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.[2] He received 33,136 votes in the general election, placing him eighth in the popular vote.

Rocky 2016 LLC
Campaign2016 United States presidential election
CandidateRocky De La Fuente
AffiliationDemocratic Party
American Delta Party
Reform Party
StatusLost election: November 8, 2016
HeadquartersSan Diego, California[1]
Key peopleSeven Wendroff (campaign treasurer)[1]
ReceiptsUS$7,351,270 (9/30/2016[1])
SloganWe The People
Website
rocky2016.com
(archived - November 7, 2016)

Democratic primary campaign

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Map representing the ballot access of De La Fuente's Democratic Primary campaign
  On primary ballot
  On caucus ballot
  Write-in
  Not on ballot
 
De La Fuente at the "Lesser-Known Candidates Presidential Forum"

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.[3][4]

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.[5] 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.

 
De La Fuente seen talking to Jorge Ramos at the venue of the Iowa Brown and Black Forum
 
A car decorated to advertise Rocky's campaign during the Democratic Primaries
Primaries and Caucus Results
Date Contest Votes Percent Place Sources
Feb 9 New Hampshire primary 96 0.04% 8th of 28 [6][7]
March 1 Alabama primary 818 0.20% 4th [8][9]
American Samoan caucus 14 5.91% 3rd [10]
Arkansas primary 1,684 0.76% 6th [11][12]
Massachusetts primary 1,545 0.13% 4th [13][14]
Minnesota caucus 53 0.03% 4th [15]
Oklahoma primary 2,485 0.74% 7th [16][17]
Texas primary 8,429 0.59% 3rd of 8 [18][19]
March 1–8 Democrats Abroad primary 6 0.02% 4th [20]
March 2 Vermont primary 94 0.06% 4th [21][22]
March 5 Louisiana primary 1,341 0.43% 8th of 10 [23][24]
March 8 Michigan primary 870 0.07% 4th [25][26]
Mississippi primary 481 0.21% 5th [27][28]
March 15 Illinois primary 1,802 0.09% 6th [29][30]
Missouri primary 345 0.05% 6th of 9 [31][32]
North Carolina primary 3,376 0.30% 4th [33][34]
Ohio primary 9,402 0.76% 3rd [35][36]
March 22 Arizona primary 2,797 0.60% 4th of 6 [37][38]
Idaho caucus 4 0.02% 3rd [39][40]
Utah caucus 22 0.03% 3rd [41][42]
March 26 Alaskan caucus 1 0.01% 3rd [43][44]
Hawaiian caucus 12 0.04% 3rd [45][46]
April 5 Wisconsin primaryA 18 0.00% 4th [47]
April 26 Connecticut primary 960 0.29% 3rd [48][49]
Delaware primary 1,024 1.09% 3rd [50][51]
Maryland primary 3,582 0.39% 3rd [52][53]
Pennsylvania primary 14,439 0.86% 3rd [54][55]
Rhode Island primary 145 0.12% 4th [56][57]
May 10 West Virginia primary 1010 0.40% 6th [58][59]
May 17 Kentucky primary 1,594 0.35% 4th [60][61]
June 5 Puerto Rico caucus 391 0.44% 3rd [62]
June 7 California primary 8,453 0.16% 5th of 7 [63][64]
June 14 D.C. primary 213 0.22% 3rd [65][66]
Total 67,457 0.22% 3rd of 33 [67]
A.^ As a write-in.

Polls

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De La Fuente was almost entirely excluded from polling for the Democratic Primary. However, he was included in three statewide polls.[68]

Texas Democratic Primary
University of Texas / Texas Tribune poll
(February 12–19, 2016)[68]
Candidate Percent
Rocky De La Fuente 1%
Hillary Clinton 54%
Bernie Sanders 44%
Martin O'Malley[a] 1%
Willie Wilson 1%
Star Locke 0%
Keith Judd 0%
Calvin Hawes 0%
Sample: 324 LV
Margin of error: 5.99%
  1. ^ Martin O'Malley had already dropped-out of the race, having suspended his campaign on February 1, 2016.
North Carolina Democratic Primary
High Point University
(January 30-February 4, 2016)[68]
Candidate Percent
Rocky De La Fuente 0%
Hillary Clinton 55%
Bernie Sanders 29%
Martin O'Malley[a] 1%
Don't Know/Refused 15%
Sample: 478 LV
Margin of error: 4.5%
  1. ^ Martin O'Malley dropped-out during the period in which this poll was conducted, suspending his campaign on February 1, 2016.
New Hampshire Democratic Primary
Suffolk University poll
(January 19–21, 2016)[68]
Candidate Number of
respondents
Percent
Rocky De La Fuente 1 0%
Bernie Sanders 250 50%
Hillary Clinton 207 41%
Undecided 32 6%
Martin O'Malley 9 2%
Other 1 0%
Total 500 100%
Sample: 500 LV
Margin of error: 4.4%

Third-party general election campaign

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American Delta Party

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American Delta Party
AbbreviationADP
FounderRocky De La Fuente
Founded2016; 8 years ago (2016)
Membership (June 1, 2017)731 (Delaware)[69]
IdeologySocial progressivism
Fiscal responsibility
Electoral reform
Political positionCenter
Seats in the Senate
0 / 100
Seats in the House
0 / 435
Governorships
0 / 50
State upper house seats
0 / 1,972
State lower house seats
0 / 5,411
Website
americandeltaparty.org
 
Ballot access for the American Delta and Reform Party
  On ballot
  Lawsuit pending
  Write-in
  Not on ballot

De La Fuente founded the American Delta Party leaving United out of its name as a vehicle to continue his campaign into the general election as a third-party candidate.[70][71][72] He was nominated as the party's presidential nominee. His running mate was Michael Steinberg of Florida.[73] On August 8, 2016, De La Fuente was named as the presidential nominee of the Reform Party.[74]

American Delta Party held its national convention on September 1, 2016, in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, and nominated Rocky De La Fuente to run in the United States presidential election representing his party. De La Fuente chose Michael Steinberg as his running mate.

