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Thread #60634   Message #970598
Posted By: GUEST
22-Jun-03 - 06:48 PM
Thread Name: BS: 3rd Party Presidential Spoilers
Subject: BS: 3rd Party Presidential Spoilers
Some interesting information--the popular vote totals for 1992:

Bill Clinton: 44,909,889
George Bush: 39,104,545
H. Ross Perot: 19,742,267 (18.9% of the popular vote)

and 2000:

Al Gore: 50,999,897
George Bush: 50,456,002
Ralph Nader: 2,882,955 (2.74% of the popular vote)

Despite winning nearly 20% of the vote, Perot didn't win any electoral votes, because he didn't carry a single state.

We are still hearing how Nader was the spoiler in 2000, but how often do we hear about Perot stealing all those votes from Bush and costing him the election in 1992?