What are the Main Political Parties in the United States?
The United States has a multiple political party system. However, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party are by far the two main American political parties. The Green Party and the Libertarian Party are two other American parties with a large base of members. The first Green Party meetings held in the United States occurred in 1984, with the first Green Party candidate not showing up on the ballot until 1986. Ralph Nader’s choice of the Green Party as his preferred political party did much to increase the growth of American “Greens.” When Nader declared in November 1995 that he would run in the California Green political party primary election, states previously without a Green Party presence began forming active Green Party groups. Nader was placed on 22 state ballots and as a write-in choice in 23 more states.
