Bernie Sanders May Run For President! He Can't Win, But Will Bring In New Issues!

[Peter Lemkin]

I don't think on must assume Sanders is being led by the nose by anyone. Of course it is possible, but I don't see that evidence and I don't see why one has to make that jump. I'm sure he knows he can't win or even make a good showing [one in a million shot] - unless the American People wake up [unlikely]; however, just as Nader ran four times [without, I believe, being led or pushed by anyone] just to bring in certain ideas into the 'ring' - Sanders may be trying to do the same. Were he to make a good showing and then be shot or have an 'accident' near the Convention times, it might well wake up the sleeping/propagandized Americans. Here is a list of third party candidates running for President:
Third Party Presidential Candidates
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[TD]Name[/TD]
[TD]Party or Parties[/TD]
[TD]Year(s)[/TD]
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[TD]William Wirt[/TD]
[TD]Anti-Masonic[/TD]
[TD]1832[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]James G. Birney[/TD]
[TD]Liberty[/TD]
[TD]1840, 1844[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Martin Van Buren[/TD]
[TD]Free Soil[/TD]
[TD]1848[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]John Hale[/TD]
[TD]Free Soil[/TD]
[TD]1852[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Millard Fillmore[/TD]
[TD]American (Know-Nothing)[/TD]
[TD]1856[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]John C. Breckinridge[/TD]
[TD]Southern Democratic[/TD]
[TD]1860[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]John Bell[/TD]
[TD]Constitutional Union[/TD]
[TD]1860[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Victoria Woodhull[/TD]
[TD]Equal Rights[/TD]
[TD]1872[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]James B. Weaver[/TD]
[TD]Greenback, Populist (People's)[/TD]
[TD]1880, 1892[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Benjamin Butler[/TD]
[TD]Greenback[/TD]
[TD]1884[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Clinton B. Fisk[/TD]
[TD]Prohibition[/TD]
[TD]1888[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Alson J. Streeter[/TD]
[TD]Union Labor[/TD]
[TD]1888[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]John Bidwell[/TD]
[TD]Prohibition[/TD]
[TD]1892[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Eugene V. Debs[/TD]
[TD]Socialist[/TD]
[TD]1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1920[/TD]
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[TD]John Woolley[/TD]
[TD]Prohibition[/TD]
[TD]1900[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Silas Swallow[/TD]
[TD]Prohibition[/TD]
[TD]1904[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]Thomas Watson[/TD]
[TD]Populist[/TD]
[TD]1904, 1908[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]Eugene Chafin[/TD]
[TD]Prohibition[/TD]
[TD]1908, 1912[/TD]
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[TD]Arthur Reimer[/TD]
[TD]Socialist Labor[/TD]
[TD]1912, 1916[/TD]
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[TD]Theodore Roosevelt[/TD]
[TD]Progressive (Bull Moose)[/TD]
[TD]1912[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]Allan L. Benson[/TD]
[TD]Socialist[/TD]
[TD]1916[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]J. Frank Hanly[/TD]
[TD]Prohibition[/TD]
[TD]1916[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]William Z. Foster[/TD]
[TD]Communist[/TD]
[TD]1924, 1928, 1932[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]Robert LaFollette[/TD]
[TD]Progressive, Socialist[/TD]
[TD]1924[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Norman Thomas[/TD]
[TD]Socialist[/TD]
[TD]1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]Verne Reynolds[/TD]
[TD]Socialist Labor[/TD]
[TD]1928, 1932[/TD]
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[TD]John Aiken[/TD]
[TD]Socialist Labor[/TD]
[TD]1936, 1940[/TD]
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[TD]Earl Browder[/TD]
[TD]Communist[/TD]
[TD]1936, 1940[/TD]
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[TD]William Lemke[/TD]
[TD]Union[/TD]
[TD]1936[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Claude Watson[/TD]
[TD]Prohibition[/TD]
[TD]1944, 1948[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]Edward Teichert[/TD]
[TD]Socialist Labor[/TD]
[TD]1944, 1948[/TD]
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[TD]Farrell Dobbs[/TD]
[TD]Socialist Workers[/TD]
[TD]1948, 1952, 1956, 1960[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]Henry A. Wallace[/TD]
[TD]Progressive[/TD]
[TD]1948[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Strom Thurmond[/TD]
[TD]States Rights[/TD]
[TD]1948[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Eric Hass[/TD]
[TD]Socialist Labor[/TD]
[TD]1952, 1956, 1960, 1964[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Henry Krajewski[/TD]
[TD]Poor Man's, American Third[/TD]
[TD]1952, 1956[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Darlington Hoopes[/TD]
[TD]Socialist[/TD]
[TD]1952, 1956[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Douglas MacArthur[/TD]
