List of political parties in the United States. This is a list of political parties in the United States, both past and present.
Parties with federal representation[edit] Current United States Congressional seats Congressional leadership of the House of Representatives Congressional leadership of the Senate The Vice President of the United States has the additional duty of President of the Senate. Major political parties[edit] Minor political parties[edit] Regional parties[edit] These parties are based only in states or certain regions and rarely, if ever, offer candidates for national offices. Alaska[edit] Alaskan Independence Party Connecticut[edit] Independent Party of Connecticut Delaware[edit] Michigan[edit] Minnesota[edit] New York[edit] Ohio[edit] Charter Party (Cincinnati only) Oregon[edit] Puerto Rico[edit] Rhode Island[edit] Moderate Party of Rhode Island Vermont[edit] U.S.
Independent Citizens Movement Wisconsin[edit] Progressive Dane (Dane County only) Director of U.S. Political Parties. DEMOCRATIC PARTY (DNC) - The Democrats won the White House in 2008 and 2012, won some key governorships (PA, NY, MO, MN, and CA) -- but lost control of the US House in 2010, and lost the US Senate in 2014.
Democrats run the wide gamut from the near Euro-style democratic-socialist left (Barbara Lee, Raúl Grijalva and the Congressional Progressive Caucus) and traditional liberals (Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden) to the pragmatic "centrist" moderate-to-liberal style (Hillary Clinton, Mark Warner) to the Dem center-right (Harry Reid and the New Democratic Coalition) to the dwindling GOP-style center-conservative right (Joe Manchin, Blue Dog Coalition). Official affiliated national Democratic sites include: REPUBLICAN PARTY (RNC) - Republicans lost control of the Presidency in 2008 and 2012. However, the GOP came on strong in the off-year elections, recapturing control of the US House in 2010 and the US Senate in 2014. Party in 1999. AMERICA FIRST PARTY - The America First Party U.S.
Political parties in the United States. This article presents the historical development and role of political parties in United States politics, and outlines more extensively the significant modern political parties.
Throughout most of its history, American politics have been dominated by a two-party system. However, the United States Constitution has always been silent on the issue of political parties; at the time it was signed in 1787, there were no parties in the nation. Indeed, no nation in the world had voter-based political parties. The need to win popular support in a republic led to the American invention of political parties in the 1790s.[1] Americans were especially innovative in devising new campaign techniques that linked public opinion with public policy through the party.[2] Modern U.S. political party system[edit] Democratic Party[edit] The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the U.S.
Republican Party[edit] Former President George W.