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Has the Electoral College ever given and third party candidate any votes?
Has there been a 3rd party candidate since the electoral college was established?
8 Answers
- 6 years ago
Theodore Roosevelt, while running as the Progressive Party's candidate in 1912, got more popular and electoral votes than the Republican Taft did.
- 6 years ago
Yes - most recently in 1960 and 1968. Also, look up "faithless electors." Usually one or two electors vote for some other candidate who may not even have been on the ballot. History is very interesting!
- andyLv 76 years ago
Yes, please do a simple research on wiki to see how some of the elections in the 1800's ended up.
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- rightstuffLv 76 years ago
I think ross perot but i will check.
Third Party Elections
The following are election years in which a third party candidate walked away with any amount of electoral votes.
1912
1924
1948
1960
1968
1956, 1972, 1976, 1988, 2004
