"1992: In 3-way race Bill Clinton won with 43% of the Vote.
On Election Day, Perot finished in third place behind Clinton (the winner) and Bush. Perot received 19,743,821 votes, which accounted for 18.91% of the popular vote. He failed to win any states in the Electoral College because of the relatively even distribution of his support.."
1996: In a 3-way race Bill Clinton won with less than 50% of the vote.
Reform Party nominee Ross Perot won approximately 8% of the popular vote. His vote total was less than half of his performance in 1992......Bill Clinton won with 49.24% of the vote.
In 1988 [Perot] founded Perot Systems Corporation, Inc. in Plano, Texas. His son, Ross Perot, Jr., eventually succeeded him as CEO. In September 2009, Perot Systems was acquired by Dell for $3.9 billion.
Gosh, then I guess Ted Cruz is someone we can’t support.
He actually backed the immigration presentation by the man you call Strump.
Aren’t you proud of yourself. And aren’t you embarrassed by this man Cruz.
Pointing to a man like Perot who backed out of the presidential race after he became the leader, is not exactly a good example of a third party run.
In a way he was, because people had pretty much signed on to him when he went postal.
Who knows if he would have won or not? Ross made sure nobody would. Nobody wanted Bush again. Not very many people wanted Clinton either.
When Ross pulled out claiming his daughter’s wedding was at risk, a gasp went out across the land, and his numbers cratered in about 24 hours.
That does not have to be the model for a third party run, but I’m not interested in voting for Trump on a third party ticket.
It is amazing to me to watch folks come unglued because they are so terrified of a man that was frank with the American public, the first one to actually touch on the subject in terms we use here on this very forum.
Oh me oh my. We can’t have that can we.
Don’t forget that in 1988 Dukakis lost with 44% of the vote, while Clinton won in 1992 with 43%.
Which is why I will always hate that evil little creep Perot.