From the Anti-Masons to Elon Musk's new America Party, here's a look at how third parties have made their mark through ...

The United States has had a long history as a two-party electoral system. But many, if not most, Americans are unhappy with ...

The Anti-Masons were the first recognized third party. It was formed in 1828 in opposition to the Freemasons, a secret ...

Common in the 1800s, fusion voting means a candidate could appear on the ballot as nominated by Republican or Democratic parties and one or more lesser-known political parties.

Some Republican senators with a more populist bent hope Chavez-DeRemer’s nomination serves as a nod to the party’s changing base, which has come to include more working-class voters in ...

With few exceptions, 19th-century Black legislators aligned with the Republican Party. The year 1879 appears to be the first year that any Black legislators were willing to break with the Republicans.

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In 1800, the extreme wing of the Federalist party—the Arch Federalists—turned on President John Adams and his allies for pursuing compromise and diplomacy with France. For the great sin of avoiding ...

County politics in 1800s York County started its partisan political journey as a federalist county, meaning its residents favored a strong central government, a feature assigned to the Republican ...

The Republican Party’s 2024 platform makes little mention of gun rights or the Second Amendment beyond saying that the party would protect “THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS.” Despite that ...