Ross Perot has 5 children
Ross Perot has 5 children
Ross Perot ran only twice.
Perot only ran twice, once in 1992 and again in 1996.
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William Clinton won the 1992 presidential election defeating incumbent President George Bush and independent candidate H. Ross Perot. In the 1992 presidential election William Clinton received 370 electoral votes and George Bush received 168 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Clinton 44,908,254 and Bush 39,102,343. Independent candidate H. Ross Perot received 19,741,065 popular votes for President, but no electoral votes.
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William Clinton won the 1992 presidential election defeating incumbent President George H.W. Bush and independent candidate H. Ross Perot. In the 1992 presidential election William Clinton received 370 electoral votes and George Bush received 168 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Clinton 44,908,254 and Bush 39,102,343. Independent candidate H. Ross Perot received 19,741,065 popular votes for President, but no electoral votes. Democratic Party candidate incumbent President William Clinton won reelection in the 1996 presidential election defeating Republican Party candidate Bob Dole. In the 1996 presidential election William Clinton received 379 electoral votes and Bob Dole received 159 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Clinton 45,590,703 and Dole 37,816,307. Reform Party candidate H. Ross Perot received 7,866,284 popular votes for President, but no electoral votes.
Alaska cast its 3 electoral votes for George H.W. Bush in the 1992 election. The 1992 presidential election popular vote totals in Alaska were George H.W. Bush 102,000, Bill Clinton 78,294 and Ross Perot 73,481.
Ross Perot expected Texas to help him in the election of 1992 due to his strong ties to the state as a Texas native and successful businessman. He believed that his reputation and popularity in Texas would translate into a significant number of votes from the state. Additionally, his focus on issues such as government debt and economic reform resonated with many Texans who were concerned about the state of the economy.
Currently (2014), the Tea Party is the most influential minor party in the U.S. Congress, however two "Independents" finished third in presidential races; in 1992 Ross Perot garnered 19% of the popular vote, with John B. Anderson earning 7% in 1980.
Polls found that Perot's voters were a 50:50 ratio of Democrats and Republicans. Many of them were disatisfied with the two-party system and wanted a break from it, and for some time Perot led the way in the polls. Perot's campaign was let down by a number of mistakes: at one point he pulled out of the race, and his running mate James Stockdale was seen as being disorientated when he participated in the vice presidential debate. Nethertheless, Perot won 18% of the popular vote and was able to take part in the presidential debates. However, he did not carry any states or win any electoral votes. Bill Clinton, the most popular candidate, won a decisive victory in the electoral college. Perot got the largest share of the vote in states that were either strongly Democratic or Republican.