This is a list detailing the electoral history of the American Independent and American Parties, sorted by year. While initially a single party, a schism occurred between factions that sought either to expand the party's influence beyond into the North, and those that sought to concentrate largely within the Deep South. Though they were by 1976 established as two parties, it remains difficult to ascertain which candidates were loyal to which faction, and so they have been collected for the sake of simplicity into a single list.
The list only consists of those candidates who ran for partisan office.
Federal elections
Presidential tickets + American Independent Party American Party Year Nominee Nominee's Party Running Mate # Votes % Votes % VotesWhere Balloted Nominee Nominee's Party Running Mate # Votes % Votes % VotesWhere Balloted 1968 George WallaceAmerican Independent Curtis LeMay 9,906,473 13.53 13.56 1972 John G. SchmitzAmerican Independent Thomas J. Anderson 1,099,482 1.42 2.25 1976 Lester MaddoxAmerican Independent William Dyke 170,531 0.21 0.57 Thomas J. AndersonAmerican Rufus E. Shackleford 160,773 0.20 1980 John RarickAmerican Independent Eileen Shearer 41,268 0.05 0.26 Percy L. Greaves, Jr.American Frank L. Varnum 6,648 0.01 Frank W. SheltonAmerican -Kansas George E. Jackson 1,555 0.00 No nomineeAmerican -Minnesota No nominee 6,136 0.01 1984 Bob RichardsPopulist Maureen Salaman 66,336 0.07 0.25 Delmar DennisAmerican Traves Brownlee 13,161 0.01 1988 James C. GriffinAmerican Independent Charles Morsa 27,818 0.03 0.28 Delmar DennisAmerican Earl Jeppson 3,475 0.00 1992 Howard PhillipsU.S. Taxpayers' Albion Knight, Jr. 42,960 0.04 0.10 Robert J. SmithAmerican Doris Feimer 292 0.00 1996 Howard PhillipsU.S. Taxpayers' Herb Titus 182,820 0.19 0.23 Diane Beall TemplinAmerican Gary Van Horn 1,847 0.00 2000 Howard PhillipsConstitution Curtis Frazier 98,020 0.09 0.12 Don RogersAmerican Al Moore 0 0.00 N/A 2004 Michael PeroutkaConstitution Chuck Baldwin 143,630 0.12 0.17 Diane Beall TemplinAmerican Al Moore 0 0.00 N/A 2008 Alan KeyesAmerica's Independent Party Wiley Drake 47,694 0.04 0.19 Diane Beall TemplinAmerican Linda Patterson 0 0.00 N/A 2012 Tom HoeflingAmerica's Party Robert Ornelas 40,641 0.03 0.17
Presidential nominating conventions + A.I.P. National Convention Presidential Balloting, 1972 Candidate # Votes % VotesJohn G. Schmitz329.7571.92Lester Maddox55.6512.14Allen Greer25.55.56Thomas J. Anderson23.65.15Richard B. Kay163.49George Wallace81.74 + A.I.P. National Convention Presidential Balloting, 1976 American National Convention Presidential Balloting, 1976 Candidate # Votes % Votes Candidate # Votes % VotesLester Maddox17752.21Thomas J. Anderson16061.54Robert J. Morris80 1/323.60William H. Bowler42.716.54John Rarick78 11/1223.30Percy L. Greaves, Jr.29.711.54Others2.750.89Others26.610.38 + A.I.P. National Convention Presidential Balloting, 1980 Candidate # Votes % VotesJohn Rarick63.584.67Percy L. Greaves, Jr.10.514.00James Schumacher11.33 + A.I.P. National Convention Presidential Balloting, 1988 Candidate # Votes % VotesJames C. Griffin?David Duke + A.I.P. National Convention Presidential Balloting, 1992 Candidate # Votes % VotesHoward Phillips4083.33Bo Gritz816.67 + A.I.P. National Convention Presidential Balloting, 2012 Candidate # Votes % VotesTom Hoefling20100Virgil Goode00
