The election of 2016 was a lot of things. It was a showdown between two candidates who had been household names for decades. It was the second time in five elections where the winning candidate lost the popular vote. And, most relevant here, it was eight years ago and one of the candidates in that election is running again in 2024, so we’ve still got a long time before we can see the full impact it had on US history.
For now though, we can say that the narrow margin by which Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton has already cast third parties- both candidates and outside actors- as central characters in the narrative of 2016. Did Jill Stein’s Green Party run hand the election to Donald Trump, as some Clinton supporters claim? Is it true that Russia “hacked the election?” Or did the Democratic National Committee’s advocacy for Hillary Clinton deny the party a winning candidate. Let’s try to find out.
Welcome to the final installment of The Road to Now’s Third Party Series. Today: the election of 2016 and ever after w/ John Heilemann.
John Heileman is a journalist and national affairs analyst for NBC News & MSNBC. You can hear him weekly on his podcast Hell & High Water w/ John Heilemann.
This episode was edited by Gary Fletcher.
1984: The Year that Changed Music Forever w/ Michaelangelo Matos
#307 Music and Mind with Renée Fleming and Dan Levitin
Swept Away w/ John Logan and John Gallagher
#306 The Wide Awakes: The Forgotten Force that Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War w/ Jon Grinspan
Why Bushwick Bill Matters w/ Charles Hughes
#305 A Conversation w/ Jonah Goldberg – Recorded Live at Word of South Festival 2024
#304 National History Day w/ Cathy Gorn & Don Wildman
The Harlem Globetrotters w/ Ben Green
#302 The Election of 2000 w/ Doug Heye (Third Party Series #7)
#301 The Election of 1992 w/ Julian Zelizer (Third Party Series #6)
#300 The Election of 1980 w/ Rick Perlstein (Third Party Series #5)
#299 The Election of 1948 w/ Jefferson Cowie (Third Party Series #4)
#298 The Election of 1912 w/ Michael Patrick Cullinane (Third Party Series #3)
#297 The Election of 1860 w/ Michael Green (Third Party Series #2)
#296 The Election of 1824 w/ Lindsay Chervinsky (Third Party Series #1)
The Electoral College w/ Edward Foley
#295 The Pursuit of Happiness w/ Jeffrey Rosen
The Best Stories You've (Probably) Never Heard w/ Greg Jackson
The FBI w/ Stephen Underhill
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Undermine
The Tapes Archive
Freak Flag Flying
Inside the Musician’s Brain
Brokedown Podcast