The United States currently has only three minor parties that regularly appear on ballots in states containing a majority of electoral votes, in presidential elections. Those three are the Constitution, Green and Libertarian Parties. Interestingly, the three parties are in virtually exactly the same position today as they were exactly four years ago, relative to ballot status.
For years ago, Libertarians were on in 26 states, Greens were on in 20 states, and the Constitution Party was on in 10 states. Currently, Libertarians are again on in 26 states, Greens are again on in 20 states, and the Constitution Party is now on in 14 states, an improvement.
None of the three parties has completed any petition drives in an entire year. However, Libertarians are over halfway done in Arkansas, Nebraska, North Carolina and Utah. Greens are over halfway done in Arkansas. The Constitution Party is mostly done in Missouri and South Dakota.
Q1: What is the current total of Electoral votes that
each of these parties currently has compared to what
they had 4 years ago?
Q2: Which states currently have only the 2 major
parties qualified & their Electoral vote total?
Question number 2 is easy to answer. The states that recognize only the Democratic and Republican Parties right now are: Alabama, Arkansas, Iowa, Kentucky, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, and Washington. Those 15 states have 154 electoral votes. Probably by the end of the year, of those 15 states, Arkansas, North Carolina, Ohio and South Dakota will be off the dismal list.
The Constitution Party now has over the amount needed for our petition in Arkansas as well, but we will be going for awhile to make sure we have a good surplus.
We are about to start in Ohio.
And we are doing quite well in West Virginia, but we still have a way to go.
We will soon be starting in a number of other states.
The nice thing about getting on the ballot in Ohio is that after you’re recognized as a minor party, you only have to get 500 signatures for statewide office. For US house it’s as low as 25 signatures.
I have a feeling our all-knowing representatives in Columbus will change that after the Libertarian, Green, and Constitution parties gain ballot access.
In reference to Deemer’s question, it’s interesting to note that while New York State does recognize more than the Democrats and Republicans, it doesn’t recognize either the Libertarians, Greens or Constitution Parties. The minor parties that are recognized are the Conservative and Independence Parties (which only exist in the state and have no national affiliations) and the Working Family’s Party.
Hi Richard,
What state has the worst Anti-abortion situation for women?
Whatever state it is, that is the state I am going to travel to and do the most work in, in my run for Green Party candidate for President.
I have been handing out packs of Penny Royal tea, with my leaflets, to give women a free safe form of abortion.
Even in the Green Party, I find there are people who do not support legalize abortion, by any means necessary. Abortion is the key issue for stopping Global Warming. China has one child every 10 years policy. It is time for American to have the same policy. Who would like a Free baggy of Penny Royal tea?
If you want me to come to your state, please call me: 415-368-8581.
I am easy.
Hey Paul, I’m glad to see you standing up for freedom by pushing for governments dictating how many children we have. You should grow a pair of testicles and stop trying to get some overlord to plan our lives for us. Here’s a BBC documentary about global warming you might like:
http://www.greatglobalwarmingswindle.com/
We are mammals! It is the female whom carries the fetus! Until that part of the woman’s body is separated from the adult person and starts breathing on its own —it is the adult woman’s medical situation and problem!
Paul I knew that most Greens supported abortion, but forced abortions? How many really support that?
Isn’t this wrangling over abortion and global warming a bit beyond the ambit of ballot access? But I bow to Richard’s sense of tolerance.