John B. Anderson received 6.6 percent of the popular vote in the 1980 U.S. presidential election.
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John B, Anderson.
John Anderson won 6.6% of the popular vote in 1980 running as an "Independent".
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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The presidential candidate with the highest percentage of votes since 1960 is Richard Nixon in 1972. He won re-election with 60.7% of the popular vote, the highest percentage of any candidate since then.
Andrew Jackson was the presidential candidate in 1824 that seemed to relate to, and appeal to, the common man. Jackson received 41. 4 percent of the vote in the election.
H. Ross Perot received 19% of the popular votes for President in 1992. 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 although he did finish second in the state of Utah - behind Bush and ahead of Clinton. There has been speculation Clinton issued the executive order banning the mining of low-sulfur coal in Utah on federal lands as a retaliation for that humiliation. He also came in 2nd in Maine - behind Clinton and slightly ahead of Bush.
Texas billionaire Ross Perot formed the Independent party. Perot ran in the 1992 Presidential election and received 18 percent of the vote.
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