This article lists third party and independent candidates, also jointly known as minor-party candidates, associated with the 2024 United States presidential election.
"Third party" is a term commonly used in the United States in reference to political parties other than the Democratic and Republican parties. An independent candidate is one not affiliated with any political party.
24 candidates were listed on the ballot in at least one state and over 100 candidates were registered as a write-in candidate in at least one state.
Results
Third-party and independent candidates received 2.13% of the vote in the 2024 election, totaling over three million votes. This is slightly more than the 2020 United States presidential election, when third party candidates received 1.86%.
Green Party nominee Jill Stein received the most votes of any third-party candidate, receiving 868,945 votes (0.56%). She received 1.09% of the vote in Maryland, her best state by percentage. Stein also received over one percent of the vote in Maine and California.
Withdrawn independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. received 757,371 votes (0.49%). Kennedy's 1.96% in Montana was the highest statewide vote share of any third-party candidate. Kennedy also received over one percent of the vote in Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, and West Virginia.
Libertarian candidate Chase Oliver received 650,120 votes (0.42%). He was the only third-party candidate to be on the ballot or a registered write-in candidate in every state + D.C. Oliver received 1.69% in North Dakota, his best state by percentage. Oliver also received over one percent of the vote in Utah and Wyoming.
No other candidate reached one percent of the vote in any state. "None of these candidates" received 19,625 votes (1.32%) in Nevada.
Party for Socialism and Liberation nominee, Claudia De la Cruz received 167,772 votes (0.11%). De la Cruz nearly doubled the PSL's 2020 total, and won the most votes received by a candidate running on an explicitly socialist presidential ticket since the Socialist Party's Norman Thomas in 1936.
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2024 presidential candidates that received at least 0.01% of the votePresidential candidateDonald TrumpKamala HarrisJill SteinRobert F Kennedy Jr.Chase OliverClaudia De la CruzCornel WestPeter SonskiRandall TerryShiva AyyaduraiVice presidential candidateJD VanceTim WalzButch WareNicole ShanahanMike ter MaatKarina GarciaMelina AbdullahLauren OnakStephen BrodenCrystal EllisParty or labelRepublicanDemocraticGreenIndependentLibertarianPSLIndependentAmerican SolidarityConstitutionIndependent accessBallot5385384202834772201327413357Total538538488309538473366474181371State/DC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Others Total votesAlabamaState Certification of 2024 General Election, Alabama Secretary of State.Section 17-6-27: Write-in votes; listing of independent candidates; form of ballots, Code of Alabama, Alabama Legislature.98,7382,265,090Alaska30337,733ArizonaCertificate of Ascertainment of Appointment of Presidential Electors, Arizona Secretary of State.118,0413,398,196Arkansas, Arkansas Secretary of State.6 1,1441,182,676California, California Secretary of State.542,87715,868,168ColoradoColorado General Election Results, Colorado Department of State.2024 General Write-in Results, Colorado Department of State.10 2,2383,192,745ConnecticutConnecticut Secretary of the State Election Night Reporting7 1,757,061DelawareState of Delaware Department of Elections 2024 General Election3 512,912D. of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Board of Elections General Election 2024 - Certified Results2024 Washington D.C. Write-in Results for U.S. President37,830325,869FloridaFlorida Division of Elections Official Election Results30 10,893,752GeorgiaOffice of the Secretary of State Elections Division CERTIFICATION OF WRITE-IN VOTES16 5,251,705Hawaii4 516,701IdahoElection ResultsWrite In Results4 1,580905,057IllinoisIllinois State Board of Elections Election Results191,1225,634,432IndianaIndiana Election Results119452,937,622IowaState of Iowa Election Canvas Summary66,6571,663,701KansasKansas Secretary of State 2024 General Election Official Vote Totals601,327,591KentuckyCommonwealth of Kentucky Official 2024 General Election Results For the office of President and Vice President of the United States8 2,074,513LouisianaLouisiana Secretary of State Official Results8 3,2182,006,975Maine4581832,831MarylandOfficial 2024 Presidential General Election Results for President and Vice President of the United States1019,3943,038,344MassachusettsSecretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 2024 President General Election1119,6933,473,624Michigan1511,8405,676,026Minnesota2024 State Canvassing Board Certificate1012,0353,253,920Mississippi6 1,228,008Missouri10 2,995,327MontanaCertificate of Ascertainment for the Election of the 2024 Presidential Electors for the State of Montana4 602,984NebraskaState of Nebraska 2024 Electoral College Certificate of Ascertainment5 947,273NevadaNevada Secretary of State General Election Results 20246 22,3791,484,840New Hampshire2024 General Election Return of Votes41,438826,152New JerseyState of New Jersey Certificate of Ascertainment147,7384,285,271New Mexico5 923,403New York2846,4048,308,899North Carolina1618,9365,699,141North DakotaNorth Dakota Election Officials Official 2024 General Election Results33,096368,155Ohio17 12,8565,767,788OklahomaOK Election Results7 