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"Third party" is a term that is commonly used in the United States to refer to political parties other than the Democratic and Republican parties. The term is used as (innumerate) shorthand for all such parties, or sometimes only the largest of them.
Candidates who received, or ran for, a nomination on a third party ticket in the 2008 presidential election are listed below. Also listed are candidates with no official party affiliation who ran as independents.
[edit] Candidates who qualified for minimum 270 electoral votes
The following nominees appeared on enough state ballots to theoretically obtain the minimum 270 electoral votes needed to win the election. (Socialist Party candidate Brian Moore was also eligible for more than 270 electoral votes, through a combination of bona fide ballot access and official write-in qualification[citation needed]).
[edit] Constitution Party
[edit] Green Party
| Vice Presidential Nominee |
| Rosa Clemente |
Commentator, political activist, community organizer and independent reporter from New York. Clemente has been delivering workshops, presentations and commentary for over ten years. |
[edit] Libertarian Party
[edit] Independent
For other independent candidates, see Independents section.
| Ralph Nader |
Presidential Candidate |
Ralph Nader |
Consumer advocate, Write-in candidate in 1992, Green Party presidential nominee in 1996 and 2000, and 2004 independent candidate. Announced candidacy February 24, 2008 on Meet the Press. Nader received 738,475 votes,[1] the third highest total in the popular vote count.
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| Vice Presidential candidate |
Matt Gonzalez |
Prominent lawyer and activist in San Francisco, California politics. In 2003 while a city supervisor was elected by peers on the Board of Supervisors to the presidency of the board representing a city of nearly a million people. He was a close second in a mayoral bid that won him 47% of the vote despite being outspent 6.5 to 1. [13] |
[edit] Other candidates
The nominees of the following parties appeared on fewer state ballots than needed to qualify for the minimum 270 electoral votes required to win the electoral college. These candidates could only theoretically have been elected in the unlikely event of a successful write-in campaign, or in the event that no candidate received at least 270 electoral votes. In the latter scenario, the election of the President would be determined by the House of Representatives.
[edit] Boston Tea Party
| Presidential nominee |
| Charles Jay |
Jay was selected as the nominee of the Boston Tea Party at its online Convention held June 15-16, 2008. He was the 2004 Presidential nominee of the Personal Choice Party, which also endorsed him in 2008. Jay received 2,422 votes [1]. |
[edit] New American Independent Party
| Presidential nominee |
| Frank McEnulty |
President & Chief Financial Officer of Our Castle Homes from California. McEnulty won the New American Independent Party nomination in March 2008. He simultaneously ran as the vice-presidential nominee of the Reform Party in states where the NAIP was unable to obtain ballot status[14]. McEnulty received 828 votes in Colorado the only state he was on the ballot [1].
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[edit] Party for Socialism and Liberation
[edit] Prohibition Party
[edit] Reform Party
[edit] Socialist Party USA
| Presidential nominee |
| Brian Moore |
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Antiwar activist, independent (Green Party endorsed) candidate for U.S. Senate in Florida in 2006. Moore received the Socialist Party USA's presidential nomination at its National Convention in St. Louis, Missouri on October 20, 2007. Moore received 6,528 votes nationally [1].
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| Other candidates for the nomination |
| Eric Chester |
Author and former economics professor. 1996 Socialist Party USA vice-presidential candidate, three-time candidate for SPUSA presidential nomination (2000, 2004, 2008). |
[edit] Socialist Workers Party
| Presidential nominee |
| Róger Calero |
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Socialist Workers Party candidate for President of the United States in 2004 and 2008, and for the United States Senate in New York in 2006. Calero received 5,127 votes(James Harris who stood in for Calero in several states received 2,424), giving the party 7,551[1]. |
[edit] Independents
Independents do not run for a party and as such are usually diverse from each other in numerous ways. They also have no need to run in a primary, as they are candidates for the 2008 election already.
Candidates marked with a "X" were not registered with the Federal Election Commission for a presidential campaign.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "2008 OFFICIAL PRESIDENTIAL GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS". FEC. 2008-11-04. http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2008/2008presgeresults.pdf. Retrieved on 2009-02-03.
- ^ "Chuck Baldwin becomes the Constitution Party Presidential Nominee", Third Party Watch.com. April 26, 2008
- ^ "Presidency 2008", www.politics1.com.
- ^ Duceyforpresident.com
- ^ Gunn, Steve 'Mad Max' not the life of the Constitution Party, MLive.com. April 28, 2008
- ^ World Workers Party formally endoreses McKinney, Independent Political Report, July 17, 2008.
- ^ Jared Ball Ends Campaign in Support of Cynthia McKinneywww.jaredball.com, January 17, 2008
- ^ "Presidential and VP Vote Totals - Updated Live!". LP.org. 2008-05-25. http://www.lp.org/media/article_588.shtml. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
- ^ Mike Jingozian for President FEC disclosure report, FEC.gov
- ^ Candidate profile:Mike Jingozian, at Project Vote Smart.
- ^ Christine Smith for President FEC disclosure report, FEC.gov.
- ^ Candidate profile:Christine Smith at Project Vote Smart.
- ^ Matthew Hirsch. "Money rules: Public financing for mayoral candidates tops the list of electoral reforms the Ethics Commission is pursuing". San Francisco Bay Guardian. http://www.sfbg.com/40/07/news_finance.html.
- ^ a b c "Dallas Reform Party Meeting", www.ballot-access.org, July 7, 2008
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