Third party and independent candidates for the 2016 United States presidential election

Third party and independent candidates for the
2016 U.S. presidential election

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Nominee Gary Johnson Jill Stein Evan McMullin Party Libertarian Green Independent Alliance Better for America Home state New Mexico Massachusetts Utah Running mate Bill Weld Ajamu Baraka Mindy Finn Popular vote 4,443,505 1,457,218 731,991 Percentage 3.28% 1.07% 0.54%   Nominee Darrell Castle Bernie Sanders (write-in) Gloria La Riva Party Constitution Independent Socialism and Liberation Home state Tennessee Vermont California Running mate Scott Bradley Elizabeth Warren Eugene Puryear Electoral vote 1 Popular vote 203,090 111,850 74,401 Percentage 0.15% 0.08% 0.05%   Nominee Rocky De La Fuente Richard Duncan Dan Vacek Party Reform Independent Legal Marijuana Now Alliance American Delta Home state California Ohio Minnesota Running mate Michael Steinberg Ricky Johnson Mark Elworth Jr. Popular vote 33,117 24,307 13,537 Percentage 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%

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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. An independent candidate is one who runs for office with no formal party affiliation.

Ballot access in states holding 270 or more electoral votes represents a majority of the 538 electoral votes in the Electoral College. The number of electoral votes for which a party or independent candidate has secured ballot access may increase as those parties or candidates complete their petitions, and filings for ballot access, until September 2016 when the last petition deadlines occur.^[1]

According to the Green Papers website, 31 people were on the ballot in at least one state, while 192, including those who were on ballots in some states, obtained recognition as official write-in candidates.^[2]