第三党 (美国)

**第三党**（）是一个政治术语，在现今的美国指除共和党、民主党两大政党外的其它所有政党。

这些政党也参加各种公职选举，但在美国现行的两党制体制下，胜选几率极其微小（最近一個國會議員是William Carney），兩黨以外多為無黨籍。目前，美国主要的第三党有自由意志黨、美国绿党和宪法党。但是「第三黨」在其他類似選制的國家，勝選相對容易。

## 现在的第三黨列表

* 自由意志黨
* 美國綠黨
* 非洲人民社会党
* 全非人民革命党
* 
* 美国自由党
* 美国劳工党
* 美国团结党
* 黑人骑士解放党
* 
* 美國共產黨
* 宪法党
* 美国民主社会主义者
* 自由道路社会主义组织
* 自由社会党
* 人道党
* 独立美国党
* 公正党
* 现在合法大麻党
* 美国大麻党
* 现代辉格党
* 国家社会主义运动
* 新非洲黑豹党
* 新黑豹党
* 美国海盗党
* 进步劳工党
* 禁酒党
* 美国改革党
* 革命黑豹党
* 美国革命共产党
* 争取社会主义和解放党
* 美国社会党
* 社会主义行动
* 社会主义替代
* 社会主义平等党
* 社会主义工人党
* 美国团结党 (2004年)
* 工作家庭党
* 工人世界党
* 美国世界社会党
* 前進党

## 参見
*美国选举人团
*無黨籍
*政党
*比例代表制
*第三勢力
*选举权

## 参考文献

## 延伸閱讀
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