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):
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. Wodcoock - 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%)1992 Republican New Hampshire primary:
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 candidate
Listed only those who won over 1% of votes
1992 Democratic New Hampshire Vice Presidential primary:
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:
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:
Ralph Nader - 575 (70.90%)Ross Perot - 57 (7.03%)Diane Beall Templin - 42 (5.18%)Bill Clinton (inc.) - 32 (3.95%)Others - 105 (12.95%)1996 Libertarian Party Presidential primaries:
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:
Ralph Nader - 23,625 (97.91%)Mary Cal Hollis - 395 (1.64%)Uncommitted - 110 (0.46%)1996 Green Party National Convention (Presidential tally):
Ralph Nader - unopposedUnited States presidential election, 1996
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:
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:
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):
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:
John Hagelin - 380,269 (90.00%)Ralph Nader - 30,854 (7.30%)Pat Buchanan - 5,704 (1.35%)Donald Trump - 5,704 (1.35%)United States presidential election, 2000:
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:
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):
'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):
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)':
Leonard Peltier - 17 (53.13%)Ralph Nader - 8 (25.00%)Walt Brown - 7 (21.88%)2004 Independence Party of New York Convention:
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%)United States presidential election, 2004:
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:
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:
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:
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:
Barack Obama - 19 (82.61%)Ralph Nader - 3 (13.04%)No nominee - 1 (4.35%)United States presidential election, 2008:
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%)
