Early polling for third party candidates in this election cycle has suggested the highest level of support for such a candidate since Ross Perot in 1992 and 1996.[1] Polls were especially high for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who withdrew his candidacy in the Democratic Party primaries in October 2023 to run as an independent.[2]
The following general election candidates currently have ballot access to fewer than 270 electoral votes, the minimum number required to attain the presidency. Ballot access deadlines vary from state to state.
Transhumanist Party: Tom Ross, (technology and political activist, presidential nominee); Daniel Twedt (nonprofit executive and perennial candidate, vice-presidential nominee)[56]
This section includes declared candidates who have filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission with intent to run under the Libertarian Party and who meet one or more of the following criteria: a) meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines; b) have participated in at least three Libertarian Party-sponsored debates; or c) have received non-trivial media coverage as a candidate in this election cycle.
Declared candidates in the 2024 Libertarian Party presidential primaries
Founder and President of the Future of Freedom Foundation Independent candidate for U.S. Senate from Virginia in 2002 Candidate for President in 2000 and 2020
The Green Party is holding a series of presidential primaries through which convention delegates will be awarded to candidates and will nominate the party's presidential ticket at the 2024 Green National Convention,[77] which is scheduled to take place as a virtual event from July 11 to 14, 2024.[78]
The individuals listed below are declared candidates who have filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission with intent to run under the Green Party and who meet one or more of the following criteria: a) meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines; b) have participated (or have been invited to participate) in at least two Green Party-sponsored debates or c) have received non-trivial media coverage as a candidate in this election cycle.
Declared major candidates for the 2024 Green Party presidential primaries
Jim Harvey of Georgia (who ultimately did not seek the nomination), Joel Skousen, and Randall Terry participated in an April 6 debate in Dearborn, Michigan.[96][97]
Terry won the nomination by securing a majority in the first round. The votes largely broke down along geographic lines. Skousen, who is from Utah, received all 61 votes from the delegations of the Four Corners states, but only 19 votes from the rest of the country combined. The only state delegations he carried outside of the region were New Hampshire and West Virginia. Venable won the majority of votes from South Carolina and his home state of Missouri and Daniel Cummings won a plurality in his home state of Wyoming. The remaining ten delegations were all won by Terry.[92]
Pastor and political commentator Stephen Broden, who was running on a ticket with Terry, received the vice-presidential nomination via voice vote.[98][99]
Aside from the presidential nomination, much of the debate at the convention focused on an ultimately defeated amendment by Skousen to remove references to God from the party platform.
2024 Constitution Party Presidential Nomination Vote
The Constitution Party received 60,023 votes in the 2020 election.
American Independent Party
The American Independent Party held a non-binding presidential preference primary in California on March 5, 2024. James Bradley was the only candidate listed on the ballot and defeated Andrew George Rummel, who was a recognized write-in candidate.[101][102]
The Legal Marijuana Now Party held its first-ever presidential nomination primary in Minnesota on Super Tuesday, March 5. This was the first presidential primary to be held in Minnesota for a third party since 1916.[106]Krystal Gabel withdrew from the race during Legal Marijuana Now Party's candidate filing discussions. When Gabel asked to be removed from the ballot, after early voting had started on January 19, 2024, the Minnesota Secretary of State's office stated that changes cannot be made to the list of candidates after the list was certified 63 days prior to the election, and Gabel's name remained on ballots.[107]
Of Minnesota's three major political parties, all of which included a write in option for their 2024 nominating primaries, only the Legal Marijuana Now party submitted to the Secretary of State a write in name to be counted, singer-songwriter Willie Nelson.[109]
Gabel won a plurality of the vote (28.8%), but withdrew ahead of the primary. Of declared candidates, Dennis Schuller finished in the lead, with 17.4%.[111]
The party is also ballot-qualified in Nebraska, but no candidates qualified for the May 14 primary.[112]
The American Solidarity Party announced on June 2, 2023, that Peter Sonski had won their party's online primary, which lasted from May 24 to June 1. Sonski was nominated in the first round of ranked-choice voting with 52%. Sonski then selected Lauren Onak as his vice president, who was then officially nominated via unanimous consent.
