| 100% | BARR | 4 | Bob ___, 2008 Libertarian candidate for president |
| 87% | BARR | 4 | 2008 Libertarian candidate for president |
| 55% | PALIN | 5 | Sarah —, Republican candidate for vice president of the US in 2008 |
| 52% | NADER | 5 | 1996 Green Party candidate for President |
| 50% | CASS | 4 | Lewis ___, 1848 Democratic candidate for president |
| 49% | ALTON | 5 | _____ Parker, 1904 candidate for President |
| 49% | NADER | 5 | Green candidate for president, 1996 |
| 49% | BOBBARR | 7 | 2008 Libertarian presidential candidate |
| 49% | BARR | 4 | 2008 Libertarian presidential candidate |
| 47% | HRC | 3 | Initials of the 2016 Democratic candidate for President |
| 47% | ALTON | 5 | ___ B. Parker, Democratic candidate for president in 1904 |
| 46% | GEORGEWALLACE | 13 | American Independent Party candidate for President (1968): 2 wds. |
| 46% | JILL | 4 | ___ Stein, Green Party candidate for president in 2012 and 2016 |
| 46% | STROMTHURMOND | 13 | States' Rights Democratic Party candidate for President (1948): 2 wds. |
| 46% | PEROT | 5 | H. Ross ___ (independent candidate for President in 1992 and 1996) |
| 44% | GREEN | 5 | With 7-Across, group whose 2016 candidate for president is Jill Stein |
| 42% | JOHNMCCAIN | 10 | Republican senator who ran for president in 2008: 2 wds. |
| 41% | RONPAUL | 7 | Texas congressman who ran for president as a Libertarian in 1988 |
| 41% | DEBS | 4 | Eugene —, 1904-20 Socialist Party of America candidate for US president |
| 41% | DEBS | 4 | Eugene -, 1904-20 Socialist Party of America candidate for US president |
| 40% | BIDEN | 5 | He was nominated for vice president in 2008 |
| 40% | PALIN | 5 | Sarah who ran for vice president in 2008 |
| 39% | DOLE | 4 | Bob who ran for President in 1996 |
| 38% | TRIB | 4 | Pub. whose editorial page endorsed a Democrat for president for the first time in 2008 |
| 36% | DOLE | 4 | Former Senator Bob or Elizabeth, each of whom once ran for US president |
| 35% | INCA | 4 | Candidate for mummification |
| 35% | USER | 4 | Candidate for rehab |
| 35% | ASTUDENT | 8 | Candidate for valedictorian |
| 35% | EYESORE | 7 | Candidate for Photoshop |
| 35% | ABUSER | 6 | Candidate for rehab |