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Third party · 1919–1998
George Wallace
Governor of Alabama · member of the Alabama House of Representatives
George Corley Wallace Jr. was an American politician and lawyer who was the 45th and longest-serving governor of Alabama, and the longest-serving governor from the Democratic Party. Wallace unsuccessfully sought the presidential nomination as a Democrat three times, and once with the American Independent Party, in which he carried five states in the 1968 presidential election, resulting in a rare moment not seen since the 1948 presidential election where a third party managed to secure electoral seats independent of the de-facto 'two-party system' of the United States.
On the Ballot
Strongest counties, 1968
| County | third-party share | votes |
|---|---|---|
| George, MS | 91.2% | 4,377 |
| Calhoun, MS | 87.8% | 5,493 |
| Holmes, FL | 87.2% | 5,389 |
| Smith, MS | 84.7% | 5,156 |
| Webster, MS | 84.5% | 4,023 |
Weakest counties, 1968
| County | third-party share | votes |
|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia, DC | 0.0% | 170,578 |
| Kennebec, ME | 0.0% | 38,292 |
| Lincoln, ME | 0.0% | 9,261 |
| Penobscot, ME | 0.0% | 44,999 |
| Piscataquis, ME | 0.0% | 6,918 |
County returns lump all third-party tickets together — these are the counties where the combined third-party vote ran strongest, a proxy for the 1968 insurgency.