2016 Independent Presidential Candidates

Independent and third-party candidates have always held a larger than life image, chiefly due to the larger than life personalities of the three most successful presidential candidates outside of the big two - Teddy Roosevelt, Ross Perot and Ralph Nader.

The hegemony of the big two was only ever really threatened once, in 1912, when Teddy Roosevelt finished a distance second behind eventual winner, former President Woodrow Wilson.

Independents and third parties candidates are consistently at a disadvantage compared to their Republican and Democratic peers - from a financial, organizational and captive voter base perspective.

However, it bears reminding that the country's first president, George Washington, ran as an independent!



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Declared 2016 Independent Presidential Candidate Entrepreneur, human rights activist Paul Chehade
The Delaware-born Chehade is an idealist. A successful entrepreneur, Mr. Chehade is also the chairman of the non-profit organization Solidary Foundation, which is dedicated towards providing food, education and other critical support services to needy communities the world over. More on Paul Chehade

Potential 2016 Independent Presidential Candidate Chief Attorney of the San Francisco Public Defender's Office Matt Gonzalez
With his boyish good looks, long hair and easy charm, the former editor of the Stanford Law Review does not fit the mold of your typical politician. In 2003, he became the highest elected Green in the country after being voted President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. More on Matt Gonzalez

The 2016 Presidential Election will be held on Tuesday, November 8th, 2016