| 100% | CASS | 4 | Lewis ___, 1848 Democratic candidate for president |
| 65% | HRC | 3 | Initials of the 2016 Democratic candidate for President |
| 65% | ALTON | 5 | ___ B. Parker, Democratic candidate for president in 1904 |
| 52% | NADER | 5 | 1996 Green Party candidate for President |
| 50% | BARR | 4 | Bob ___, 2008 Libertarian candidate for president |
| 50% | STROMTHURMOND | 13 | States' Rights Democratic Party candidate for President (1948): 2 wds. |
| 49% | ALTON | 5 | _____ Parker, 1904 candidate for President |
| 49% | NADER | 5 | Green candidate for president, 1996 |
| 49% | BARR | 4 | 2008 Libertarian candidate for president |
| 49% | GAVIN | 5 | ___ Newsom, Democratic candidate for California governor |
| 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% | PEROT | 5 | H. Ross ___ (independent candidate for President in 1992 and 1996) |
| 44% | CASS | 4 | Whom Taylor defeated for president in 1848 |
| 44% | GREEN | 5 | With 7-Across, group whose 2016 candidate for president is Jill Stein |
| 41% | DEBS | 4 | Eugene —, 1904-20 Socialist Party of America candidate for US president |
| 41% | PALIN | 5 | Sarah —, Republican candidate for vice president of the US in 2008 |
| 41% | DEBS | 4 | Eugene -, 1904-20 Socialist Party of America candidate for US president |
| 39% | RALPH | 5 | With 39-Across, Green Party (1996 and 2000) and independent (2004 and 2008) candidate for President: 2 wds. |
| 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 |
| 35% | STRAY | 5 | Candidate for adoption |
| 35% | RYE | 3 | Candidate for toasting |
| 35% | HOAX | 4 | Candidate for debunking |
| 35% | LIP | 3 | Candidate for lining |
| 35% | EWE | 3 | Candidate for fleecing |
| 35% | MCGOVERN | 8 | George —, 1972 Democratic nominee for president of the United States |