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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 ...
At the end of the month, large nominating conventions were held in Washington and other states to put together the final pieces to include Perot on the ballot. Perot addressed the conventions, largely made up of "well dressed, middle aged" [52] individuals, and spoke of improving the education system and restoring the America "where you leave ...
A ballot-level study of Green and Reform Party voters in the 2000 presidential election." Quarterly Journal of Political Science 2.3 (2007): 205–226. online; Jelen, Ted G., ed. Ross for boss: The Perot phenomenon and beyond (SUNY Press, 2001). Owen, Diana, and Jack Dennis. "Antiâpartyism in the USA and support for Ross Perot."
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.
The 1996 presidential campaign of Ross Perot, an independent presidential candidate in 1992 and the founder of the Reform Party, was announced on July 10, 1996. Perot said he would seek the Reform Party nomination for president of the United States in the 1996 election during an appearance on Larry King Live .
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] Polling by the Austin American-Statesman after Perot dropped out showed a majority of his supporters going to Clinton. [15]
Perot withdrew before he was certified to appear on the Virginia ballot, but his supporters were still able to submit enough signatures for him to be placed onto it. [ 5 ] With 44.97 percent of the popular vote, Virginia would prove to be Bush's sixth strongest state in the 1992 election after Mississippi , Utah (as a margin of victory), South ...
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]