List of all active political parties in the united states campaign 2016

Democratic Party51
Republican Party51
Libertarian Party37
Green Party22
Constitution Party13Various parties calling themselves Independent or Independence parties10Reform Party4Working Families Party4American Delta Party2Progressive Party2America First Party1America's Party1American Delta1Better for America Party1Conservative Party1Ecology Party1Grassroots-Legalize Cannabis Party1Justice Party1Labor Party1Legal Marijuana Now Party1Liberty Union Party1Moderate Party1Mountain Party1Natural Law Party1Party for Socialism and Liberation1Peace and Freedom Party1United Citizens Party1Veterans Party1Women's Equality Party

Other than the taxes that the states were supposed to supply, Congress had no independent source of revenue with which to repay its creditors. Because many individual states had their own debts from the war, they were typically more inclined to pay those first before contributing to repayment of the national debt.