Originally Posted by
budwom
Indeed, I would not use the word "blowout" to describe the 1992 election...few people recall that Clinton won a whopping 370 electoral votes, but he did it with only 43.0% of the popular vote...H Ross Perot's 18.9% of the vote made it a uniquely odd election...Clinton won handily, but largely because Perot siphoned off a lot of GOP votes...
Not necessarily true. There was a time, as you remember, when Perot dropped out. Clinton led the polls then as well. Bush never led Clinton in any poll, I've been told, but I'm not gonna look it up.
Sage Grouse
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