But let's say for sake of argument that 100% of Perot voters would have otherwise voted for Bush. That raises the question of why they all voted for an eccentric third party billionaire to begin with when other third party candidates are barely a statistical blip. The blame for this falls on Bush, not on Perot - if he were a halfway decent President and candidate, Perot would have been a statistical blip like the Libertarian or Constitution party candidates in previous or later elections. Bush and the GOP don't own our votes, they need to earn them. In contrast, Bush and his offspring just feel entitled to them.
The guy took about a 15% hit when he went AWOL on his campaign.
That ended it for me.
I’m not say Bush was a great guy. I’m just saying that it was clear Ross didn’t have a prayer. It was over.
Clinton won with something like 43% of the vote.
Sorry, but Ross did more damage to third party politics than anyone I know of.