| NADER | Third-party US presidential election candidate in 2000 (5,5) |
| RALPH | Third-party US presidential election candidate in 2000 (5,5) |
| PEROT | Ross ___, third-party US presidential election candidate in the 1992 (5) |
| ALGORE | Democratic Presidential candidate in 2000 |
| GORE | Candidate in 2000 |
| SARAHPALIN | Republican Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 US Presidential election |
| LABORATORY | A British politician joining party, US-style: reaction tested here? |
| DEMOCRATIC | ___ Party, US political grouping (10) |
| RALPHNADER | Activist who stood in the US Presidential Elections four times between 1996 and 2008 |
| DANA | 2011 Republic of Ireland presidential election candidate; 1970 Eurovision Song Contest winner (4) |
| OROURKE | 2020 presidential election candidate, Beto ___ |
| ROSSPEROT | Lone third-party candidate since 1968 to win a county in a US presidential election |
| DANGEROUS | It's risky showing rage in party (US) (9) |
| DEBS | Eugene, Socialist Party of America candidate in five US presidential elections in the early 20th centurv (4) |
| MCGOVERN | George ___, Democratic Party nominee in the 1972 US presidential election (8) |
| CHADS | Cardboard flaps that became famous in the 2000 US presidential election (5) |
| MCCAIN | The Republican Party's nominee in the 2008 US presidential election (4,6) |
| GOP | Nickname of the Republican Party (US) (1,1,1) |
| BOSTON | --- Tea Party, US political protest (6) |
| PALIN | The Republican Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 US presidential election (5,5) |
