active primarily in California
  
• Prohibition Party (1867)
  
• Reform Party of the United States of America (1995) - currently divided into two factions both using the name of the "Reform Party"
  
• Socialist Equality Party (1953)
  
• Socialist Party USA (1973)
  
• Socialist Workers Party (1938)
  
• United States Pacifist Party (1983)[1]
  
• Workers World Party (1959)
  
• Working Families Party (1998)

Other parties that have not nominated candidates in recent elections

Some of these parties have nominated candidates in the past, but have not done so recently for various reasons. Others have not yet nominated any candidates.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it.

• American Party (1969)
  
• American Centrist Party (2004)
  
• American Patriot Party (2003)
  
• American Heritage Party (2000)
  
• American Reform Party (1997)
  
• American Synthesis Party (2000)
  
• Christian Falangist Party of America (1985)
  
• Communist Party USA (1919)
  
• Freedom Road Socialist Organization (1985)
  
• Freedom Socialist Party (1966)
  
• Independent American Party (1998)
  
• Labor Party (1995)
  
• Light Party [2]
  
• Libertarian National Socialist Green Party (1997)
  
• Loyalist Party (2006)
  
• Modern Whig Party (2007)
  
• National Socialist Movement (1974)
  
• New American Independent Party (2004)
  
• New Black Panther Party (1989)
  
• New Union Party (1974)
  
• Populist Party of America (2002)
  
• Progressive Labor Party
  
• Ray O. Light Group (1961)
  
• Revolutionary Communist Party, USA
  
• Social Democratic Party of America (2007)
  
• Socialist Action (1983)
  
• Socialist Alternative (1986)
  
• Socialist Labor Party (1876)
  
• Unity08 (2006)
  
• Veterans Party (2003)
  
• Workers Party, USA
  
• World Socialist Party of the United States (1916)

Regional parties that have nominated candidates

Few, if any, of these parties have nominated presidential candidates. The years are when they were founded.

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• Teen Party (2008) - Washington
  
• Alabama Statesmen (2008) - the Alabama affiliate of the Boston Tea Party
  
• Alaskan Independence Party (1984)
  
• Aloha Aina Party
  
• American Independent Party (1968) - the California affiliate of the Constitution Party
  
• Blue Enigma Party (Delaware) (2006)
  
• Charter Party of Cincinnati, Ohio (1924)
  
• Connecticut for Lieberman Party (2006)
  
• Conservative Party of New York (1962)
  
• Covenant Party (Northern Mariana Islands)
  
• Expansionist Party (1977)
  
• Independence Party of Minnesota (1992)
  
• Independence Party of New York (1991)
  
• Independent Citizens Movement (US Virgin Islands)
  
• Liberal Party of Minnesota
  
• Liberal Party of New York (1944)
  
• Liberty Union Party (Vermont) (1970)
  
• Marijuana Reform Party (New York) (1997)
  
• Nebraska Party[3]
  
• New Jersey Conservative Party (1992)
  
• New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico (1967)
  
• New York State Right to Life Party (1970)
  
• Personal Choice Party (Utah) (1997)
  
• Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico (1938)
  
• Populist Party of Maryland (Nader 2004 - affiliated, unrelated to earlier so-named parties)
  
• Puerto Rican Independence Party (1946)
  
• Republican Moderate Party of Alaska (1986)
  
• Southern Party (1999)
  
• The Center Party (Florida) (2007)
  
• United Party (Idaho) (2005)
  
• United Citizens Party (South Carolina) (1969)
  
• Vermont Progressive Party (1999)
  
• Working Families Party (New York & Connecticut) (1998)

Historical political parties

The following parties are no longer functioning. Some of them had considerable influence. Listed in order of founding.

• Federalist Party (c.1789–c.1820)
  
• Democratic-Republican Party (1792–c.1824)
  
• Anti-Masonic Party (1826–1838)
  
• National Republican Party (1829–1833)
  
• Nullifier Party (1830–1839)
  
• Whig Party (1833–1856)
  
• Liberty Party (1840–1848)
  
• Law and Order Party of Rhode Island (1840s)
  
• Free Soil Party (1848–1855)
  
• Anti-Nebraska Party (1854)
  
• American Republican Party (1843-1854)
  
• American Party (“Know-Nothings”) (c.1854–1858)
  
• Opposition Party (1854–1858)
  
• Constitutional Union Party (1860)
  
• National Union Party, (1864–1868)
  
• Readjuster Party (1870-1885)
  
• Liberal Republican Party (1872)
  
• Greenback Party (1874–1884)
  
• Anti-Monopoly Party (1884)
  
• Populist Party (1892–1908)
  
• 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 (created to serve the native Hawaiian agenda in the state legislature and U.S. Congress) (1900–1912)
  
• Socialist Party of America (1901–1973)
  
• Independence Party (or "Independence League") (1906-1914)
  
• Progressive Party 1912 (“Bull Moose Party”) (1912–1914)
  
• National Woman's Party (1913-1930)
  
• Non-Partisan League (Not a party in the technical sense) (1915–1956)
  
• Farmer-Labor Party (1918–1944)
  
• 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 (“Dixiecrats”) (1948)
  
• Progressive Party 1948 (1948–1955)
  
• Vegetarian Party (1948–1964)
  
• Constitution Party (United States 50s) (1952–1968?)
  
• American Nazi Party (1959-1967)
  
• Puerto Rican Socialist Party (1959–1993)
  
• Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (1964)
  
• Black Panther Party (1966-1970s)
  
• Communist Workers Party (1969–1985)
  
• People's Party (1971–1976)
  
• U.S. Labor Party (1975–1979)
  
• Concerned Citizens Party (1975-1992) Become the Connecticut affiliate of the Constitution Party (then known as U.S. Taxpayers Party) with party founding
  
• Citizens Party (1979–1984)
  
• New Alliance Party (1979–1992)
  
• Populist Party of 1980s-1990s (1984–1994)
  
• Looking Back Party (1984–1996)
  
• Grassroots Party (1986–2004)
  
• Independent Party of Utah (1988–1996)
  
• Greens/Green Party USA (1991–2005)
  
• New Party (1992 – 1998)
  
• Natural Law Party (1992–2004)
  
• Mountain Party (2000-2007) Become the West Virginia affiliate of the Green Party July 16, 2007 [1]
  
• Christian Freedom Party (2004)

[stevebeilgard]

the me get this straight... are you telling me we're not a two party system in america?? i'm shocked! lol...

i sure do wish our "news media" would expose a bit of that. maybe we'd actually get a choice

[nativetexan]

One in particular I find interesting is the Anti-Nebraska Party.