Independent
A third party must receive at least 5% of the vote in order to eligible for matching funds in the next election. No third party got 5% in 2008, so no third party qualifies for federal fundis in 2012.
Third-party candidates are better of under the proportional representation of election.
the third party candidate for the 1960 election was Governor George Corley Wallace of Alabama
Ralph Nader (Independent ) finished a very distant third in 2008.
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Obama did in the demorcrat party
Gorge wallace
The Bull Moose party who ran TR.
Mike Huckabee and Hilary Clinton were dropped in the 2008 election and McCain was left for the Republican Party while Obama was left for the Democratic Party; Obama eventually won the election.
Free soil Party
Because they have never won a presidential election
Five parties nominated candidates for the 2008 U.S. Presidential election, the Republican Party, the Democratic Party, the Libertarian Party, the Green Party and the Constitution Party. In addition to their candidates, Ralph Nader ran as an Independent.