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To: ohioWfan
They all were taken away from the BEST man who was running.....George H. W. Bush.

It's a fact that there were many conservatives who voted for Perot

Provide evidence for these claims.

470 posted on 09/16/2003 6:53:43 AM PDT by MrLeRoy (The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. - Jefferson)
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To: MrLeRoy
I'm sure that I could never come up with the 'evidence' you are demanding to support my 'claims.' When I have time, I will look to see if their are any sources I can cite.

It would all be considered circumstantial and hearsay to you, since I don't know off hand of any study that asked conservatives how many of them voted for the little general because they were mad at GHW.

But, I have heard/read many admit it, some admitting the error in it.....others, like Maelstrom, here, defending it to the death.

Besides which, Perot was masquerading as a conservative, NOT a liberal, and so it follows logically that a larger number of conservatives fell for his deceit. Why would any liberal vote for him and not for the media darling, charismatic savior of the world, WJC? It defies logic that there were numbers of them who did.

And as far as I'm concerned, anyone who doesn't admit that GHW Bush was the better man, has blinders on.

Oh, and I have a personal question for you, which is genuine, whether it seems like it to you or not.....

Who is your 'Savior?' You tell us that He/he is telling you what to do, but I would like clarification as to who He/he is.

490 posted on 09/16/2003 7:59:58 AM PDT by ohioWfan (Have you prayed for your President today?)
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To: MrLeRoy
Provide evidence for these claims.

This is the best I can do with my limited skills, time and ability to analyze stats, but here's what I came up with......

In the first place, I found links in my search to why Perot appealed to conservative voters, and one that even linked a Bush hating rant at FR in 1998, as to why he voted for xlinton because he was a 'true conservative!' LOL!

Anyway......I looked at the state of Wyoming, because it's a conservative state.

In 1992 this was the voter registration.....

Republican.....125,363 or roughly 60%
Democrat.....83,091, or 39.8%
Libertarian.....78.... not very many, poor fellows

Now..... the voting breakdown in the Presidential election was as follows.....

GHW Bush......39.6%
Clinton.......34%
Perot......25.6%

That means that if the percentages hold even roughly, Perot took less than 6% of the Democrat vote away, and nearly 20% away from Bush.

As I said, I'm not a statistical analyst, but it's very obvious that Perot drew Republican votes away in far greater numbers than Democrat.

Conservatives voting for Perot gave us Bill Clinton.

524 posted on 09/16/2003 10:39:16 AM PDT by ohioWfan (Have you prayed for your President today?)
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