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This is slightly more than the 2020 United States presidential election, when third party candidates received 1.86%. [3] Green Party nominee Jill Stein received the most votes of any third-party candidate, receiving 868,945 votes (0.55%). She received 1.09% of the vote in Maryland, her best state by percentage.
No third-party candidate has won the presidency since the Republican Party became the second major party in 1856. Since then a third-party candidate won states in five elections: 1892, 1912, 1924, 1948, and 1968. 1992 was the last time a third-party candidate won over 5% of the vote and placed second in any state. [1]
National results for third-party or independent presidential candidates that won between 1% and 5% of the popular vote (1788–present) State results where a third-party or independent presidential candidate won above 5% of the popular vote (1832–present)
Candidate selection: Usually, the third-party candidate comes first and a movement grows around them, to the extent they can build one. No Labels is working things the opposite way, building the ...
The lack of enthusiasm among voters for a Biden-Trump rematch suggests a third-party challenger could garner some support or push more Americans to sit out the election after 2020's 66.8% voter ...
Meanwhile, serious third-party challenges have been rare in recent political history. Ross Perot launched one in 1992 and 1996. While he did make debate stages, he never won a single electoral ...
The presidential candidates are listed here based on three criteria: They were not members of one of the six major parties in U.S. history: the Federalist Party, the Democratic-Republican Party, the National Republican Party, the Whig Party, the Democratic Party, and the Republican Party [1] at the time of their candidacy. Independent ...
John Avlon writes that while there are a growing number of independent voters looking for more moderate candidates, there is serious risk in a 2024 third-party presidential challenger ...