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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.
Third-party candidates will be on the ballot in all of the top battleground states, drawing increased scrutiny over how they could influence the outcome of the presidential election in two weeks.
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 ...
Third-party candidates have played a big role in deciding key presidential battleground states in the last few years — meaning which (and how many) candidates will actually be on the ballot ...
Libertarian Party: Chase Oliver, Mike ter Maat Chase Oliver, activist, has run for congressional seats before but was unsuccessful. His running mate, Mike ter Maat, has worked in finance and as a ...
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]
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 ...
Unenthusiastic about either of their likely choices for president, many Americans say they want more, seeding the ground for a possible bumper crop of third-party and independent presidential ...