Electoral history of Ralph Nader, an American attorney, author, lecturer, political activist, and candidate for President of the United States in four elections.
1972 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally):Our Campaigns - US Vice President - D Convention Race - Jul 10, 1972 Thomas Eagleton - 1,742 (59.07%) Frances Farenthold - 405 (13.73%) Mike Gravel - 226 (7.66%) Endicott Peabody - 108 (3.66%) Clay Smothers - 74 (2.51%) Birch Bayh - 62 (2.10%) Peter Rodino - 57 (1.93%) Jimmy Carter - 30 (1.02%) Shirley Chisholm - 20 (0.68%) Moon Landrieu - 19 (0.64%) Edward T. Breathitt - 18 (0.61%) Ted Kennedy - 15 (0.51%) Fred R. Harris - 14 (0.48%) Richard G. Hatcher - 11 (0.37%) Harold E. Hughes - 10 (0.34%) Joseph M. Montoya - 9 (0.31%) William L. Guy - 8 (0.27%) Adlai Stevenson III - 8 (0.27%) Robert Bergland - 5 (0.17%) Hodding Carter - 5 (0.17%) Cesar Chavez - 5 (0.17%) Wilbur Mills - 5 (0.17%) Wendell Anderson - 4 (0.14%) Stanley Arnold - 4 (0.14%) Ron Dellums - 4 (0.14%) John J. Houlihan - 4 (0.14%) Roberto A. Mondragon - 4 (0.14%) Reubin O'Donovan Askew - 3 (0.10%) Herman Badillo - 3 (0.10%) Eugene McCarthy - 3 (0.10%) Claiborne Pell - 3 (0.10%) Terry Sanford - 3 (0.10%) Ramsey Clark - 2 (0.07%) Richard J. Daley - 2 (0.07%) John DeCarlo - 2 (0.07%) Ernest Gruening - 2 (0.07%) Roger Mudd - 2 (0.07%) Edmund Muskie - 2 (0.07%) Claude Pepper - 2 (0.07%) Abraham Ribicoff - 2 (0.07%) Pat Taylor - 2 (0.07%) Leonard F. Woodcock - 2 (0.07%) Bruno Agnoli - 2 (0.07%) Ernest Albright - 1 (0.03%) William A. Barrett - 1 (0.03%) Daniel Berrigan - 1 (0.03%) Phillip Berrigan - 1 (0.03%) Julian Bond - 1 (0.03%) Hargrove Bowles - 1 (0.03%) Archibald Burton - 1 (0.03%) Phillip Burton - 1 (0.03%) William Chappell - 1 (0.03%) Lawton Chiles - 1 (0.03%) Frank Church - 1 (0.03%) Robert Drinan - 1 (0.03%) Nick Galifianakis - 1 (0.03%) John Goodrich - 1 (0.03%) Michael Griffin - 1 (0.03%) Martha Griffiths - 1 (0.03%) Charles Hamilton - 1 (0.03%) Patricia Harris - 1 (0.03%) Jim Hunt - 1 (0.03%) Daniel Inouye - 1 (0.03%) Henry M. Jackson - 1 (0.03%) Robery Kariss - 1 (0.03%) Allard K. Lowenstein - 1 (0.03%) Mao Zedong - 1 (0.03%) Eleanor McGovern - 1 (0.03%) Martha Mitchell - 1 (0.03%) Ralph Nader - 1 (0.03%) George Norcross - 1 (0.03%) Jerry Rubin - 1 (0.03%) Fred Seaman - 1 (0.03%) Joe Smith - 1 (0.03%) Benjamin Spock - 1 (0.03%) Patrick Tavolacci - 1 (0.03%) George Wallace - 1 (0.03%) Jake Ellenich - 1 (0.03%)
1992 Republican New Hampshire primary:Our Campaigns - NH US President - R Primary Race - Feb 18, 1992 George H. W. Bush (inc.) - 92,274 (53.20%) Pat Buchanan - 65,109 (37.54%) Paul Tsongas* - 3,676 (2.12%) Ralph Nader* - 3,258 (1.88%)
(*) - write-in candidateListed only those who won over 1% of votes
1992 Democratic New Hampshire Vice Presidential primary:Our Campaigns - US Vice President - D Primary Race - Feb 18, 1992 Endicott Peabody - 34,533 (59.68%) Susan K.Y. Shargal - 1,097 (1.90%) Ralph Nader* - 1,097 (1.90%) Mario Cuomo* - 739 (1.28%) Paul Tsongas* - 649 (1.12%) Bob Kerrey* - 502 (0.87%)
