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In what year did a minor party presidential candidate last receive over 10 percent of the popular vote?

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1968 would be the correct answer.

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The correct answer is 1968. This was the year that George Wallace ran for president as third party campaign in an attempt to force a contingent election in the United States House of Representatives, to segregate Southern leaders. Wallace won five Southern States but he wasn't able to force a contingent election. Nowadays, it is the last example of a third party candidate receiving over 10 percent of popular vote on presidential elections.

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