A promise to create a third party from billionaire Elon Musk comes with historical difficulties of challenging the current two-party system.

Since the post-1968 reforms that opened presidential nominations to binding primaries and caucuses, there have only been four cycles that didn't feature an incumbent or former president. But ...

As a country, we often hear less about the people who lost a presidential election. Here's a look at what happened to major political party candidates who didn't get voted into the White House.

Campaign video of 1968 American Independent Party presidential candidate George Wallace is featured. Chapman University Professor Luke Nichter talked about the reaction to the candidate nationwide.

Sen. Edmund Muskie was chosen to be Hubert Humphrey's running mate, but they lost out to the Republican ticket of Nixon-Agnew. Majority of countries have ‘no confidence’ in Trump’s abilities ...

No third-party or independent presidential candidate has come close to winning Hamilton County since 1968. Independent candidate Ross Perot's 12% in 1992 was the best showing since Wallace.

In the 1992 presidential election, Independent candidate Ross Perot secured 18 percent of the popular vote and finished second in two states, Utah and Maine, behind Bush and Clinton, respectively.

The parallels between the 1968 presidential race between Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey and today’s Trump-Harris battle are remarkably similar.

Until 1968, presidential candidates were picked by party conventions — a process revived by Biden’s withdrawal from race Picking a nominee through primaries and caucuses is a relatively recent ...

In 1968, Hubert Humphrey got the Democratic presidential nomination – which he’s seen accepting here – despite not entering any primaries or caucuses. (The Associated Press) ...