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Sometimes independent means no party registration, and sometimes we refer to third party candidates as independent. They are not the same, though as a practical matter neither third party ...
To break the two-party duopoly, a successful third-party candidate faces the insurmountable task of somehow psychologically removing voters’ core partisan identities as “Republicans” or ...
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)
This was also the first election since 2000 that the Green Party finished third nationwide, and the first since 2008 that the Libertarian Party failed to. Withdrawn independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. received 757,371 votes (0.49%). Kennedy's 1.96% in Montana was the highest statewide vote share of any third-party candidate.
[4] [5] 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. [6]
The quiet power of third-party Candidates In 2016, Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein (yes, the same Jill Stein) each received more votes in the 3 “blue wall” states ...
"Third party" is a term commonly used in the United States in reference to political parties other than the Democratic and Republican parties. An independent candidate is one not affiliated with any political party. The list of candidates whose names were printed on the ballot or who were accepted as write-in candidates varied by state. More ...
No independent or third-party candidate has won an electoral vote in more than half a century, never mind the 270 needed to claim the presidency, but Messina said Biden and his team still need to ...