andre marrou ran as a third party candidate in 1992.
andre marrou ran as a third party candidate in 1992.
who ran as a third party candidate in 1992?
andre marrou
in the 58 presidential elections since 1788, third party or independent candidates have won at least 5.0% of the vote or garnered electoral votes 12 times (21%); this does not count george washington, who was elected as an independent in 1788–1789 and 1792, but who largely supported federalist policies and was supported by federalists. the last third party candidate to win a state was george wallace of the american independent party in 1968, while the last third party candidate to win more than 5.0% of the vote was ross perot, who ran as an independent and as the standard-bearer of the reform party in 1992 and 1996, respectively; the closest since was gary johnson in 2016, who gained 3.3% of the vote running as the libertarian nominee. the most recent third party candidates to receive an electoral vote were libertarian ron paul and yankton sioux nation independent faith spotted eagle who received a vote each from faithless electors in 2016.
list of third party performances in united states presidential elections
though jefferson county is located in central oregon, politically it falls in line with the eastern side of the state. the majority of registered voters who are part of a political party in jefferson county, as well as most counties in eastern oregon, are members of the republican party. in the 2008 presidential election, 51.47% of jefferson county voters voted for republican john mccain, while 43.05% voted for democrat barack obama and 5.46% of voters either voted for a third party candidate or wrote in a candidate. these numbers show a small shift towards the democratic candidate as well as a third party candidate when compared to the 2004 presidential election, in which 58.7% of jefferson country voters voted for george w. bush, while 40% voted for john kerry, and 1.3% of voters either voted for a third party candidate or wrote in a candidate.
jefferson county, oregon