This article lists third-party and independent candidates, also jointly known as minor candidates, associated with the 2020 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.
The list of candidates whose names were printed on the ballot or who were accepted as write-in candidates varied by state. More than a hundred candidates were on the ballot or formally registered as write-in candidates in at least one state.
All minor candidates combined received less than 2% of the national votes.
Summary Appearing on every ballot, Libertarian Party nominee Jo Jorgensen performed the best of any third-party candidate, receiving 1,865,535 votes. Jorgensen received 187,910 votes in California, her best state vote total. She received 2.63% of the vote in South Dakota, her best state by percentage. Jorgensen was the only candidate to receive more than 2% of the vote in any one state.
Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins was the only other third-party candidate to receive more than 1% of the vote in any state, which he did in Maine. Hawkins also received his highest vote total in California, with 81,032 votes.
In Nevada, None of These Candidates received 1% of the vote. Show/hide: [presidential candidates] [vice presidential candidates] [parties] [ballot access]
2020 presidential candidates that received at least 0.01% of the votePresidential candidateJoe BidenDonald TrumpJo JorgensenHowie HawkinsRocky De La FuenteGloria La RivaKanye WestDon BlankenshipBrock PierceBrian CarrollVice presidential candidateKamala HarrisMike PenceSpike CohenAngela WalkerDarcy RichardsonSunil FreemanMichelle TidballWilliam MohrKarla BallardAmar PatelParty or labelDemocraticRepublicanLibertarianGreenAlliancePSLBirthdayConstitutionIndependentAmerican Solidarity accessBallot5385385383811831958416511566Total538538538511289401243305285463State/DC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Others Total votesAlabamaGeneral Election Results November 3, 2020, Alabama Secretary of State.Section 17-6-27: Write-in votes; listing of independent candidates; form of ballots, Code of Alabama, Alabama Legislature.97,3122,323,282AlaskaNovember 3, 2020 general election candidate list , Alaska Division of Elections, October 29, 2020.34,634359,530ArizonaState of Arizona Official Canvass, Arizona Secretary of State.112853,387,326Arkansas65,6591,219,069CaliforniaStatement of Vote, California Secretary of State.551,29117,501,380Colorado2020 general election candidate list, Colorado Secretary of State, October 2, 2020.98,6673,256,980Connecticut7541,823,857DelawareGeneral election 11/03/2020, declared write-in candidates by office, Delaware Department of Elections, September 29, 2020.361504,346D. of ColumbiaResponse to Freedom of Information Act Request, District of Columbia Board of Elections, December 1, 2020.33,137344,356Florida2920111,067,456GeorgiaNovember 3, 2020 Presidential Recount, Georgia Secretary of State.Certified Write-In Candidate Vote Totals, November 3, 2020 General Election, Georgia Secretary of State.163104,999,960Hawaii4–574,469Idaho2020 General Election Results – Statewide, Idaho Secretary of State.434867,934IllinoisOfficial canvass, general election, November 3, 2020 , Illinois State Board of Elections.202886,033,744IndianaIndiana Election Results, Indiana Election Division.11703,033,210IowaElection Canvass Summary, Iowa Secretary of State.Election laws of Iowa 2019, General Assembly of Iowa.64,8831,690,871Kansas2020 General Election Official Vote Totals, Kansas Secretary of State.Write-in candidates for president and vice president, Kansas Secretary of State, November 2, 2020.Kansas releases write-in totals for declared presidential write-in candidates, Ballot Access News, February 5, 2021.6991,373,986Kentucky2020 General Election Results, Kentucky Secretary of State.81102,136,768Louisiana84,6172,148,062MaineTabulations for Elections held in 2020, Maine Secretary of State.Declared write-in candidates, Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, September 4, 2020.487819,461MarylandOfficial 2020 Presidential General Election results for President and Vice President of the United States, Maryland State Board of Elections.1024,2273,037,030Massachusetts2020 President General Election, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.Write-in