(*) - write-in candidate
1996 Peace and Freedom Party California Presidential primary:Our Campaigns - CA US President - PFP Primary Race - Mar 26, 1996 Monica Moorehead - 2,153 (33.91%) Jan B. Tucker - 1,512 (23.81%) Gerald Horne - 1,430 (22.52%) Mary Cal Hollis - 1,068 (16.82%) Ralph Nader - 187 (2.95%)
1996 Reform Party Presidential primaries:Our Campaigns - US President - REF Primaries Race - Feb 27, 1996 Ralph Nader - 575 (70.90%) Ross Perot - 57 (7.03%) Bill Clinton (inc.) - 32 (3.95%) Others - 105 (12.95%)
1996 Libertarian Party Presidential primaries:Our Campaigns - US President - LBT Primaries Race - Feb 20, 1996 Harry Browne - 9,890 (51.40%) Rick Tompkins - 3,551 (18.45%) Irvin Shiff - 3,239 (16.83%) Douglass J. Ohmen - 1,517 (7.88%) No preference - 237 (1.23%) Pat Buchanan* - 176 (0.92%) Ralph Nader* - 127 (0.66%) Steve Forbes* - 103 (0.54%) Lamar Alexander* - 82 (0.43%) Bob Dole* - 67 (0.35%) Bill Clinton (inc.) - 65 (0.34%) Colin Powell* - 43 (0.22%) Alan Keyes* - 27 (0.14%) Morry Taylor* - 19 (0.10%) Richard Lugar* - 13 (0.07%) Jack Kemp* - 8 (0.04%) Al Gore* - 4 (0.02%) Ross Perot* - 2 (0.01%) Carmen C. Chimento* - 1 (0.01%) Phil Gramm* - 1 (0.01%) Carolina P. Killeen* - 1 (0.01%)
1996 Green Party Presidential primaries:Our Campaigns - US President - G Primaries Race - Mar 26, 1996 Ralph Nader - 23,625 (97.91%) Mary Cal Hollis - 395 (1.64%) Uncommitted - 110 (0.46%)
1996 Green Party National Convention (Presidential tally):Our Campaigns - US President - G Convention Race - Aug 15, 1996 Ralph Nader - unopposed
1996 United States presidential election Bill Clinton/Al Gore (D) (inc.) - 47,400,125 (49.3%) and 379 electoral votes (31 states and D.C. carried) Bob Dole/Jack Kemp (R) - 39,198,755 (40.7%) and 159 electoral votes (19 states carried) Ross Perot/Pat Choate (Reform) - 8,085,402 (8.4%) Ralph Nader (Green) - 685,297 (0.7%) Harry Browne/Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian) - 485,798 (0.5%) Howard Phillips/Herb Titus (Taxpayers) - 184,820 (0.1%) John Hagelin/Michael Tompkins (Natural Law) - 113,670 (0.1%) Others - 121,534 (0.01%)
2000 California Presidential primary for independent voters:Our Campaigns - CA US President - I Primary Race - Mar 07, 2000 John McCain (R) - 791,864 (38.03%) Al Gore (G) - 454,629 (21.84%) George W. Bush (R) - 443,304 (21.29%) Bill Bradley (D) - 159,772 (7.67%) Ralph Nader (G) - 89,210 (4.29%) Alan Keyes (R) - 57,695 (2.77%) Donald Trump (Ref.) - 14,597 (0.70%) Harry Browne (LBT) - 11,973 (0.58%) George D. Weber (Ref.) - 9,173 (0.44%) Steve Forbes (R) - 6,035 (0.29%) Howard Phillips (American Independent) - 5,957 (0.29%) John Hagelin (Natural Law) - 4,843 (0.23%) Joel Kovel (G) - 4,646 (0.22%) Robert M. Bowman (Ref.) - 4,587 (0.22%)
