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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)
The following are third party and independent candidates who have received more than 30% of the popular vote since 2008. Notable third party House performances (2022) – 19 entries Year
[3] [4] 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. [5]
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.
In 2016, 6% of all voters cast votes for third-party candidates, a dynamic that helped to lower the share of the vote Trump needed to win in key battleground states.
While most elections from 1876 through 1892 were extremely close, the opposition Democrats won only the 1884 and 1892 presidential elections (the Democrats also won the popular vote in the 1876 and 1888 presidential elections, but lost the electoral college vote), though from 1875 to 1895 the party usually controlled the United States House of ...
Washington state restores women's right to vote through the state constitution. [26] 1911. California women earn the right to vote following the passage of California Proposition 4. [27] 1912. Women in Arizona and Kansas earn the right to vote. [27] Women in Oregon earn the right to vote. [13] 1913
The Public Policy Institute of California found that Latinos are also the fastest-growing segment of the working class and shifted further right last year than in any election since 1994.