Ross Perot 1992 presidential campaign
Ross Perot ran unsuccessfully as an independent candidate for President of the United States. Perot focused the campaign on his plans to balance the federal budget, further economic nationalism, strengthen the war on drugs, and implement ‘electronic town halls’ Grass-root organizations sprang up in every state to help Perot achieve ballot access following his announcement on the February 20, 1992 edition of Larry King Live. He dropped out in July 1992 amid controversy, but re-entered in October, participating in all three presidential debates. He finished in third place overall, receiving close to 18. 97 percent of the popular vote.
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Ross Perot ran unsuccessfully as an independent candidate for President of the United States. Perot focused the campaign on his plans to balance the federal budget, further economic nationalism, strengthen the war on drugs, and implement ‘electronic town halls’ Grass-root organizations sprang up in every state to help Perot achieve ballot access following his announcement on the February 20, 1992 edition of Larry King Live. He dropped out in July 1992 amid controversy, but re-entered in October, participating in all three presidential debates. He won several counties, finished in second place in two states, and finished in third place overall, receiving close to 18. 97 percent of the popular vote, the most won by a third-party presidential candidate since Theodore Roosevelt in 1912. He sold his company to General Motors in 1984 for USD 2. 55 billion, and founded Perot Systems in 1988. By 1992, his fortune was judged to be USD 3 billion. He was a hawk on the Vietnam War, an advocate for U.S. servicemen held as prisoner of war and a supporter of their families. He became a critic of the George H. W. Bush administration, and opposed the 1991 Gulf War. His views were described as a combination of ‘East Texas populism with high-tech wizardry’ Perot was known to run the company in a militaristic fashion, built on loyalty and duty. His best known venture with the company was in 1979, when he sent a private militia into Iran in the midst of the Iranian Revolution to rescue two of his employees who had been imprisoned.
The episode inspired the 1983 novel, On Wings of Eagles. He appeared on his fourth appearance on the CNN Live show on March 12, 1991, to discuss political issues. After a lively interview on the show, Perot said he would run for president if there was any scenario in which he would be able to do so. He said he did not want to run, but spontaneously affirmed that he would begin a campaign. He set up a phone bank at his office in Austin, Texas, to inform potential voters of how they could assist his campaign. In March 1992, he asked people to sign petitions and helped him achieve ballotaccess in all 50 states. He died in a car crash in Texas on April 4, 1994. He had never been elected to public office, but he had experience as the head of several successful corporations and was involved in public affairs for the previous three decades. He also served as the chairman of the Texas War on Drugs Committee in 1979 at the behest of Republican Governor Bill Clements, and was put in charge of the Select Committee on Public Education in 1983 by Democratic Governor Mark White. In 1987, he revoked his pledge to support his presidential library, but the relationship soured after he was sent on a trip to Hanoi, and determined afterwards that the administration was not taking the POWMIA issue seriously. In 1986, he labeled President Ronald Reagan as a ‘great president’ in 1986.
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