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This article contains lists of official and potential third-party and independent candidates associated with the 2016 United States presidential election. "Third party" is a term commonly used in the United States in reference to political parties other than the two major parties, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party.
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) National results for third-party or independent presidential candidates that won between 1% and 5% of ...
The 2016 presidential election was the first in 50 years without all the ... the highest nationwide vote share for a third-party candidate since Ross Perot in 1996 ...
In August 2016, Johnson became the first third-party presidential candidate to raise $5 million in a single month since at least 1996. [ 103 ] From January to late May 2016, the Johnson campaign had spent about $334,000; more than 70% of expenditures were paid to the Utah-based Liberty Consulting Service, the consulting firm of Ron Nielson ...
These six parties have nominated candidates in the vast majority of presidential elections, though some presidential elections have deviated from the normal pattern of two major party candidates. In most elections, third party and independent candidates have also sought the presidency, but no such candidates have won the presidency since the ...
The result was triple the amount Cynthia McKinney received in 2008, pushing the Green Party from a lower-tier third party to the second most popular third party, trailing behind the Libertarian Party, who had nominated the popular former Governor of New Mexico Gary Johnson as their presidential candidate, also setting numerous Libertarian Party ...
The following are third party and independent candidates who received more than 10% of the total popular vote. Year. Party. Nominee. Running mate. # Votes. % Votes. % Votes. On Ballot.
Deez Nuts was a satirical presidential candidate portrayed by Brady C. Olson who ran for president of the United States in 2016. On July 26, 2015, Olson—then 15 years of age, and a resident of Wallingford, Iowa —filed a statement of Deez Nuts's presidential candidacy with the Federal Election Commission. In polls conducted by Public Policy ...