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After Bill Clinton secured the Democratic Party's nomination in the spring of 1992, polls showed Ross Perot leading the race, followed by President Bush and Clinton in third place after a grueling nomination process. Two-way trial heats between Bush and Clinton in early 1992 showed Bush in the lead.
West Virginia was won by Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) with 48.41% of the popular vote over incumbent President George H. W. Bush (R-Texas) with 35.39%. 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]
Chicken George was a campaign tactic in the 1992 U.S. presidential election, where one or more people in chicken costumes heckled President George H. W. Bush over his refusal to participate in a debate with Democratic candidate Bill Clinton. [1]
Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating Bush. [3] He thereby became the first Democrat to win a presidential election without Texas since its statehood in 1845. [ 4 ] Despite Bush's ties to the state, this is the closest since 1976 that Texas has come to voting for a Democratic presidential candidate.
President George W. Bush (center) welcomes president-elect Barack Obama (second left) at the White House in January 2009, with George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter (left to right).
Full video of the first presidential debate. The first presidential debate between President George H. W. Bush, Governor Bill Clinton, and Businessman Ross Perot took place on Sunday, October 11, 1992, at the Field House, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
When Bill Clinton was inaugurated, George H.W. Bush sent him a letter -- and it's being resurfaced over 20 years later.
As one would imagine two former presidents discussing during a visit, Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush talked socks when they saw each other on Sunday.