List of candidates in the 2008 United States presidential election (Redirected from Ballot access for the 2008 United States presidential election)

The following are lists of candidates in the 2008 United States presidential election. Candidates who are not on any state ballots, withdrew from the race, suspended their presidential campaign, or failed to earn their party's nomination are listed separately.

Party nominees

All candidates in the table below were on the ballot in multiple states. Those who were on the ballot in enough states to win a majority in the U.S. Electoral College are marked in bold. Candidates who were on the ballot in no more than one state are listed in the next section.

Ron Paul was on the ballot in Louisiana with Barry Goldwater, Jr. on the Louisiana Taxpayers Party ticket and in Montana with Michael Peroutka on the Constitution Party of Montana ticket, even though the latter is associated with the national Constitution Party. Paul's supporters also qualified him to receive write-in votes in California. Paul was no longer actively running for president when he attained ballot status and asked to be removed. His request was denied by the Montana Secretary of State, because the request was sent to him too late.

Presidential candidate/running mate Party Campaign site
Barack Obama/Joe Biden (campaign) Democratic, South Carolina United Citizens, New York Working Families barackobama.com
John McCain/Sarah Palin (campaign) Republican, New York Independence, New York Conservative johnmccain.com
Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez (campaign) Independent, Independence-Ecology, Peace and Freedom, Michigan Natural Law, Delaware Independent, Oregon Peace, New York Populist votenader.org
Bob Barr/Wayne Allyn Root (campaign) Libertarian bobbarr2008.com
Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente (campaign) Green votetruth08.com
Chuck Baldwin/Darrell Castle (campaign) Constitution, Kansas Reform, Virginia Independent Green baldwin2008.com
Alan Keyes/Brian Rohrbough (campaign) Independent, America's Independent alankeyes.com
Gloria La Riva/Eugene Puryear Socialism & Liberation votepsl.org
Brian Moore/Stewart Alexander Socialist, Vermont Liberty Union votesocialist2008.org
Róger Calero/Alyson Kennedy Socialist Workers themilitant.com
Charles Jay/Thomas L. Knapp Boston Tea CJ08.com
Thomas Stevens/Alden Link Objectivist objectivistparty.us
Gene Amondson/Leroy Pletten Prohibition geneamondson.com

Ballot access

The two major parties in the United States, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, had ballot access in all 50 US states and the District of Columbia.

Each state sets its own requirements for candidates to gain ballot access. In some cases it is easier for party nominees to gain ballot access than for independent candidates, so Ralph Nader's independent campaign is associated with parties (pre-existing or newly formed) in some states: PF is the Peace and Freedom Party, NLP is the Natural Law Party, IEP is the Independent-Ecology Party, and IP is the Independent Party. In Kansas, Chuck Baldwin's campaign is associated with the Kansas Reform Party after a legal challenge had been brought to recognize national Reform Party candidate Ted Weill on the ballot.

George Phillies appeared on the ballot in New Hampshire with the label "Libertarian", with Chris Bennett as his running mate.

Candidates who had ballot access to enough electoral votes to win the presidency
  Electoral Votes Nader Libertarian (Barr) Constitution (Baldwin) Green (McKinney)
States + D.C. 51 46 (50) 45 (47) 37 (49) 32 (49)
Electoral votes (EV) 538 456 (531) 503 (510) 318 (516) 368 (528)
Percent of EV 100% 84.8% (98.7%) 93.5% (94.8%) 59.1% (95.9%) 68.4% (98.1%)
Alabama 9       (write-in)
Alaska 3       (write-in)
Arizona 10     (write-in)  
Arkansas 6        
California 55 PF   (write-in)  
Colorado 9        
Connecticut 7 IEP (write-in) (write-in)
Delaware 3 IP      
Florida 27 IEP      
Georgia 15 (write-in)   (write-in) (write-in)
Hawaii 4 IEP      
Idaho 4       (write-in)
Illinois 21        
Indiana 11 (write-in)   (write-in) (write-in)
Iowa 7 PF      
Kansas 6       (write-in)
Kentucky 8       (write-in)
Louisiana 9      
Maine 4   (write-in) (write-in)  
Maryland 10 IEP      
Massachusetts 12        
Michigan 17 NLP      
Minnesota 10        
Mississippi 6        
Missouri 11       (write-in)
Montana 3     (write-in) (write-in)
Nebraska 5        
Nevada 5        
New Hampshire 4     (write-in) (write-in)
New Jersey 15        
New Mexico 5 IEP      
New York 31     (write-in)  
North Carolina 15 (write-in)   (write-in)
North Dakota 3       (write-in)
Ohio 20        
Oklahoma 7
Oregon 7        
Pennsylvania 21     (write-in) (write-in)
Rhode Island 4        
South Carolina 8        
South Dakota 3      
Tennessee 11        
Texas 34 (write-in)   (write-in) (write-in)
Utah 5        
Vermont 3       (write-in)
Virginia 13        
Washington 11        
West Virginia 5      
Wisconsin 10        
Wyoming 3       (write-in)
District of Columbia 3   (write-in) (write-in)  
Other third party candidates