Qualifications

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De La Fuente gained ballot access to 147 electoral votes in 20 states (Alaska, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Wyoming).[75] He qualified as a write-in candidate in Arizona, California, Delaware, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, New York, Washington, and West Virginia.[76][77][78][79]

Debates and forums

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During his campaign for Democratic nomination, De La Fuente was not invited to any of the Democratic Party forums and debates. De La Fuente also did not qualify for any of the presidential debates sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates. De La Fuente, however, was invited to and participated in the 2016 Free & Equal Elections debate.

After coming in fourth and winning no delegates in the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries and after founding the American Delta Party as a vehicle to run for president of the United States with his running mate Michael Steinberg and as he lacked ballot access to the larger states, on October 25, 2016, he participated in a debate hosted by the Free & Equal Elections Foundation and debated against the Constitution Party candidate Darrell Castle and the Party for Socialism and Liberation candidate Gloria LaRiva.[80]

Polls

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De La Fuente's general election campaign was included in very few polls.

Nevada - Five-way race
Poll source Date administered Delta % Democrat % Republican % Libertarian % IAPN (Constitution) % Lead margin Sample size Margin of error
Suffolk[81] September 27–29, 2016 Rocky De La Fuente 1% Hillary Clinton 44% Donald Trump 38% Gary Johnson 7% Darrell Castle 1% 6 500 ± 4.4%
Suffolk [82][83][84] August 15–17, 2016 Rocky De La Fuente 1% Hillary Clinton 43.8% Donald Trump 41.6% Gary Johnson 4.8% Darrell Castle 1% 2.2 500 ± 4.4%

Election results

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De La Fuente received 33,136 votes in the general election, earning him 0.02% of the total popular vote. He failed to win any electoral votes. In the popular vote De La Fuente placed eighth overall, behind the Democratic Party's Hillary Clinton, Republican Party's Donald Trump, Libertarian Party's Gary Johnson, Green Party's Jill Stein, independent Evan McMullin, Constitution Party's Darrell Castle, and Party for Socialism and Liberation's Gloria La Riva.[85][86]

De La Fuente received more votes than any Reform Party presidential nominee since Ralph Nader's 2004 campaign.

Electoral results
Presidential candidate Party Home state Popular vote Electoral
vote
Running mate
Count Percentage Vice-presidential candidate Home state Electoral vote
Donald Trump Republican New York 62,984,825 46.09% 304 Mike Pence Indiana 304
Hillary Rodham Clinton Democratic New York 65,853,516 48.18% 227 Tim Kaine Virginia 227
Gary Johnson Libertarian New Mexico 4,489,221 3.28% 0 Bill Weld Massachusetts 0
Jill Stein Green Massachusetts 1,457,216 1.07% 0 Ajamu Baraka Illinois 0
Evan McMullin Independent Utah 731,788 0.54% 0 Mindy Finn District of Columbia 0
Darrell Castle Constitution Tennessee 203,010 0.15% 0 Scott Bradley Utah 0
Rocky De La Fuente American Delta Party & Reform Party California 33,136 0.02% 0 Michael Steinberg Florida 0
Other 736,450 0.53% Other
Total 131,313,820 100% 538 538
Needed to win 270 270

Recount effort

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On November 30 (in response to Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein's efforts to request recounts in Wisconsin and several other states which Donald Trump won) De La Fuente requested a partial-recount in Nevada (a state which Hillary Clinton won). He considered this effort to be a "counterbalance" at Stein's efforts. De La Fuente paid the $14,000 that was required for him to request for a recount to be held in a sample from 5% of state-precincts. Nevada's partial-recount was completed December 8, finding no significant discrepancies.[87][88][89][90]

Campaign finances

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Detailed below are the financial statements filled with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) of Rocky 2016 LLC as of November 28, 2016.[91]

Receipts
Financial Source Amount (USD)
Federal Funds $0
Itemized Individual Contributions $13,156
Unitemized Individual Contributions $3,887
Total Individual Contributions $17,043
Party Committees Contributions $0
Other Committees Contributions $0
Candidate Contributions $0
Total Contributions $17,043
Transfers from Authorized Committees $0
Candidate Loans $7,855,009
Other Loans $0
Total Loans $7,855,009
Offsets to Operating Expenditures $0
Fundraising Offsets $0
Legal and Accounting Offsets $0
Total Offsets $0
Other Receipts $0
Total Receipts $7,855,009
Disbursements
Disbursements Amount (USD)
Operating Expenditures $4,337,137
Transfers To Authorized Committees $0
Fundraising $3,146,674
Exempt Legal and Accounting $385,982
Candidate Loan Repayments $0
Other Loan Repayments $0
Individual Contribution Refunds $0
Political Party Contribution Refunds $0
Other Committee Contribution Refunds $0
Other Disbursements $0
Total Disbursements $7,869,794
Cash Summary
Category Amount (USD)
Beginning Cash On Hand $0
Current Cash On Hand $2,257
Net Contributions $17,043
Net Operating Expenditures $4,339,360
Debts/Loans Owed By Campaign $7,855,009
Debts/Loans Owed To Campaign $0

Endorsements

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Activists


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