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The average of all four showed Perot at 37% followed by Clinton with 30% and Bush with 18%, but election polls still showed Perot in third with 14%, far behind both Bush and Clinton. [83] His running mate, James Stockdale, participated in a vice presidential debate in Atlanta, with fellow vice presidential nominee Al Gore and Vice President Dan ...
The campaign continued with a lopsided lead for Clinton through September, [84] until Ross Perot decided to re-enter the race. [85] Ross Perot's re-entry in the race was welcomed by the Bush campaign, as Fred Steeper, a poll taker for Bush, said, "He'll be important if we accomplish our goal, which is to draw even with Clinton."
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 ...
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.
A FBI agent offered to sell an audio tape and documents from Perot's office to Oberwetter for $2,500. [12] Ross Perot, who had not announced his campaign yet, qualified to appear on the ballot in Texas on May 27, 1992. [13] He remained on the ballot despite dropping out. [14]
Ross Perot gained a plurality in Trinity County, the only time a non-major party candidate has carried any county in the state since Progressive Party candidate Robert La Follette Sr. in 1924. Perot also won the city of Avalon on Catalina Island, with 323 votes to George H.W. Bush's 315. [3]
Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 23.01 percent of the popular vote. [1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating both incumbent President Bush and Perot. [ 2 ] As of the 2020 presidential election [update] , this is the last election in which Beckham County , Delaware County , Washita County , and Stephens ...
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 .