in general, most and least third party friendly states

[Bandit3 the Worker]

However NY did elect a Conservative (that's a capital C) Senator in 1970.

That was James Buckley. I think he's William Buckley's brother.

Apparently, James Buckley was less conservative than most Republicans are today. He gave us the highly useful Buckley Amendment, which bars schools from releasing private student records. Now conservatives are trying to get that law repealed.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

You'd think Kentucky would be the most anti-third party state, because I believe Kentucky has the highest percentage of voters registered with one of the 2 major parties. (It's 94% or something.) However, Gatewood Galbraith does do extremely well as a third party candidate. He came in second place in a lot of counties when he ran for governor in 1999. I think he actually beat Paul Patton in one county that Peppy Martin carried.

However, Kentucky did manage to keep Nader off the ballot in 1996. This was more because of his views than anything, because right-wing third parties like the Constitution Party were still allowed on the ballot.