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. Woodcock - 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%) Jake Ellenich - 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 candidateListed 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%) 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 - unopposed
1996 United States presidential election
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%)