Rocky De La Fuente 2016 Presidential Campaign
Rocky De La Fuente ran a third-party campaign for the presidency of the United States in the 2016 election.
De La Fuente had sought the Democratic Party's nomination during their presidential primaries. De La Fuente did not win any delegates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention, but he came in fourth by total votes received. De La Fuente founded the American Delta Party and ran as its presidential nominee with running mate Michael Steinberg. He was also the presidential nominee of the Reform Party, which had ballot access in Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi. He received 33,136 votes in the general election, placing him eighth in the popular vote.
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| Campaign | 2016 United States presidential election |
| Candidate | Rocky De La Fuente |
| Affiliation | Democratic Party American Delta Party Reform Party |
| Status | Lost |
| Headquarters | San Diego, California |
| Key people | Seven Wendroff (campaign treasurer) |
| Receipts | US$7,351,270 (9/30/2016) |
| Slogan | We The People |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
Democratic primary campaign
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De La Fuente filed his candidacy for President of the United States with the Federal Election Commission as a Democrat. He identified himself as a progressive Democrat. He said that he was inspired to run after becoming dissatisfied with the slate of candidates, especially Donald Trump, whom he accused of alienating large segments of the population. On immigration, De La Fuente supported a path to citizenship and was against the wall proposed by Donald Trump.
De La Fuente subsequently has said that the reason he opted to seek the Democratic nomination, rather than the Republican nomination, is that he hoped that the Democratic primary's smaller field of candidates would make it easier for him to stand out. The Republican party had 17 candidates, more than three times the number of major candidates who sought the Democratic nomination.
Below is a table of the results of primaries in which De La Fuente competed during the Democratic primaries. The total number of votes De La Fuente received can be found in the Votes column. The rank in which De La Fuente came among candidates/ballot options can be found in the Place column.
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| Date | Contest | Votes | Percent | Place | Sources |
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| Feb 9 | New Hampshire primary | 96 | 0.04% | 8th of 28 | |
| March 1 | Alabama primary | 818 | 0.20% | 4th | |
| American Samoan caucus | 14 | 5.91% | 3rd | ||
| Arkansas primary | 1,684 | 0.76% | 6th | ||
| Massachusetts primary | 1,545 | 0.13% | 4th | ||
| Minnesota caucus | 53 | 0.03% | 4th | ||
| Oklahoma primary | 2,485 | 0.74% | 7th | ||
| Texas primary | 8,429 | 0.59% | 3rd of 8 | ||
| March 1–8 | Democrats Abroad primary | 6 | 0.02% | 4th | |
| March 2 | Vermont primary | 94 | 0.06% | 4th | |
| March 5 | Louisiana primary | 1,341 | 0.43% | 8th of 10 | |
| March 8 | Michigan primary | 870 | 0.07% | 4th | |
| Mississippi primary | 481 | 0.21% | 5th | ||
| March 15 | Illinois primary | 1,802 | 0.09% | 6th | |
| Missouri primary | 345 | 0.05% | 6th of 9 | ||
| North Carolina primary | 3,376 | 0.30% | 4th | ||
| Ohio primary | 9,402 | 0.76% | 3rd | ||
| March 22 | Arizona primary | 2,797 | 0.60% | 4th of 6 | |
| Idaho caucus | 4 | 0.02% | 3rd | ||
| Utah caucus | 22 | 0.03% | 3rd | ||
| March 26 | Alaskan caucus | 1 | 0.01% | 3rd | |
| Hawaiian caucus | 12 | 0.04% | 3rd | ||
| April 5 | Wisconsin primaryA | 18 | 0.00% | 4th | |
| April 26 | Connecticut primary | 960 | 0.29% | 3rd | |
| Delaware primary | 1,024 | 1.09% | 3rd | ||
| Maryland primary | 3,582 | 0.39% | 3rd | ||
| Pennsylvania primary | 14,439 | 0.86% | 3rd | ||
| Rhode Island primary | 145 | 0.12% | 4th | ||
| May 10 | West Virginia primary | 1010 | 0.40% | 6th | |
| May 17 | Kentucky primary | 1,594 | 0.35% | 4th | |
| June 5 | Puerto Rico caucus | 391 | 0.44% | 3rd | |
| June 7 | California primary | 8,453 | 0.16% | 5th of 7 | |
| June 14 | D.C. primary | 213 | 0.22% | 3rd | |
| Total | 67,457 | 0.22% | 3rd of 33 | ||
- A.^ As a write-in.
Polls
De La Fuente was almost entirely excluded from polling for the Democratic Primary. However, he was included in three statewide polls.
- Texas Democratic Primary
| University of Texas / Texas Tribune poll (February 12–19, 2016) | |
| Candidate | Percent |
|---|---|
| Rocky De La Fuente | 1% |
| Hillary Clinton | 54% |
| Bernie Sanders | 44% |
| Martin O'Malley | 1% |
| Willie Wilson | 1% |
| Star Locke | 0% |
| Keith Judd | 0% |
| Calvin Hawes | 0% |
| Sample: 324 LV Margin of error: 5.99% | |
- North Carolina Democratic Primary
| High Point University (January 30-February 4, 2016) | |
| Candidate | Percent |
|---|---|
| Rocky De La Fuente | 0% |
| Hillary Clinton | 55% |
| Bernie Sanders | 29% |
| Martin O'Malley | 1% |
| Don't Know/Refused | 15% |
| Sample: 478 LV Margin of error: 4.5% | |
