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Would a viable third party candidate legally have a chance in the House of Representatives?
Suppose there was an American third party candidate, who won a quarter of the popular vote, and a single large state or a handful of smaller ones: specifically with enough electoral votes so that ...
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Who pays and organizes the primaries of third parties?
In the US, primaries for the presidential election of the two major parties are usually funded and regulated by the state government.
Is this also true for the smaller parties?
In that case how is it ...
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Are there any studies/ data sources into whether Republicans or Democrats suffer the most under the presence of 3rd parties?
I am looking to explore the impact of 3rd parties on mainstream political parties in the United States. Not necessarily at the federal level but at state level too, and across any branch of the ...
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Why don't we see more independent presidential candidates in the US? [duplicate]
As I understand it a person does not actually have to be either the Democrat or the Republican nominee to run for president in the US, why then are independent candidates, at least for that position ...
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Who are the third party electors
This question is about the electoral college.
From what I understand, the way the electoral college works is that each party appoints electors for their party, based on state-specific rules that ...
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Is there objective proof that Jo Jorgensen stopped Trump winning, like a right-wing Ralph Nader?
Breitbart is pushing the theory that if Jo Jorgensen hadn't run, Trump would have won (assuming that he didn't). Is this correct? Is there objective proof that all (or enough) of her votes would ...
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Can a third-party candidate “donate” their votes to another candidate?
Is there any provision in US constitution which allows one candidate, say Jo Jorgensen, to “donate” their votes in a given state to another candidate?
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Is it still theoretically possible for Kanye West to become the US president in 2021?
Famous rapper Kanye West is running for US president, but...
West has qualified for ballot access in 12 states.
Kanye West 2020 presidential campaign
It appears theoretically impossible for him to ...
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Which states returned the most third party votes in the 2016 presidential election?
I'm curious about which states in the 2016 US presidential election got the most third party votes. I want the top 5 states by percentage down to 1/10 of a percent that shows what the highest 3rd ...
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How could a third party candidate with electoral votes decide the choice of president?
In the 1968 Washington Post story announcing Nixon as the winner of the 1968 presidential election, the author made a peculiar point:
Nixon’s Illinois victory, which emerged more than 15 hours ...
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What do third party candidates for the US presidency expect to functionally accomplish in terms of voting?
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In the history of the United States presidential election, it is exceedingly rare that a third party candidate does anything other than split votes from one (sometimes two) main parties, ...
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Why did Gary Johnson's support erode in late October 2016?
We all know that he had been, a few months back, a viable candidate in the Libertarian party, for progressives and conservatives, who were disaffected with Trump as the GOP nominee with his disgusting ...
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Can Gary Johnson or Jill Stein possibly participate in the second or third debates?
No third party candidate met the 15% polling threshold to participate in the 1st debate.
If Johnson's or Stein's polling results improve before the 2nd or 3rd debates can they participate?
What are ...
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Why didn't Americans Elect field a candidate in the 2012 U.S. presidential election?
Americans Elect was trying to get an alternative candidate on the ballot in the 2012 presidential election. The party was to hold a completely online convention to elect a party ticket to run. ...
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