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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.
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. [84] His running mate, James Stockdale, participated in a vice presidential debate in Atlanta, with fellow vice presidential nominee Al Gore and Vice President Dan ...
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 ...
From the mid-1960s into the 1990s, Georgia was a swing state in presidential elections, but also a state where Democrats generally dominated at the state and local level. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (I-TX) finished in third, with a significant 13.34% of the popular vote. [2]
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. [2]
Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 23.96% of the popular vote. [2] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush. [3] April 7, 1992, saw the first presidential primary in Minnesota since 1956. Clinton won a plurality of votes in the DFL primary and Bush won in the IR election.
Businessman Ross Perot (I-Texas) finished in third, with 22.59% of the popular vote. [1] Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating incumbent President Bush. [2] This was the best result the New England-born Bush would record in that region for the 1992 election.