The Michigan Natural Law Party held its nominating convention on April 17, 2024, where it nominated independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for President and Nicole Shanahan for Vice President. Party chairman Doug Dern claimed fellow independent candidate Cornel West also sought the party's ballot access.[121]
The party is also presidential ballot-qualified in Florida. The Florida party did not nominate a candidate in the 2020 election.[122]
Prohibition Party
The Prohibition Party held its presidential nominating convention on May 8–9, 2023, in Buffalo, New York. Three candidates stood for nomination; Michael Wood was nominated on the first ballot.[123]
The Bill Hammons-led faction of the Unity Party of America nominated Paul Noel Fiorino and Matthew May for president and vice president respectively at the 7th United National Convention over Google Meet on April 6, 2024.[57]
However, the Colorado faction of the party, which has the party's ballot access, met on April 13, 2024, and nominated independent candidate Cornel West for president and his running mate, Melina Abdullah for vice president.[125][126]
The party is currently only ballot-approved in Colorado.[128] In 2020, party co-founder Bill Hammons was on the ballot in three states and received 6,647 votes.[119]
Alliance Party
The Alliance Party received 88,236 votes for president in 2020.[119] It and its affiliates are ballot-qualified in Alaska, Connecticut, Minnesota, and South Carolina.[129][130]
Approval Voting Party
The Approval Voting Party received 409 votes for president in 2020.[119] It is currently only ballot-approved in Colorado.[128]
Conservative Party of New York
The Conservative Party of New York State has held ballot access in New York since its inception in 1962. In presidential elections, the party typically nominates the Republican nominee through a fusion ticket; its most recent endorsement of Donald Trump in 2020 garnered 296,335 statewide votes on the party ballot line. In February 2024, the party held an executive committee meeting in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, and announced Trump as its presumptive nominee after a majority of county committees endorsed his campaign. The party is expected to make the nomination official at the August state convention.[131]
The United Kansas Party was established in 2024, and is expected to field a fusion ticket for president and vice president. It is ballot-qualified in Kansas.[149]
Working Families Party
The Working Families Party currently has ballot access in five states, totaling 57 electoral votes.[150] The party practices electoral fusion through nomination of the Democratic nominee in presidential elections; in New York, Joe Biden received 386,613 votes on the Working Families line in 2020. In April 2024, the party urged New York primary voters to leave their ballots blank in the Democratic primary as an extension of the protest vote movement affecting Biden's primary campaign.[151][bettersourceneeded]
Other parties and independents
As of April2024,[update] the following notable individuals are declared presidential candidates that are either running as an independent or seeking the nomination of an unspecified third party, but do not presently have ballot access.
As of May2024,[update] there has been speculation about the potential candidacy as an independent or with an unspecified third party, for the following notable individuals, within the previous six months.
The following individuals have declined to be candidates for the No Labels unity ticket. On April 4, 2024, the organization announced it would not run a presidential campaign.[162]
Dave Smith, stand-up comedian, libertarian political commentator, podcaster[195][196]
Debates and forums
The Muslim Civic Coalition hosted a forum featuring Green Jill Stein and independent Cornel West on February 3 in Oak Brook, Illinois. The organization claimed all presidential candidates were invited to attend.[197]
The Libertarian Party of California hosted two multiparty debates at their state convention February 24–25. The first night featured Libertarian candidates Michael Rectenwald and Mike ter Maat and independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Green candidate Jill Stein was advertised as attending but ultimately did not.[198] The second night featured Libertarian candidates Charles Ballay, Lars Mapstead, and Jacob Hornberger alongside independent candidate Cornel West.[199]
Free and Equal hosted a multiparty debate on February 29, 2024, moderated by the foundation's chair, Christina Tobin. Candidates were chosen via a point system style voting through the organization's "block-chain voting app" with an audit process after the fact. Socialism and Liberation nominee Claudia De la Cruz, independent candidates Cornel West and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Libertarian candidates Chase Oliver and Lars Mapstead, and Green candidates Jill Stein and Jasmine Sherman were invited, although Kennedy and West declined to attend.[200][201] The two hour debate was broadcast on YouTube, Rumble, and CSPAN among various other platforms. At one point, co-moderator Jason Michael Palmer remarked on the five candidates’ relative agreement on social issues, although the debate became more combative towards the end.[202] Jasmine Sherman won the organization’s post-debate ranked choice voting poll.[203]
↑ Margaret Trowe was originally named the party's vice-presidential nominee but withdrew due to health issues
↑ The Unity Party of Colorado, which is the only affiliate with ballot access, disaffiliated with the national party and nominated Independent Cornel West for President
↑ While the Presidential and Vice-Presidential nominations occur separately, Presidential candidates often make known their preferred Vice Presidential nominees should they receive the nomination
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