Ross Perot, The Man Who Almost Upended the Two-Party System, July 10, 2019
- William F. B. O'Reilly
- Jul 10, 2019
- 1 min read
It’s impossible to describe the excitement that surrounded Texas businessman Ross Perot in June 1992 to anyone who wasn’t there.
A man who had come out of nowhere was suddenly leading that year’s presidential race. Gallup had the three-way contest at 39 percent for independent Perot; 31 percent for incumbent Republican George H.W. Bush and 25 percent then-Arkansas Democratic Gov. Bill Clinton, who didn’t seem to have a chance.
It was a mind-blowing development. It showed genuine fault lines beneath a two-party system that often was thought to be prohibitively secure.
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