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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.
Campaign signs of third-party candidates Jill Stein and Gary Johnson, October 2016 in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Third party and independent candidates who obtained more than 100,000 votes nationally or on ballot in at least 15 states are listed separately.
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 ...
t. e. The 2016 presidential campaign of Gary Johnson, the 29th Governor of New Mexico, was announced on January 6, 2016, for the nomination of the Libertarian Party (or LP) for President of the United States. He officially won the nomination on May 29, 2016, at the Libertarian National Convention in Orlando, Florida, receiving 56% of the vote ...
By 1856, neither the Republican nor the American Party had truly supplanted the Whig Party as the second major political party in the United States.[4] Nonetheless, the American Party is frequently described as a third party.[5][6][7] In 1856, the American Party, along with a rump convention of Whigs, nominated a presidential ticket led by ...
The 2016 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. Republican nominee Donald Trump defeated Democratic former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the presidential election, while Republicans retained control of Congress. This marked the first and most recent time Republicans won or held unified control of the presidency ...
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.
The two major party candidates were chosen at the Democratic National Convention and Republican National Convention in July 2016. Donald Trump won the general election of Tuesday, November 8, 2016. He lost the popular vote but won the electoral college .