Third party, or minor party, is a term used in the United States' two-party system for political parties other than the Republican and Democratic parties...

parties, with the latter being the largest third party since the 1980s. A small number of members of the U.S. Congress, a larger number of political candidates...

a list of political parties in the United States, both past and present. The list does not include independents. The following third parties have members...

insurance Third party (politics), any party contending for votes that failed to outpoll either of its two strongest rivals Third party (U.S. politics), a US political...

registered political party. In the United States, minor parties are often described as third parties. Minor parties in the U.S. include the Libertarian Party, the...

political rival has been the Republican Party; the two parties have since dominated American politics. The Democratic Party was founded in 1828. Martin Van Buren...

parties have dominated U.S. politics in a two-party system since 1856, some independents and members of other political parties have also been elected...

Political party strength in U.S. states is the level of representation of the various political parties in the United States in each statewide elective...

statistics on third-party and independent performances in US elections and a list of pages containing lists of those elections. List of third-party and independent...

Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is a federation of Green state political parties in the United States. The party promotes green politics, specifically...

The Republican Party, also known as the GOP (Grand Old Party), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. It emerged...

The third rail of a nation's politics is a metaphor for any issue so controversial that it is "charged" and "untouchable" to the extent that any politician...

members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or policy goals. Political parties have become a...

A two-party system is a political party system in which two major political parties consistently dominate the political landscape. At any point in time...

The Third Party System was a period in the history of political parties in the United States from the 1850s until the 1890s, which featured profound developments...

United States, politics functions within a framework of a constitutional federal republic. The three distinct branches share powers: the U.S. Congress which...

The Constitution Party, named the U.S. Taxpayers' Party until 1999, is an ultra-conservative political party in the United States that promotes a religiously...

U.S. senator Tom Harkin (Iowa) ran as a populist liberal with labor union support. Former U.S. senator Paul Tsongas (Mass.) highlighted his political...

non-affiliated politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone...

The Third Way, also known as Modernised Social Democracy,[page needed] is a predominantly centrist political position that attempts to reconcile centre-right...

A political party platform (American English), party program, or party manifesto (preferential term in British and often Commonwealth English) is a formal...

"Third party" is a term commonly used in the United States in reference to political parties other than the Democratic and Republican parties. An independent...

Conservative Party of New York State is an American political party founded in 1962 following conservative dissatisfaction with the Republican Party in New...

The Libertarian Party (LP) is a neoclassical liberal political party in the United States that promotes civil liberties, non-interventionism, laissez-faire...

major American political parties and America's third parties, as well as independent candidates. On July 27, 2022, the Forward Party announced that it...

Reform Party of the United States of America (RPUSA), generally known as the Reform Party USA or the Reform Party, is a centrist political party in the...

reelected for an unprecedented third term in office. Until 1988, this was the last time in which the incumbent's party won three consecutive presidential...

and Republicans became the two major parties in U.S. politics where a presidential candidate from either party lost despite carrying two of the three...

parties. In the 1990's, House Speaker Newt Gingrich's use of "asymmetric constitutional hardball" led to increasing polarization in American politics...

candidacy and right to create a political party are less clear than voting rights in the United States. However, the U.S. Supreme Court has established...