It is an article of faith that Perot cost Bush his re-election. I don’t think the survey data at the time supported that idea. Bush ran a very anemic campaign, almost as if he didn’t want to win. He lost in part due to his reneging on his “no new taxes” pledge; a mild brief recession which the democrats portrayed as the “worst economy since the Great Depression,” which was not true but the idiot masses bought it; and a de-emphasis on foreign policy after the end of the Cold War and the botched end of Desert Storm. Bush got 37% of the vote Clinton got 43%, so Perot took votes from both sides.
” so Perot took votes from both sides.”
But he took way more votes from Bush than Clinton.
Bush cost Bush his re-election.