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Independent Party presidential election history

The Independent Party in U.S. presidential elections: 4 nominees from 1820 to 1992, 0 won the presidency.

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Independent nominee's share of the national popular vote (%)
YearNomineeRunning mateElectoral votesPopular voteShareStatesResult
1992 H. Ross Perot James Stockdale 0 19,741,657 18.9% 0 Lost
1980 John Anderson Patrick Lucey 0 5,720,060 6.6% 0 Lost
1832 John Floyd Henry Lee 11 0 0.0% 0 Lost
1820 John Quincy Adams none 1 — — 0 Lost

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data