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Many third-party candidates have run under different affiliations in different states. They do this for many reasons, including laws restricting ballot access , cross-endorsements by other established parties, etc. [ citation needed ] In the list below, the party column shows which of a given candidate's affiliation(s) appeared on the ballot in ...
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 Withdrawn independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.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.
List of third-party and independent performances in Alaska state legislative elections List of third-party and independent performances in Hawaii state legislative elections List of third-party and independent performances in Louisiana state legislative elections List of third-party and independent performances in Montana state legislative ...
“Voters don’t back third parties on election night,” said Jim Messina, who managed Barack Obama’s successful 2012 re-election campaign. “No third-party candidate has gotten even one ...
A successful third party would have to wage a campaign that is somehow liberal enough to defeat Democrats in blue states like New Jersey while at the same time being conservative enough to defeat ...
The White House party gained House seats during the midterm elections. The sitting president is running for reelection. The White House party is avoiding a primary contest.
[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 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.