5,1431,566,173Oregon815,0262,244,493PennsylvaniaCommonwealth of Pennsylvania 2024 Presidential Election Official Results1910,4867,049,935Rhode IslandState of Rhode Island Election Results2024 Rhode Island Write-in Results for U.S. President42,727513,386South Carolina2024 State General Election Official Results9 2,548,140South Dakota3 428,922TennesseeState of Tennessee Certificate of Ascertainment11 6,8533,063,942TexasState of Texas Office of the Governor Certificate of Ascertainment40 11,388,674UtahState of Utah State Board of Canvassers6 1,488,466VermontVermont Official ResultsState of Vermont Certificate of Ascertainment of Electors for President and Vice President of the United States32,278369,422Virginia2024 November General Official Results13 4,482,794WashingtonWashington Secretary of State Elections Division Canvass of the Returns of the General Election Held on November 5, 20241227,1493,924,243West VirginiaWest Virginia Secretary of State Releases Write-in Tally for Declared Write-in Presidential Candidates4209762,785Wisconsin101,1143,416,987Wyoming2024 General Election Statewide Candidates Summary32,695269,048Total53877,303,56875,019,230871,222757,432650,317168,23484,58847,07041,42028,583251,387155,289,233
Other candidates with ballot access in at least one statePresidential candidateRichard DuncanJoel SkousenJay BowmanChris GarrityJoseph KishoreRachele FruitMattie PrestonLucifer EveryloveBlake HuberMichael WoodVermin SupremeLaura EbkeWilliam StoddenRobby WellsVice presidential candidateMitch BuppRik CombsDe BowmanCody BallardJerry WhiteDennis RichterShannel ConnerAndrea DenaultJohn PietrowskiJonathan RealzTrisha ButlerStephanie CholenskyTony JonesParty or labelConstitution (Utah)Socialist EqualitySocialist WorkersApproval VotingProhibitionPirateLiberalSocialist PartyParty Party access Ballot17161174158861063564Total871091551521571117876807673758392State/DC 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 26 27Alabama9Arizona11Arkansas6Colorado10Delaware3D. of Columbia3Georgia16Idaho4Illinois19Iowa6Kansas6Kentucky8Louisiana8Maryland10Michigan15Minnesota10Nevada6New Hampshire4New Jersey14New Mexico5New York28Ohio17Oklahoma7Oregon4Pennsylvania19Rhode Island4Tennessee11Utah6Vermont3Virginia13Washington12West Virginia4Wyoming3Total53812,80612,7925,9715,3004,6684,1222,8582,6532,1981,145985859364361
Non-qualified write-ins with at least three votesPresidential candidateDCNHNJPARIVTTotalNikki Haley6,976Mitt Romney732Mike Pence597Liz Cheney447Bernie Sanders419Ron DeSantis407Chris Christie308Jesus248Chris Sununu198Condoleezza Rice182Tulsi Gabbard179Phil Scott136Joe Biden136Rashida Tlaib136JD Vance103Josh Shapiro103Joe Manchin98Paul Ryan78Mickey Mouse71Vivek Ramaswamy58Ritchie Torres55Andrew Yang54John Kasich54Pete Buttigieg54Michael Bloomberg50Larry Hogan43Kanye West40Ron Paul40Glenn Youngkin37Michelle Obama37Tim Scott34Ronald Reagan32Jimmy Carter28Ben Sasse27Brian Kemp26Dean Phillips26Marco Rubio24Adam Kinzinger22Hind Rajab21God20Ben Carson18Hillary Clinton18Jamie Dimon17Jim Douglas17Taylor Swift17Dwayne Johnson14George W. Bush14George Washington13Thomas Massie13Wes Moore13Jeb Bush12John Fetterman12Elizabeth Warren11Mitch Daniels11Josh Gottheimer10Marianne Williamson10Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez9Mark Cuban9Jasmine Sherman8Justin Amash8LeBron James8Tim Walz8Yahya Sinwar8Bill Cassidy6Brian Gill6Elon Musk6Jim Mattis6John Thune6Mitch McConnell6Patrick McHenry6Tom Brady6Barack Obama5Jon Stewart5Mark Dever5Pat Toomey5Thomas Sowell5Willie Nelson5Aaron Bushnell4Dolly Parton4Gretchen Whitmer4Mike DeWine4Mike Johnson4Rob Portman4Snoop Dogg4Tom Cotton4Aida Foonr3Amy Klobuchar3Andrew Leyden3Batman3David French3Emmett McElroy3Jocko Willink3John Boehner3Kellie Spain3Mark Kelly3Monica Brinson3Pat Paulsen3Pedro3Susan Collins3Theodore Roosevelt3Yahweh3
Legend Listed on ballot Registered as write-in candidate Write-in candidates allowed without registration Not a candidate in the state/DC
General election candidates
Candidates with majority ballot access
The following general election candidates had ballot access to at least 270 electoral votes (EV), the minimum number required to win the electoral college. Ballot access deadlines vary from state to state. Presidential nomineeVice presidential nomineeCampaignStates with ballot accessChase OliverNominee for U.S. Senator from Georgia in 2022 and sales executive from Georgia Mike ter MaatFormer economist at the Office of Management and Budget and police officer from FloridaWebsite CampaignFEC filingsJill SteinNominee for U.S. President in 2012 and 2016 from MassachusettsButch WareAcademic from CaliforniaWebsite CampaignFEC filings
Candidates with majority ballot or write-in access
The following candidates had either ballot or write-in access to more than 270 electoral votes (EV), the minimum number required to attain the presidency.
Presidential nomineeVice presidential nomineeCampaignStates with ballot accessClaudia De la CruzActivist from New YorkKarina GarciaActivist from CaliforniaWebsite CampaignFEC filingsCornel WestAcademic and activist from CaliforniaMelina AbdullahAcademic and activist from California CampaignFEC filingsPeter SonskiLocal politician and museum director from ConnecticutLauren OnakTeacher and non-profit executive from MassachusettsWebsite CampaignJune 13, 2023FEC filingsShiva Ayyadurai Crystal EllisWebsiteSeptember 4, 2023FEC filings
Candidates with partial ballot access The following general election candidates had ballot access to fewer than 270 electoral votes, the minimum number required to attain the presidency.