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The party flag, adopted on August 30, 1970, depicts an eagle holding a group of arrows in its left talons, over a compass rose, with a banner which reads "The American Independent Party" at the eagle's base.
Libertarian Party – 704,455; Independent Party of Florida – 234,524; Green Party – 210,053; Conservative Party of New York State – 164,826; Peace and Freedom Party – 138,238; Independent Party of Oregon – 137,972; Independent Party of Louisiana – 136,125; No Labels – 109,920; American Independent Party of Nevada – 103,500
Third-party and independent members of the United States Congress are generally rare. Although the Republican and Democratic parties have dominated U.S. politics in a two-party system since 1856, some independents and members of other political parties have also been elected to the House of Representatives or Senate, or changed their party affiliation during their term.
This article lists third party and independent candidates, also jointly known as minor candidates, associated with the 2024 United States presidential election. "Third party" is a term commonly used in the United States in reference to political parties other than the Democratic and Republican parties.
This page contains four lists of third-party and independent performances in United States presidential elections: National results for third-party or independent presidential candidates that won above 5% of the popular vote (1788–present)
If this continues, we may return to a two-party system by default: Democrats and Independents, with Republicans reduced to a regional oddity, like George Wallace’s American Independent Party or ...
There’s little concern that the independent or third-party candidates would actually win the presidency, but they could siphon support from the ultimate Democratic and Republican nominees ...
The most recent member of a third party (not an independent) elected to a governorship is Jesse Ventura, a member of the Independence Party of Minnesota who was elected Governor of Minnesota in 1998. While there have been few third parties that have gained traction at the national level, several states have been three-party systems at one point ...