Although most people believe that the United States has ONLY TWO political parties... We actually have more than seven major political parties now. The two most popular parties, Republicans and Democrats, are often referred to as "the lesser of two evils" by both sides.

Additional political parties, most often referred to as 3rd-party candidates, include: the TEA Party, the Constitution Party, the Libertarian Party, the Green Party, the Independent Party, and the Independence Party. Candidates running without a political endorsement from any party are known as Independent Candidates.

"We have a One Big Government Party system. It has a Republican wing that likes war and deficits and assaults on civil liberties and a Democratic wing that likes welfare and taxes and attacks on commercial liberties. It doesn't care about your freedoms because in exercising them you are an obstacle to it's power. And it will do anything to stay in power."
— Judge Andrew Napolitano

"The League of Women Voters is withdrawing sponsorship of the presidential debates ... because the demands of the two campaign organizations would perpetrate a fraud on the American voter. It has become clear to us that the candidates' organizations aim to add debates to their list of campaign-trail charades devoid of substance, spontaneity and answers to tough questions. The League has no intention of becoming an accessory to the hoodwinking of the American public."
— League of Women Voters on October 2, 1988

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Different Forms of Government Defined

Anarchy | *Republic* | Democracy | Oligarchy | Monarchy

Weighing the Economic Scales of Politics

*Free Market* | Fascism | Nazism | Socialism | Communism

"A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men FREE to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall NOT take from the mouth of labor and bread it has EARNED.
This is the sum of good government." — Thomas Jefferson

Not to be confused with Independence Party, Independent Party or America's Independent Party.

In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual NOT affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do not feel that any major party addresses. Other independent candidates are associated with a political party and may be former members of it, but choose not to stand under its label. A third category of independents are those who may belong to or support a political party but believe they should not formally represent it and thus be subject to its policies. Finally, some independent candidates may form a political party for the purposes of running for public office.