Don’t assume Perot took votes from Bush. The two fold problem there is that we really don’t know who people would have voted for without him on the ballot, and votes don’t belong to any candidate. A candidate’s job is to EARN votes. Bush didn’t earn enough, he lost. That’s the whole story.
Sort of Teddy Roosevelt's Aryan German Anglo Saxon civilizing the uncouth heathen on steroids.
“Don’t assume Perot took votes from Bush.”
I don’t assume. I know he did!
Perot totally took his votes from Bush.
I agree. Perot didn’t “take” votes from anyone. He got the votes people gave him.
And Bush Sr. gave Perot a lot of votes when Bush reneged on his pledge not to raise taxes.