The 2016 Libertarian National Convention which saw Gary Johnson and Bill Weld nominated as the 2016 presidential ticket for the Libertarian Party resulted in the most successful result for a third-party presidential candidacy since 1996 and the best in the Libertarian Party 's history by vote number . Johnson received 3 % of the popular vote , amounting to more than 4.3 million votes . Johnson has expressed a desire to win at least 5 % of the vote so that the Libertarian Party candidates could get equal ballot access and federal funding , subsequently ending the two-party system
2016 Libertarian National Convention
2016 Libertarian National Convention
Libertarianism in the United States