Third party (United States)

Third party is a term used in the United States for American political parties other than the Republican and Democratic parties.

This list does not include political organizations that do not run candidates for office but otherwise function similarly to third parties. For non-electoral political "parties", see here.

This section includes only parties that have actually run candidates under their name in recent years.

This section includes any party that advocates positions associated with American conservatism, including both Old Right and New Right tendencies.

State-only parties

This section includes any party that is independent, populist, or any other that either rejects right-left politics or doesn't have a party platform.

State-only parties

This section includes any party that has a left-liberal, progressive, social democratic, or Marxist platform.

State-only parties

This section includes parties that primarily advocate for granting special privileges or consideration to members of a certain race, ethnic group, religion etc.

Also included in this category are various parties found in and confined to Indian reservations, almost all of which are solely devoted to the furthering of the tribes to which the reservations were assigned. An example of a particularly powerful tribal nationalist party is the Seneca Party that operates on the Seneca Nation of New York's reservations.

This section includes parties that primarily advocate single-issue politics (though they may have a more detailed platform) or may seek to attract protest votes rather than to mount serious political campaigns or advocacy.

State-only parties

A number of third party, independent, and write-in candidates have performed well in many U.S. elections.

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