USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The 2000 presidential campaign of Ralph Nader, political activist, author, lecturer and attorney, began on February 21, 2000. He cited “a crisis of democracy” as motivation to run. He ran in the 2000 United States presidential election as the nominee of the Green Party.

Detailed explanation-2: -The last third-party candidate to win one or more states was George Wallace of the American Independent Party in 1968, while the most recent third-party candidate to win more than 5.0% of the vote was Ross Perot, who ran as an independent and as the standard-bearer of the Reform Party in 1992 and 1996, respectively.

Detailed explanation-3: -On December 18, 2000 the 10 Presidential Electors of Maryland nominated by their party and elected on November 7, 2000 cast their votes for Al Gore and Joe Lieberman for President and Vice President of the United States of America.

Detailed explanation-4: -George W. Bush received fewer popular votes than Albert Gore Jr., but received a majority of electoral votes.