Presidential primaries + California Presidential Primary, 1976 Idaho Presidential Primary, 1976 Candidate # Votes % Votes Candidate # Votes % VotesGeorge J. Shea3,44728.57John R. Rarick40953.68John R. Rarick2,92224.22Thomas J. Anderson26134.25Andrew J. Watson2,44720.28Uncommitted9212.07Alberta M. Procell1,71914.25Thomas M. Goodloe, Jr.1,52312.62Others70.06Total12,065100.00Total762100.00 + California Presidential Primary, 1980 Idaho Presidential Primary, 1980 Candidate # Votes % Votes Candidate # Votes % VotesMorton Downey, Jr.10,83851.11John R. Rarick9760.63John R. Rarick10,35848.85None6339.38Others90.04Total21,205100.00Total160100.00 + California Presidential Primary, 1984 Candidate # Votes % VotesCharles R. Glenn7,37444.68Arthur J. Lowery3,56721.61Gordon Mohr3,05218.49Gerald Willis2,50715.19Others40.02Total16,504100.00 + California Presidential Primary, 1988 Candidate # Votes % VotesJames C. Griffin9,79264.44Bo Gritz5,40135.54Others30.02Total15,196100.00 + California Presidential Primary, 1992 Candidate # Votes % VotesHoward Phillips15,45699.92Barbara S. Scott-Davenport130.08Total15,469100.00 + California Presidential Primary, 1996 Candidate # Votes % VotesHoward Phillips19,204100.00Total19,204100.00
+ California Presidential Primary, 2000 Candidate # Votes % VotesJohn McCain31,36331.24Al Gore26,67526.57George Bush22,66122.58Bill Bradley8,2228.19Alan Keyes3,5953.58Howard Phillips3,0223.01Ralph Nader1,8811.87Donald Trump5770.57Harry Browne3850.38Steve Forbes3830.38Lyndon LaRouche2100.21Orrin Hatch1830.18John Hagelin1540.15George D. Weber1520.15Gary Bauer1510.15Joel Kovel1230.12Robert M. Bowman1080.11John B. Anderson1030.10Kip Lee1010.10Charles E. Collins930.09L. Neil Smith910.09Larry Hines750.07David Lynn Hollist700.07Total100,378100.00 + California Presidential Primary, 2004 Candidate # Votes % VotesMichael Peroutka26,589100.00Total26,589100.00 + California Presidential Primary, 2008 Candidate # Votes % VotesDon J. Grundmann16,60336.08Diane Beall Templin15,30233.25Max Riekse14,09930.64David Andrew Larson180.04Total46,022100.00 + California Presidential Primary, 2012 Candidate # Votes % VotesEdward C. Noonan16,92638.74Laurie Roth16,32637.37Max Riekse10,43023.87Raymond Delmond Smith60.01Andrew Diaz40.01Total43,692100.00
Senatorial elections
Senate Class I + California Class I Senatorial Candidates Year Nominee Nominee's Party # Votes % Votes Place Note 1970 Charles C. RipleyAmerican Independent 61,251 0.94 3rd of 4 1976 Jack McCoyAmerican Independent 82,739 1.11 4th of 5 1982 Theresa F. DietrichAmerican Independent 83,809 1.07 5th of 5 1988 Merton D. ShortAmerican Independent 66,291 0.68 5th of 5 1992 SE Paul MeeuwenbergAmerican Independent 281,973 2.62 4th of 5 1994 Paul MeeuwenbergAmerican Independent 142,771 1.68 5th of 6 2000 Diane Beall TemplinAmerican Independent 134,598 1.27 5th of 7 2006 Don J. GrundmannAmerican Independent 75,350 0.88 6th of 6 2012 OP Don J. GrundmannAmerican Independent 33,037 0.68 18th of 24 + Indiana Class I Senatorial Candidates Year Nominee Nominee's Party # Votes % Votes Place Note 1976 Don L. LeeAmerican 14,321 0.66 3rd of 4 1982 Raymond JamesAmerican 10,586 0.58 3rd of 3
Senate Class II + Alabama Class II Senatorial Candidates Year Nominee Nominee's Party # Votes % Votes Place Note 1972 Herbert W. StoneAlabama Conservative 6,838 0.65 5th of 5
Senate Class III + Alabama Class III Senatorial Candidates Year Nominee Nominee's Party # Votes % Votes Place Note 1980 Michael R. ErdyAlabama Conservative 15,989 1.23 3rd of 7 + California Class III Senatorial Candidates Year Nominee Nominee's Party # Votes % Votes Place Note 1974 Jack McCoyAmerican Independent 101,145 1.66 3rd of 4 1980 James C. GriffinAmerican Independent 129,648 1.56 5th of 5 1986 Edward B VallenAmerican Independent 109,916 1.49 3rd of 5 1992 Jerome McCreadyAmerican Independent 373,051 3.45 3rd of 5 1998 H. Joseph Perrin, Sr.American Independent 54,711 0.66 5th of 7 2004 Don J. GrundmannAmerican Independent 81,224 0.67 5th of 5 2010 Edward C. NoonanAmerican Independent 125,441 1.25 6th of 6 + Indiana Class I Senatorial Candidates Year Nominee Nominee's Party # Votes % Votes Place Note 1974 Don L. LeeAmerican 49,592 2.83 3rd of 3 1986 Rockland SnyderAmerican 5,914 0.38 4th of 4
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