2000 Green Party Presidential primaries:Our Campaigns - US President - G Primaries Race - Mar 07, 2000 Ralph Nader - 24,638 (91.08%) Joel Kovel - 2,147 (7.94%) Eric Boucher - 178 (0.66%) Stephen Gaskin - 67 (0.25%) Uncommitted - 21 (0.08%)
2000 Green Party National Convention (Presidential tally):Our Campaigns - US President - G Convention Race - Jun 24, 2000 Ralph Nader - 295 (92.48%) Eric Boucher - 10 (3.14%) Stephen Gaskin - 10 (3.14%) Joel Kovel - 3 (0.94%) None of the above - 1 (0.31%)
2000 Independence Party of New York Presidential Convention:Our Campaigns - NY US President - IDP Convention Race - Sep 24, 2000 John Hagelin - 380,269 (90.00%) Ralph Nader - 30,854 (7.30%) Pat Buchanan - 5,704 (1.35%) Donald Trump - 5,704 (1.35%)
2000 United States presidential election: George W. Bush/Dick Cheney (R) - 50,460,110 (47.9%) and 271 electoral votes (30 states carried) Al Gore/Joe Lieberman (D) - 51,003,926 (48.4%) and 266 electoral votes (20 states and D.C. carried) Abstaining - 1 electoral vote (D.C. faithless elector) Ralph Nader/Winona LaDuke (Green) - 2,883,105 (2.7%) Pat Buchanan/Ezola B. Foster (Reform) - 449,225 (0.4%) Harry Browne/Art Olivier (Libertarian) - 384,516 (0.4%) Howard Phillips/Curtis Frazier (Taxpayers) - 98,022 (0.1%) John Hagelin/Nat Goldhaber (Natural Law) - 83,702 (0.1%)
Minnesota Independence Party presidential caucus, 2004:Our Campaigns - MN US President - IP Caucus Race - Mar 02, 2004 John Edwards - 335 (41.10%) John Kerry - 149 (18.28%) George W. Bush (inc.) - 94 (11.53%) Ralph Nader - 78 (9.57%) None of the above - 66 (8.10%) Dennis Kucinich - 40 (4.91%) Lorna Salzman - 9 (1.10%) John McCain - 9 (1.10%) Al Sharpton - 5 (0.61%) David Cobb - 4 (0.49%) Wesley Clark - 4 (0.49%) Joe Lieberman - 4 (0.49%) Howard Dean - 3 (0.37%) Jesse Ventura - 3 (0.37%) Gary P. Nolan - 2 (0.25%) Timothy J. Penny - 2 (0.25%) Kent P. Mesplay - 1 (0.12%) John B. Anderson - 1 (0.12%) Charles W. Barkley - 1 (0.12%) Dean M. Barkley - 1 (0.12%) Bill Bradley - 1 (0.12%) Rudy Giuliani - 1 (0.12%) Mickey Mouse - 1 (0.12%) Theodore Roosevelt - 1 (0.12%)
2004 Reform Party National Convention (Presidential tally):Our Campaigns - US President - REF Nomination Race - May 11, 2004 'Ralph Nader - 28 (62.22%) Michael Peroutka - 6 (13.33%) Richard Green - 4 (8.89%) John Buchanan - 3 (6.67%) Others - 4 (8.89%)
2004 Green Party National Convention (Presidential tally):Our Campaigns - US President - G Convention Race - Jun 23, 2004 David Cobb - 408 (36.20%) No nominee - 308 (27.33%) Peter Camejo - 119 (10.56%) Ralph Nader - 118 (10.47%) Kent P. Mesplay - 43 (3.82%) Lorna Salzman - 40 (3.55%) None of the above - 36 (3.19%) JoAnne Bier Beeman - 14 (1.24%) Carol A. Miller - 10 (0.89%) Dennis Kucinich - 9 (0.80%) Uncommitted - 7 (0.62%) Paul Glover - 6 (0.53%) Abstaining - 3 (0.27%) Jonathan Farley - 3 (0.27%) Sheila Bilyeu - 2 (0.18%) Eugene Victor Debs - 1 (0.09%)
2004 Peace and Freedom Party National Convention (Presidential tally)':Our Campaigns - US President - PFP Convention Race - Jul 31, 2004 Leonard Peltier - 17 (53.13%) Ralph Nader - 8 (25.00%) Walt Brown - 7 (21.88%)
