I remember all too well Perot’s candidacy, and the impact on Bush I. It was some comfort to see Al Gore lose Florida with sufficient votes going to Ralph Nader (who deflected criticism for it, blaming Gore’s loss squarely on Gore himself).
Most post-1992 analysis says that Perot took votes evenly from Clinton and Bush. Where Perot hurt was not in the actual votes but in the attacks he made on Bush . . . but not Clinton, thus making it a “two on one.”