candidates for president, Elections Division of Massachusetts, October 15, 2020.1116,3273,631,402Michigan161275,539,302MinnesotaState of Minnesota Canvassing Report, Minnesota Secretary of State.109,4963,277,171MississippiElection Summary Report, Mississippi Secretary of State, December 4, 2020.61,3171,313,759Missouri10773,025,962Montana334603,674NebraskaOfficial Report of the Nebraska Board of State Canvassers, General Election, November 3, 2020, Nebraska Secretary of State.Write-in candidates for president, Elections Division of Nebraska, October 27, 2020.54,671956,383Nevada614,0791,405,376New HampshireCertificate of Ascertainment, New Hampshire Secretary of State, December 2, 2020.2020 General Election, New Hampshire Secretary of State.Title LXIII, Elections; Chapter 659, Election procedure, New Hampshire Statutes, General Court of New Hampshire.42,073806,205New JerseyTitle 19 – Elections, 19:20-1 – 19:29-14, New Jersey Statutes Annotated, New Jersey Department of State.143,2554,549,457New Mexico51,806923,965New York2020 Election Results, New York State Board of Elections, July 28, 2021.293728,616,861North CarolinaNovember 03, 2020 General Election Results by Contest, North Carolina State Board of Elections.1513,3155,524,804North DakotaWrite-in candidates for president, North Dakota Secretary of State, October 20, 2020.31,860362,024Ohio183725,922,202Oklahoma73,6541,560,699OregonNovember 3, 2020, General Election Abstract of Votes, Oregon Secretary of State.State candidate manual, Oregon Secretary of State, February 2020.722,0772,374,321PennsylvaniaDepartment of State Certifies Presidential Election Results, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, November 24, 2020.Pennsylvania Election Code, Pennsylvania General Assembly.2020,0496,936,976Rhode IslandFrequently asked questions, Rhode Island Department of State.42,759517,757South Carolina9–2,513,329South DakotaGeneral Election – November 3, 2020, South Dakota Secretary of State.3–422,609TennesseeNovember 3, 2020 State General, Tennessee Secretary of State.112,6763,053,851Texas382,80911,315,056UtahStatewide Canvass for the November 3, 2020 General Election, State of Utah.62,4731,488,289Vermont2020 Vermont presidential candidate information, Vermont Secretary of State.34,986367,428VirginiaWrite-in candidates for president/vice president, Virginia Department of Elections.1319,7654,460,524WashingtonNovember 3, 2020 General Election Results, Washington Secretary of State.Write-in candidates for president, Washington Secretary of State, November 6, 2020.1229,7394,087,631West VirginiaCertificate of Ascertainment, West Virginia Secretary of State, December 9, 2020.540794,731Wisconsin106,4853,298,041Wyoming2020 Wyoming election code, Wyoming Secretary of State.31,739276,765Total53881,283,50174,223,9751,865,535407,06888,24185,68570,95060,08049,77340,365254,458158,429,631
Other declared candidates who received more than 1,000 votesPresidential candidateJade SimmonsAlyson KennedyBill HammonsJerome SegalDario HunterPhil CollinsJesse VenturaMark CharlesJoe McHughSamm TittleConnie L. GammonJohn R. MyersTom HoeflingPresident R19 BoddieH. Brooke PaigeVice presidential candidateClaudeliah J. RozeMalcolm JarrettEric BodenstabJohn de GraafDawn N. AdamsBilly Joe ParkerCynthia McKinneyAdrian WallaceElizabeth StormDavid C. SandidgePhil CollinsTiara S. LuskAndy PriorEric StonehamThomas J. WhitmanParty or labelBecoming One NationSocialist WorkersUnityBread and RosesProgressiveProhibitionAlaska GreenConstitutionProhibitionLife and LibertyLife, Liberty, ConstitutionC.U.P.Grumpy Old Patriots access Ballot1553311316243915566883Total372120878015716212829612091767624429470State/DC 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25Alabama9Alaska3Arizona11Arkansas6California55Colorado9Connecticut7Delaware3D. of Columbia3Florida29Georgia16Idaho4Illinois20Iowa6Kansas6Kentucky8Louisiana8Maine2Maryland10Massachusetts11Michigan16Minnesota10Mississippi6Missouri10Montana3Nebraska2New Hampshire4New Jersey14New Mexico5New York29North Carolina15North Dakota3Ohio18Oklahoma7Oregon7Pennsylvania20Rhode Island4Tennessee11Texas38Utah6Vermont3Virginia13Washington12West Virginia5Wisconsin10Wyoming3Total5387,2116,7916,6475,9495,4054,8573,2843,1412,8431,8061,4751,3721,3313,1851,175