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  2. 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 Withdrawn independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.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.

  3. Opinion - Why a third-party presidential candidate can never win

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    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 ...

  4. How third-party and independent candidates could threaten ...

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    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 ...

  5. The quiet power of third-party candidates: Here's how they ...

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    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 ...

  6. "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 ...

  7. Third party (U.S. politics) - Wikipedia

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    Third party, or minor party, is a term used in the United States' two-party system for political parties other than the Republican and Democratic parties. The winner take all system for presidential elections and the single-seat plurality voting system for Congressional elections have over time helped establish the two-party system.

  8. Why can't an independent candidate ever win the presidency ...

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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 ...

  9. List of third-party and independent performances in United ...

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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)