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American Independent Party
The
American Independent Party
(
AIP
) is a
far right
political party
of the
United States
that was established in 1967 by
Bill Shearer
and his wife, Eileen Shearer of
California
. It is most notable for its
nomination
of former
Governor
George Wallace
of
Alabama
, who carried five states in the
1968 presidential election
running on a
segregationist
platform against
Richard M. Nixon
and
Hubert H. Humphrey
. The party split in 1976 into the modern American Independent Party and the
American Party
. From 1992 until 2008 the party was the California affiliate of the national
Constitution Party
, with its exit from the Constitution Party leading to a leadership dispute during the 2008 election.
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