Table 385. Vote Cast for Leading Minority Party Candidates for President: 1948 to 2004
[In thousands (1,169 represents 1,169,000). See headnote, Table 384. Data do not include write-ins, scatterings, or votes for candidates who ran on party tickets not shown] Year 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004
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Candidate
Party States’ Rights. . . . . . . Progressive . . . . . . . . States’ Rights. . . . . . . Socialist Labor . . . . . . Socialist Labor . . . . . . American Independent . American. . . . . . . . . . Independent . . . . . . . Independent . . . . . . . Libertarian . . . . . . . . . Libertarian . . . . . . . . . Independent . . . . . . . Reform . . . . . . . . . . . Green . . . . . . . . . . . . Green . . . . . . . . . . . .
Popular vote (1,000) 1,169 135 91 46 43 9,446 993 680 5,251 227 410 19,722 7,137 2,530 116
Candidate Henry Wallace . . . . . Stuart Hamblen . . . . Eric Hass . . . . . . . . Rutherford Decker . . Clifton DeBerry . . . . Henning Blomen . . . Benjamin Spock . . . . Roger McBride. . . . . Ed Clark . . . . . . . . . Lyndon H. LaRouche. Lenora B. Fulani . . . Andre Marrou . . . . . Ralph Nader . . . . . . Pat Buchanan . . . . . Michael Badnarik . . .
Party Progressive . . . . Prohibition . . . . . Socialist Labor . . Prohibition . . . . . Socialist Workers Socialist Labor . . People’s . . . . . . Libertarian . . . . . Libertarian . . . . . Independent . . . New Alliance . . . Libertarian . . . . . Green . . . . . . . . Reform . . . . . . . Libertarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Popular vote (1,000) 1,156 73 41 46 22 52 9 172 920 79 129 281 527 324 369
. . Strom Thurmond . . . . . Vincent Hallinan . . . . . T. Coleman Andrews . . . Eric Hass . . . . . . . . . . Eric Hass . . . . . . . . . . George Wallace . . . . 1 . John Schmitz. . . . . . . . Eugene McCarthy . . . . John Anderson . . . . . . David Bergland . . . . . . Ron Paul . . . . . . . . . . H. Ross Perot . . . . . . . H. Ross Perot . . . . . . . Ralph Nader . . . . . . . . Ralph Nader . . . . . .
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Data include write-ins, scatterings, and/or votes for candidates who ran on party tickets not shown.
Source: U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Clerk, Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, biennial. See also .