four years ago, i wrote this little piece about the final results of the 2012 presidential election.
here is an update, reflecting the results of the 2016 election, as reported by the federal election commission in december 2017:
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Hillary Clinton (Democrat, Women's Equality, Working Families) 65,853,514 48.18%
Donald J. Trump (Republican, American Independent, Conservative) 62,984,828 46.09%
Gary Johnson (Libertarian, Independence, Independent) 4,489,341 3.28%
Jill Stein (Green, Mountain, Progressive, Independent) 1,457,218 1.07%
Evan McMullin (Better for America, Independence, Independent) 731,991 0.54%
Write-In (Miscellaneous) 698,990 0.51%
Darrell L. Castle (Constitution, Independent American, U.S. Taxpayers, Independent) 203,090 0.15%
Gloria Estela La Riva (Liberty Union, Peace and Freedom, Socialism and Liberation) 74,401 0.05%
Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente (American Delta, Reform, Independent) 33,136 0.02%
None of These Candidates (Nevada) 28,863 0.02%
Richard Duncan (Nonpartisan) 24,307 0.02%
Dan R. Vacek (Legal Marijuana Now) 13,537 0.01%
Alyson Kennedy (Socialist Workers, Independent) 12,467 0.01%
Mike Smith (Independent) 9,338 0.01%
Chris Keniston (Veterans) 7,211 0.01%
Michael A. Maturen (American Solidarity) 6,462 0.00%
Lynn S. Kahn (New Independent, Independent) 5,733 0.00%
James (Jim) Hedges (Prohibition, Independent) 5,617 0.00%
Tom Hoefling (America's Party, Life Family Constititution) 4,779 0.00%
Monica Moorehead (Workers World, Unaffiliated) 4,317 0.00%
Laurence Kotlikoff (It's Our Children) 3,581 0.00%
Peter Skewes (American) 3,250 0.00%
Rocky Giordani (Independent American) 2,752 0.00%
Emidio Soltysik (Natural Law, Socialist) 2,691 0.00%
Scott Copeland (Constitution) 2,356 0.00%
Kyle Kenley Kopitke (Independent American) 1,096 0.00%
Joseph Allen Maldonado (Independent People of Colorado) 962 0.00%
Ryan Alan Scott (Unaffiliated) 754 0.00%
Rod Silva (Nutrition) 751 0.00%
Princess Jacob (Loyal Trustworthy Compassion) 749 0.00%
Jerry White (Socialism Equality Anti-War) 475 0.00%
Bradford Lyttle (Nonviolent Resistance/Pacifist) 382 0.00%
Frank Atwood (Approval Voting) 337 0.00%
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not a whole lot has changed. the prohibition party, which finished dead last in 2012 , made a dramatic improvement from 503 votes to 5,617! congratulations, prohibition party!
the reform party - ross perot’s old party - which finished next to last in 2012, does not appear on the list.
mr frank atwood, who finished last in 2016, was formerly a candidate of the libertarian party.
two candidates describing themselves as “anti-war” and “pacifist”, finished second and third from the bottom.
princess jacob, who finished fourth from the bottom, is already running in the 2020 election, and has a strong feminist, anti-racist, and anti-poverty message.
what has not changed is that as i wrote in 2014:
two parties which do not appear on the above list, probably because they did not field candidates and do not exist are:
a feminist or womens separatist party
and a world government party
i can’t find any signs of change on google. a world government party in the u k expired in 1998 with the death of its founder. there are groups advocating female separation but i do not see any putting up candidates for office anywhere.
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