Explore current and historical political parties, map party control, and learn about polarization.
VoteView enables you to view the numbers for every congressional vote in the history of the United States. It is currently maintained by the UCLA Department Of Political Science.
Among the first political parties in America, prominent members of the Democratic-Republican Party included Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
Among the first political parties to exist in the nation, prominent members of the Federalist Party included John Adams and Alexander Hamilton.
Between the fall of the Whigs and the rise of the Republicans, many anti-slavery Americans voted in favor of this minor party.
