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Ross Perot was on the ballot in every state; in six states (Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Louisiana, Oregon, Pennsylvania) Perot was placed on the ballot through the formation of a political party supporting his candidacy. His electoral performance in each of those states led to those parties being given ballot-qualified status.
Perot participated in the first of three presidential debates for the 1992 election, on October 11 in Clayton, Missouri, along with George Bush and Bill Clinton. It was the first time that an independent and a non-major-party candidate was involved in a national televised debate since John B. Anderson in 1980 and was the first general-election ...
Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating both incumbent President Bush and Perot. [3] Perot's 30.44% would prove Maine as his strongest state in the 1992 election. [4] Ross Perot came within 4.55% of winning an electoral vote in Maine's second congressional district, the closest he came to winning an electoral vote.
Ross Perot was born in Texarkana, Texas in 1930, the son of Lula May (née Ray) and Gabriel Ross Perot, [3] a commodity broker specializing in cotton contracts. [4] [5] He had an older brother, Gabriel Perot Jr., who died as a toddler. [6] His patrilineal line traces back to a French-Canadian immigrant to the colony of Louisiana in the 1740s ...
Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 23.63% of the popular vote. [1] Clinton ultimately won the national election, defeating Bush and Perot in by a large margin in the popular vote and electoral college.
[1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush and Perot. [2] As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Kansas was decided by single digits and the last time that Ellis County, Cherokee County, Leavenworth County, Labette County, and Miami County voted for a Democratic ...
Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 23.8% of the popular vote. [1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush. Bush very narrowly won in Arizona by a margin of 2.0%, and Clinton went on to win the state four years later narrowly over Bob Dole .
Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 15.92% of the popular vote. [1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush. [2] As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Wirt County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.