American Independent Party
The American Independent Party is a political party in the United States that was established in California in 1967 by Bill and Eileen Shearer. It gained significant attention during the 1968 US Presidential Election when it nominated George Wallace, the then-governor of Alabama, as its candidate.
| Chairman | Markham Robinson (CA)[1] |
|---|---|
| Vice Chairman | Mark Seidenberg (CA)[1] |
| Headquarters | 476 Deodara St. Vacaville, California 95688 |
| Ideology | Paleoconservatism[2] |
| Political position | Independent politicians |
| National affiliation | America's Party[3] |
| Colors | Purple |
| State Senate | 0 / 40 |
| State House | 0 / 80 |
| Website | |
| aipca | |
The party is known for giving support to independent candidates, most recently, in 2024, nominating Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the California presidential ballot.[4]
Background information
The party's support base initially included individuals from the Democratic Party (United States) who were opposed to the desegregation policies prevalent at the time, and it achieved notable electoral success in some Southern states.
Over time, the party became closer to the conservative movement and it renounced policy against racial equality. Today, the party still exists but many of its original members have left: most of the earlier members returned to the Democratic Party after the 1969 election and its later members have moved to the Constitution Party.
In 1967, the AIP was founded by Bill Shearer and his wife, Eileen Knowland Shearer. It nominated George C. Wallace (Democrat) as its presidential candidate and retired U.S. Air Force General Curtis E. LeMay as the vice-presidential candidate. Wallace ran on every state ballot in the election, though he did not represent the American Independent Party in all fifty states: in Connecticut, for instance, he was listed on the ballot as the nominee of the "George Wallace Party." The Wallace/LeMay ticket received 13.5 percent of the popular vote and 46 electoral votes from the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, and Alabama. No third-party candidate has won more than one electoral vote since the 1968 election.[5][6]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "American Independent Party Leadership, State Central Committee for Term Ending 09/03/2020". American Independent Party. 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
- ↑ John Myers, Would-be independents joining the American Independent Party could blame California's voter registration card, Los Angeles Times (April 19, 2016).
- ↑ "History of the American Independent Party". American Independent Party. 2011. Archived from the original on 2018-12-24. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
- ↑ "Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he has qualified for California's presidential ballot". Los Angeles Times. 2024-04-30. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
- ↑ Chrostopher D. Rodkey, "Third Parties" in Culture Wars: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints and Voices (eds. Roger Chapman & James Ciment: 2d ed: Routledge, 2015), p. 665.
- ↑ ""Conservative third parties since the New Deal" in The Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History (Vol. 1) (eds. Michael Kazin, Rebecca Edwards & Adam Rothman: Princeton University Press, 2010), p. 195.
- ↑ And political party if different from the AIP.
- ↑ Wallace and LeMay carried five states, receiving 45 electoral votes, plus one from a North Carolina faithless elector.
- ↑ Joseph Sobran was the original vice presidential nominee, but he withdrew from the ticket and was replaced by Frazier.
- ↑ Mejia Davis, Edward. "Trump is the nominee of George Wallace's American Independent Party in California". CNN. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- ↑ Winger, Richard (August 15, 2020). "American Independent Party Nominates Rocky De La Fuente for President and Kanye West for Vice-President". Ballot Access News. Archived from the original on August 15, 2020. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
- ↑ Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (2024-04-29), RFK Jr.: Officially On The Ballot In California, retrieved 2024-05-31
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