Remember 1992 when Bush the Elder wasn't considered perfect enough by some and Clinton won the White House with less than 43% of the popular vote?
The "I will sit this one out or cast a protest vote" folks will make it deja vu all over again.
Remember 1992 when Bush the Elder wasn't considered perfect enough by some and Clinton won the White House with less than 43% of the popular vote?
The "I will sit this one out or cast a protest vote" folks will make it deja vu all over again.
“The “I will sit this one out or cast a protest vote” folks will make it deja vu all over again.”
I’m not sure this semi-official version of electoral history mirrors my memory of that election... The people who were going out for Perot were disillusioned independents. The die-hard Republicans still voted Republican, and the die-hard Democrats still voted Democrat. Slightly more dems voted for Clinton because they saw Perot as largely Republican-ish, but has there ever been a study that showed Clinton won because conservatives sat the race out? Even if they hadn’t, your own chart shows that Clinton picked up 42% to Bush’s 27%.