2004 Independence Party of New York Convention:Our Campaigns - NY US President - IDP Convention Race - Sep 26, 2004 Ralph Nader - 623,931 (95.40%) John Kerry - 26,161 (4.00%) George W. Bush (inc.) - 2,616 (0.40%) David Cobb - 1,308 (0.20%)
2004 United States presidential election: George W. Bush/Dick Cheney (R) (inc.) - 62,040,610 (50.73%) and 286 electoral votes (31 states carried) John Kerry/John Edwards (D) - 59,028,444 (48.27%) and 251 electoral votes (19 states and D.C. carried) John Edwards (D) - 1 electoral vote (Minnesota faithless elector) Ralph Nader/Peter Camejo (I) - 465,650 (0.38%) Michael Badnarik/Richard Campagna (Libertarian) - 397,265 (0.32%) Michael Peroutka/Chuck Baldwin (Constitution) - 143,630 (0.12%) David Cobb/Pat LaMarche (Green) - 119,859 (0.096%)
2008 California Peace and Freedom Party Presidential primary:Our Campaigns - CA US President - PFP Primary Race - Feb 05, 2008 Ralph Nader - 2,543 (40.00%) Cynthia McKinney - 1,353 (21.28%) Gloria E. La Riva - 1,335 (21.00%) Brian P. Moore - 346 (5.44%) John R. Crockford - 339 (5.33%) Stewart Alexander - 335 (5.27%) Stanley Martin Hetz - 107 (1.68%)
2008 Green Party Presidential primaries:Our Campaigns - US President - GRN Primary Race - Feb 05, 2008 Ralph Nader - 21,146 (53.04%) Cynthia McKinney - 11,520 (28.90%) Elaine Brown - 1,540 (3.86%) Kent P. Mesplay - 1,227 (3.08%) Kat Swift - 1,182 (2.97%) Jared Ball - 981 (2.46%) Jesse Johnson - 633 (1.59%) Howie Hawkins - 498 (1.25%) Uncommitted - 440 (1.10%) Write-in - 419 (1.05%) No preference - 194 (0.49%) No candidate - 68 (0.17%) Undecided - 20 (0.05%) None of the above - 1 (0.00%)
2008 Vermont Liberty Union Party Presidential primary'':Our Campaigns - VT US President - Liberty Union Primary Race - Mar 04, 2008 Brian P. Moore - 178 (44.61%) Barack Obama* - 25 (6.27%) Hillary Clinton* - 15 (3.76%) Ralph Nader* - 5 (1.25%) Eugene Victor Debs* - 1 (0.25%) Patrick Leahy* - 1 (0.25%) John McCain* - 1 (0.25%) Richard Norton* - 1 (0.25%) Ron Paul* - 1 (0.25%) Morgan Phillips* - 1 (0.25%) Others - 170 (42.61%)2008 Connecticut for Lieberman Presidential caucus:Our Campaigns - CT US President - CFL Caucus Race - Mar 06, 2008 Barack Obama - 19 (82.61%) Ralph Nader - 3 (13.04%) No nominee - 1 (4.35%)2008 United States presidential election: Barack Obama'''/Joe Biden (D) - 69,498,516 (52.93%) and 365 electoral votes (28 states and D.C. carried) John McCain/Sarah Palin (R) - 59,948,323 (45.65%) and 173 electoral votes (22 states carried) Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez (I) - 739,034 (0.56%) Bob Barr/Wayne Allyn Root (Libertarian) - 523,715 (0.40%) Chuck Baldwin/Darrell Castle (Constitution) - 199,750 (0.15%) Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente (Green) - 161,797 (0.12%)
See also Ralph Nader's presidential campaigns Electoral history of Bob Barr (Libertarian nominee)