Notes:

  • Since Socialist Workers party candidate Róger Calero was constitutionally disqualified to be President, in some states the Socialist Workers Party had James Harris (JH) listed on the ballot.
  Electoral Votes Prohibition (Amondson) Socialist Workers (Calero) Boston Tea (Jay) America's Independent (Keyes) Socialism and Liberation (La Riva) Socialist (Moore) Objectivist (Stevens)
States + D.C. 51 3 10 (11) 3 (7) 3 (8) 12 8 (30) 2
EV 538 45 125 (180) 47 (75) 91 (168) 137 102 (338) 36
% of EV 100% 8.4% 23.2% (33.5%) 8.7% (13.9%) 16.9% (31.2%) 25.5% 19.7% (62.8%) 6.7%
Alabama 9 (write-in)
Alaska 3 (write-in)
Arizona 10 (write-in)
Arkansas 6  
California 55 (JH write-in)  
Colorado 9   JH          
Connecticut 7 (write-in)
Delaware 3   (write-in)
Florida 27   JH          
Georgia 15
Hawaii 4
Idaho 4 (write-in)
Illinois 21
Indiana 11 (write-in)
Iowa 7 JH    
Kansas 6 (write-in)
Kentucky 8 (write-in) (write-in)
Louisiana 9   JH  
Maine 4
Maryland 10 (write-in) (write-in) (write-in)
Massachusetts 12
Michigan 17 (write-in)
Minnesota 10   (write-in)
Mississippi 6
Missouri 11
Montana 3 (write-in)
Nebraska 5 (write-in)
Nevada 5
New Hampshire 4 (write-in)
New Jersey 15      
New Mexico 5
New York 31     (write-in)
North Carolina 15 (write-in)
North Dakota 3
Ohio 20 (write-in)  
Oklahoma 7
Oregon 7 (write-in)
Pennsylvania 21 (write-in)
Rhode Island 4   (write-in)
South Carolina 8
South Dakota 3
Tennessee 11    
Texas 34 (write-in) (write-in)
Utah 5 (write-in) (write-in)  
Vermont 3      
Virginia 13 (write-in)
Washington 11 JH   (write-in)
West Virginia 5
Wisconsin 10    
Wyoming 3 (write-in)
District of Columbia 3
Other candidates

The tickets below were on the ballot in one state. Those without party labels are independents. Some do not have vice-presidential candidates.

  • Jonathan Allen/Jeffrey Stath (Heartquake '08—Colorado, write-in in Arizona, Georgia, Montana, Ohio, and Texas)
  • Jeff Boss/Andrea Marie Psoras (Vote Here—New Jersey)
  • Richard Duncan/Ricky Johnson (Ohio)
  • Bradford Lyttle/Abraham Bassford (United States Pacifist Party—Colorado)
  • Frank McEnulty/David Mangan (Colorado)
  • John Joseph Polachek (New Party—Illinois)
  • Jeffrey Wamboldt (We the People Party—Wisconsin)
  • Ted Weill/Frank McEnulty (Reform—Mississippi)

Guam

Although Guam has no votes in the Electoral College, it has held a straw poll for its presidential preferences since 1980. In 2008, their ballot included Barr, McCain, and Obama. On July 10, 2008, the Guam legislature passed a law moving that poll forward to gain notoriety for Guam's election. The legislation was eventually vetoed.

Primary and convention candidates

Democratic Party primary ballot access

 Candidate actively campaigning
 Candidate with suspended or canceled campaign
 Candidate not on ballot
Primary Biden Clinton Dodd Edwards Gravel Kucinich Obama Richardson
Iowa (January 3) JB HC CD JE MG DK BO BR
New Hampshire (January 8) JB HC CD JE MG DK BO BR
Michigan (January 15) HC CD MG DK
Nevada (January 19) JB HC CD JE DK BO BR
South Carolina (January 26) JB HC CD JE MG DK BO BR
Florida (January 29) JB HC CD JE MG DK BO BR

Republican Party primary ballot access

and Republican Party comprehensive summary at

 Candidate actively campaigning
 Candidate with suspended or canceled campaign
 Candidate not on ballot
  Giuliani Huckabee Hunter Keyes McCain Paul Romney Thompson
Iowa (January 3) RG MH DH JM RP MR FT
Wyoming (January 5) RG MH DH JM RP MR FT
New Hampshire (January 8) RG MH DH AK JM RP MR FT
Michigan (January 15) RG MH DH JM RP MR FT
Nevada (January 19) RG MH DH JM RP MR FT
South Carolina (January 19) RG MH DH JM RP MR FT
Florida (January 29) RG MH DH AK JM RP MR FT

See also


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