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Third-party and independent candidates for the 2012 United States presidential election

This article contains lists of official third-party and independent candidates associated with the 2012 United States presidential election.

"Third party" is a term commonly used in the United States to refer to political parties other than the two major parties, the Democratic Party and Republican Party. An independent candidate is one who runs for office with no formal party affiliation.

Those listed as candidates have done one or more of the following: formally announced they are candidates in the 2012 presidential election, filed as candidates with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), and/or received the presidential nomination of their respective party. They are listed alphabetically by surname within each section.

Ballot access to 270 or more electoral votes

Vote totals on ballots representing 270 electoral votes. All other candidates were on the ballots of fewer than 10 states, 100 electors, and less than 20% of voters nationwide.

No candidates were "spoilers", i.e. having a greater total in any state greater than the margin between the top two candidates.

Libertarian Party

Nominee

Ballot access

Candidates

Declined to run

The following people were the focus of presidential speculation in past media reports, but ultimately decided to not run for the nomination of the Libertarian Party.

Green Party

Nominee

Ballot access

Candidates

Declined to run

The following people were the focus of presidential speculation in past media reports, but ultimately decided to not run for the nomination of the Green Party.

Americans Elect

  • No nominee

Americans Elect announced on May 17, 2012, that it would not field a candidate for president, as no candidate garnered enough support in the organization's online primary to reach its self-imposed threshold for the nomination.

Ballot access

Candidates

The following were the only four declared candidates to achieve more than 1,000 supporters for the presidential nomination of Americans Elect prior to the organization's announcement that it would not field a 2012 presidential candidate:

Declined to run

The following people were the focus of presidential speculation in past media reports, but ultimately decided to not run for the nomination of Americans Elect.

Constitution Party

Nominee

Ballot access

Candidates

Declined to run

The following people were the focus of presidential speculation in past media reports, but ultimately decided to not run for the nomination of the Constitution Party.

Justice Party

Nominee

Ballot access

Ballot access to fewer than 270, but more than 50 electoral votes

Party for Socialism and Liberation

Nominee

Ballot access

American Independent Party

Nominee

Ballot access

Candidates

Peace and Freedom Party

Nominee

Ballot access

Candidates

Socialist Workers Party

Nominee

Ballot access

Socialist Party USA

Nominee

Ballot access

Ballot access to fewer than 50 electoral votes

America's Party

Nominee

Ballot access

Objectivist Party

Nominee

Ballot access

American Third Position Party

Nominee

Ballot access

Reform Party USA

Nominee

Ballot access

Candidates

Socialist Equality Party

Nominee

Ballot access

Grassroots Party

Nominee

Ballot access

Prohibition Party

Nominee

Ballot access

Candidate

No ballot access

Boston Tea Party

  • No nominee – the Boston Tea Party dissolved itself on July 22, 2012, citing decline in membership activity.

Former Nominee

Freedom Socialist Party

Nominee

Ballot access

Modern Whig Party

Nominee

Ballot access

Independent

Ballot access

: Alabama, Iowa, Oregon, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wyoming are not listed below unless the candidate has been directly placed on the ballot.
  • The following are the additional candidates who qualified for ballot status in at least one state (bolded) or as a formally recognized write-in candidate (italics):
  • Richard Duncan (Independent) – Alaska, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Montana, Ohio, West Virginia
  • Samm Tittle (We The People) – Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Montana, Utah, West Virginia
  • Jill Reed (Twelve Visions) – Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Ohio, Utah
  • Will Christensen (American Independent Party) – Arizona, Delaware, Idaho, Kansas, Maryland, Montana, Oregon, Utah
  • Randall Terry (Independent) – Colorado, Indiana, Kentucky, Nebraska, Ohio, West Virginia
  • Dean Morstad (Constitutional Govt.) – Alaska, Delaware, Idaho, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Utah, West Virginia
  • Jeff Boss (NSA Did 9/11) – New Jersey
  • Barbara Dale Washer (Mississippi Reform) – Mississippi
  • Jerry Litzel (Independent) – Iowa

Declined to run

The following people were the focus of presidential speculation in past media reports, but ultimately decided not to run as independent candidates.

See also

References

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