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List of state political parties

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A political party is a group of individuals sharing common political beliefs that attempts to elect candidates to public office or otherwise influence public policy. Although there are dozens of political parties in the United States, only certain parties are entitled to have the names of their candidates for office printed on election ballots. In order to qualify for ballot placement, a party must meet certain requirements that vary from state to state. For example, in some states, a party may have to file a petition in order to qualify for ballot placement. In other states, a party must organize around a candidate for a specific office; that candidate must, in turn, win a percentage of the vote in order for the party to be granted ballot status. In still other states, an aspiring political party must register a certain number of voters.


As of January 2025, there were at least 55 distinct ballot-qualified political parties in the United States. There were 238 state-level parties.[1] Some parties are recognized in multiple states. For example, both the Democratic Party and the Republican Party are recognized in all 50 states and Washington, D.C..[2][3][4] Three minor parties were recognized in more than 10 states as of January 2025:

  1. Libertarian Party: 38 states
  2. Green Party: 23 states[5]
  3. Constitution Party: 12 states[6]

Articles on each of the state-level Democratic and Republican Party affiliates are listed below. For more information on ballot access requirements for political parties, including a list of all parties recognized in the United States, see this article.

State Democratic parties

Click through to learn more about the Democratic Party affiliate in each state.

See also: Democratic Party

State Republican parties

Click through to learn more about the Republican Party affiliate in each state.

See also: Republican Party

See also

Click through to learn more about other Democratic Party and Republican Party affiliates.

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  1. ↑ This total does not include parties that have attained ballot status at the municipal level. Only those parties with state-level ballot status are included here.
  2. ↑ Jaime Healy-Plotkin, "Research of state election agency websites and email correspondence with state election agencies," June 2024
  3. ↑ As of January 2025, there were nine state-level parties that called themselves Independent or Independence parties. For the purposes of this article, these were not tallied when counting the number of distinct ballot-qualified parties in the United States because it is difficult to determine to what extent these various parties are affiliated with one another.
  4. ↑ Because Washington utilizes a top-two, nonpartisan primary system, the state does not officially recognize parties. Consequently, only the state's two largest parties, the Democratic and Republican parties, were included in this tally.
  5. ↑ This figure includes the D.C. Statehood Green Party, Maine's Green Independent Party, Oregon's Pacific Green Party, and West Virginia's Mountain Party.
  6. ↑ This figure includes Nevada's Independent American Party and Michigan's U.S. Taxpayers Party.
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