User:RobLa/POTUS1992

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I remember this election well. I've included many links I've gather about the 1992 United States presidential election from others as well as stuff I've found myself.

Pre-election

• English Wikipedia
  • Historical polling for United States presidential elections#1992 United States presidential election
• April 1992
  • CBS's Face The Nation (1992-04-26): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6UYwEUVGkE
    • Perot talking about "the numbers", though he still hadn't declared as a candidate
• May 1992
  • CSPAN: Perot declares his candidacy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9F4SRhyWQk
    • "Road to the White House Rewind Preview: Ross Perot 1992 Campaign"
• June 1992
  • Washington Post (1992-06-09): https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/06/09/perot-leads-field-in-poll/5c0499dd-d5c5-42e4-bc63-e4c32ca083e7/
  • NY Times (1992-06-11): https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/11/us/the-1992-campaign-on-the-trail-poll-gives-perot-a-clear-lead.html
• July 1992
  • w:1992 Democratic National Convention (Monday, 1992-07-13 through Thursday, 1992-07-16)
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Democratic_National_Convention
  • NY Times (1992-07-17): https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/17/news/grass-roots-ross-perot-perot-says-democratic-surge-reduced-prospect-victory.html
    • "In halting his campaign before it ever formally began, Ross Perot explained today that the Democratic Party had become so much stronger recently that he no longer believed he could win the election at the polls in November. [...] A survey of 950 registered voters taken Monday and Tuesday by CBS News put him in third place in the Presidential race, with 17 percent of the respondents saying they favored his candidacy. It was the first time in months that Mr. Perot had been below 20 percent in a national poll."
• October 1992
  • NYTimes "Perot delays ad on proposals" (1992-10-09): https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/09/us/the-1992-campaign-perot-delays-ad-on-proposals.html
  • First debate (1992-10-11): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWo88Lr0rzw
    • "The first debate was a 90-minute discussion on a variety of topics with questions split between foreign and domestic policy. Moderated by Jim Lehrer, with questions posed by a panel of journalists, it took place on October 11, 1992, in St. Louis."
  • NYTimes "Perot shows he's the master of live TV" (1992-10-13): https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/13/us/the-1992-campaign-campaign-watch-perot-shows-he-s-the-master-of-live-tv.html
  • Second debate (1992-10-15): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg7-QJrJZV0
    • "The second debate was a 90-minute town hall on a variety of topics, where uncommitted voters could ask questions. Moderated by Carole Simpson of ABC, it took place on October 15, 1992, in Richmond, Virginia."
  • ABC News (1992-10-18): <https://youtu.be/fqFy2vzwSVs> - poll showing:
    • Clinton (49%)
    • Bush (31%)
    • Perot (12%)
  • Third debate (1992-10-19): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm-UAfEdWg4
    • "The third debate was a 90-minute discussion on all topics, the first half featured questions posed by the moderator, Jim Lehrer of PBS, and the second half consisted of questions asked by a panel of journalists. It took place on October 19, 1992, in East Lansing, Michigan."

Results

• https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/federalelections92.pdf
  • Big results PDF published by the FEC immediately after the election on 1992-11-03
• w:Template:State_results_of_the_1992_U.S._presidential_election
  • The "State results..." infobox links to the results in every state (and the picture of the winner of the state shows up when hovering over a link on desktop Wikipedia). For example, it's included at the bottom of this page ("w:1992 United States presidential election in Alabama") as well as this page ("w:1992 United States presidential election in the District of Columbia")

Post-election

1992

Below are newspaper columns and other news sources after the election, which can be useful for finding other data:

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/11/08/perot-seen-not-affecting-vote-outcome/27500538-cee8-4f4f-8e7f-f3ee9f2325d1/

Pontification

Below are blog posts, emails, editorials and other pontification well after Bill Clinton was out of office:

• https://fivethirtyeight.com/videos/the-ross-perot-myth/
• https://medium.com/@robla/fivethirtyeight-botches-the-clinton-election-4c25d71272e1
• http://lists.electorama.com/pipermail/election-methods-electorama.com/2022-January/003327.html
• https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/07/10/we_dont_know_whether_perot_cost_bush_in_1992_140743.html
• https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginaryelections/comments/ke9smu/possible_1992_us_elections_in_which_perot_wins_a/
• "The 90's Election That Could Have Changed Everything (And If It Happened)" (AlternateHistoryHub; 2020-11-28) — ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EnAzWTOJhw )
  • In 1992 one eccentric billionaire ran for president and ended up getting a sizable portion of the vote. Thirty years on, his run has largely been left in the 90s. [...] what if Ross Perot won in 1992?"