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Paul H. Rubin, professor of law and economics at Emory University, believes that while liberal Democrats generally seek to control economic activities and conservative Republicans generally seek to control consumption activities such as sexual behavior, abortion and so on, the Libertarian Party is the largest political party in the United ...
Merged into: Workers Party of the United States: 1933 1934 Workers Party of the United States: Trotskyism [114] Merged into: Socialist Party of America: 1934 1938 Union Party: Distributism [115] 1936 1936 America First Party (1943) Isolationism [116] 1944 1947 American Vegetarian Party: 1947 1967 States' Rights Democratic Party: Dixiecrats ...
U.S. Marijuana Party: 2002 United States: Cannabis legalization Civil libertarianism: United States Pirate Party: 2006 United States: Civil libertarianism Direct democracy Pirate politics: Pirate Parties International: Transhumanist Party: 2014 United States: Libertarian transhumanism: Transhumanist Party Global Natural Law Party: 1992 United ...
The Libertarian Party was founded on December 11, 1972. [71] As of March 2021, it is the largest third party in the United States, claiming nearly 700,000 registered voters across 28 states and the District of Columbia. [72] As of August 2022, it has 309 local elected officials, and one state representative: Marshall Burt of Wyoming. [73]
List of largest political parties. ... Democratic Party: D DEM United States: 8 January 1828 ... Libertarian Party: LP United States: 11 December 1971
This is a list of politicians endorsed by the Libertarian Party of the United States (LP or LPUS) who have held elected office. As of September 2024, at least 186 Libertarians recognized by the LPUS hold elected office.
Nominee for United States Senator from California Member of the Libertarian Party Judicial Committee (2010–2012) 1,275,923 (1.0%) 0 EV 2016: Gary Johnson New Mexico: Governor of New Mexico (1995–2003) Nominee for President of the United States (2012) Bill Weld New York: United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts (1981–1986)
The major libertarian party in the United States is the Libertarian Party. However, libertarians are also represented within the Democratic and Republican parties while others are independent. Gallup found that voters who identify as libertarians ranged from 17 to 23% of the American electorate. [33]