National Totals for Indp. & Minor Party Presidential Candidates

Posted on by November 5, 2008
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CNN has compiled a list of all third party candidates and their totals.

With 97% of the precincts reporting, here is the list for candidates in multiple states (the CNN link includes candidates running in single states). There are still millions of absentee and provisional votes to be counted, along with the normal votes from 4% of the precincts.

Nader: 653,392
Barr: 487,266
Baldwin: 174,096
McKinney: 142,093
Keyes: 34,533
Paul: 19,583
SWP 9,529
La Riva: 7,513
B. Moore: 6,378
Duncan: 3,672
Jay: 2,307
Polachek: 1,212
Warmboldt: 766
McEnulty: 740
Stevens: 683
Amondson: 631
Boss: 602
Weill: 470
Phillies: 465
Allen: 277
Lyttle: 97

Two Libertarians Each Poll Over 1,000,000 Votes

Posted on by November 5, 2008
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The last time any minor party or independent candidate (for office other than president) received as many as 1,000,000 votes was in New York in 1970, when James Buckley received 2,179,640 votes on the Conservative Party line. But on November 4, 2008, two Libertarians each polled over 1,000,000 votes. They are John H. Monds for Georgia Public Service Commissioner (who had only a Republican opponent) and William Bryant Strange for Judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, place 9 (who also had only a Republican opponent).

Minor Party, Independent Presidential Candidates May Have Tipped 4 States

Posted on by November 4, 2008
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Apparently, as of 10:20 Pacific time, there are four states in which no presidential candidate won as much as 50% of the vote. According to this excellent Associated Press website, those 4 states are:

1. North Carolina: Obama 49.9%, McCain 49.5%, Barr .6%

2. Montana: McCain 48.6%, Obama 48.1%, Paul 2.1%, Nader .9%, Barr .3%

3. Indiana: Obama 49.9%, McCain 49.0%, Barr 1.1%

4. Missouri: McCain 49.6%, Obama 49.1%, Nader .6%, Barr .4%, Baldwin .3%.

As the night goes on, these percentages will change slightly.