Ballot-Qualified Candidates
| Party | President | State | Vice President | State | Ballot Access | Statement | |
| Republican | John McCain | AZ | TBD | 51 |  | ||
| Democratic | Barack Obama | IL | Joseph Biden | DE | 51 |  | |
| Libertarian | Bob Barr | GA | Wayne Allyn Root | NV | 42 |  | |
| Independent | Ralph Nader | CT | Matt Gonzalez | CA | 37 |  | |
| Constitution | Chuck Baldwin | FL | Darrell Castle | TN | 31 |  | |
| Green | Cynthia McKinney | CA | Rosa Clemente | NY | 29 |  | |
| Reform | Ted Weill | MS | Frank McEnulty | CA | 2 |  | |
| Socialist Workers | Roger Calero | NY | Alyson Kennedy | NJ | 6 |  | |
| Socialist | Brian Moore | FL | Stewart Alexander | CA | 5 |  | |
| Socialism and Liberation | Gloria LaRiva | CA | Eugene Puryear | DC | 9 |  | |
| Prohibition | Gene Amondson | WA | Leroy Pletten | MI | 6 |  | |
| Boston Tea Party | Charles Jay | FL | Tom Knapp | MO | 2 |  | |
| Independent | Alan Keyes | MD | Brian Rohrbough | 4 |  | ||
for a more complete list of candidates, see Politics1