[TD]Constitution, America First[/TD]
[TD]1952[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]E. Harold Munn[/TD]
[TD]Prohibition[/TD]
[TD]1964, 1968, 1972[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Eugene McCarthy[/TD]
[TD]Independent, Consumers[/TD]
[TD]1968, 1976, 1988[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]George Wallace[/TD]
[TD]American Independent[/TD]
[TD]1968[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Dick Gregory[/TD]
[TD]Freedom and Peace[/TD]
[TD]1968[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Eldridge Cleaver[/TD]
[TD]Peace and Freedom[/TD]
[TD]1968[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Gus Hall[/TD]
[TD]Communist[/TD]
[TD]1972, 1976, 1980, 1984[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]John Schmitz[/TD]
[TD]American Independent[/TD]
[TD]1972[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Benjamin Spock[/TD]
[TD]People's[/TD]
[TD]1972[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]John Hospers[/TD]
[TD]Libertarian[/TD]
[TD]1972[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lyndon LaRouche[/TD]
[TD]US Labor, National Economic Recovery, Independent[/TD]
[TD]1976, 1984, 1988, 1992[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ben Bubar[/TD]
[TD]Prohibition[/TD]
[TD]1976, 1980[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lester Maddox[/TD]
[TD]American Independent[/TD]
[TD]1976[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]John Anderson[/TD]
[TD]Independent[/TD]
[TD]1980[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ed Clark[/TD]
[TD]Libertarian[/TD]
[TD]1980[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]David McReynolds[/TD]
[TD]Socialist[/TD]
[TD]1980, 2000[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Earl Dodge[/TD]
[TD]Prohibition[/TD]
[TD]1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Delmar Dennis[/TD]
[TD]American[/TD]
[TD]1984, 1988[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ed Winn[/TD]
[TD]Workers League[/TD]
[TD]1984, 1988[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Larry Holmes[/TD]
[TD]Workers World[/TD]
[TD]1984, 1988[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ron Paul[/TD]
[TD]Libertarian (1988), Various and Write-In (2008)[/TD]
[TD]1988, 2008[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lenora Fulani[/TD]
[TD]New Alliance[/TD]
[TD]1988, 1992[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]James Warren[/TD]
[TD]Socialist Workers[/TD]
[TD]1988, 1992[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]Jack Herer[/TD]
[TD]Grassroots[/TD]
[TD]1988, 1992[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]John Hagelin[/TD]
[TD]Natural Law[/TD]
[TD]1992, 1996, 2000[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Howard Phillips[/TD]
[TD]U.S. Taxpayers, Constitution[/TD]
[TD]1992, 1996, 2000[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Andre Marrou[/TD]
[TD]Libertarian[/TD]
[TD]1992[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ross Perot[/TD]
[TD]Independent, Reform[/TD]
[TD]1992, 1996[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Isabell Masters[/TD]
[TD]Looking Back[/TD]
[TD]1992, 1996[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]Ralph Nader[/TD]
[TD]Green, Reform, Independent[/TD]
[TD]1996, 2000, 2004, 2008[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]Harry Browne[/TD]
[TD]Libertarian[/TD]
[TD]1996, 2000[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]James Harris[/TD]
[TD]Socialist Workers[/TD]
[TD]1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]Monica Moorehead[/TD]
[TD]Workers World[/TD]
[TD]1996, 2000[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]Pat Buchanan[/TD]
[TD]Reform[/TD]
[TD]2000[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]Michael Badnarik[/TD]
[TD]Libertarian[/TD]
[TD]2004[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]Bob Barr[/TD]
[TD]Libertarian[/TD]
[TD]2008[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Chuck Baldwin[/TD]
[TD]Constitution[/TD]
[TD]2008[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Cynthia McKinney[/TD]
[TD]Green[/TD]
[TD]2008[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD]Gary Johnson[/TD]
[TD]Libertarian[/TD]
[TD]2012[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Jill Stein[/TD]
[TD]Green[/TD]
[TD]2012[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Roseanne Barr[/TD]
[TD]Peace and Freedom[/TD]
[TD]2012[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Virgil Goode[/TD]
[TD]Constitution[/TD]
[TD]2012[/TD]
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This list does not purport to be a complete list of all third party general election candidates throughout history. It does attempt to list those that received at least approximately 1% of the vote, those candidates who are/were prominent for other reasons, or those candidates who have run multiple times.
Also, although he did not run as a third party candidates, Harold Stassen ran in the Republican primaries numerous times.
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