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On election day he won 19% and enabled Clinton to score a clean majority in the electoral college.
On election day he won 19% and enabled Clinton to score a clean majority in the electoral college.
The 1992 election was unique for a number of reasons: a perception that economic conditions were worse than they actually were, which harmed incumbent President Bush; a strong third-party candidate in Perot; a backlash against 12 years of a conservative presidency that gave ever-larger deficits; and, perhaps most importantly, Bill Clinton's ability to unite not only the Democratic Party, but a number of heterogeneous coalitions, much as Franklin Roosevelt, also a consummate politician, did in the [[New Deal Coalition]] after 132.<ref> Seymour Martin Lipset, "The Significance of the 1992 Election." ''PS: Political Science & Politics'' 1993 26(1): 7-16. 1049-0965 </ref>
The 1992 election was unique for a number of reasons: a perception that economic conditions were worse than they actually were, which harmed incumbent President Bush; a strong third-party candidate in Perot; a backlash against 12 years of a conservative presidency; and, perhaps most importantly, Bill Clinton's ability to unite not only the Democratic Party, but a number of heterogeneous coalitions, much as Franklin Roosevelt, also a consummate politician, did in the [[New Deal Coalition]] after 132.<ref> Seymour Martin Lipset, "The Significance of the 1992 Election." ''PS: Political Science & Politics'' 1993 26(1): 7-16. 1049-0965 </ref>
==1996==
==1996==
* Ceaser, James, and Andrew Busch. ''Upside Down and Inside Out: The 1992 Elections and American Politics'' (1993)
* Ceaser, James, and Andrew Busch. ''Upside Down and Inside Out: The 1992 Elections and American Politics'' (1993)
* Crotty, William, ed. ''America's Choice: The Election of 1992'' (1993)
* Crotty, William, ed. ''America's Choice: The Election of 1992'' (1993)
* Follett, Ken. ''On Wings of Eagles.'' (1983). 445 pp.
* Koch, Jeffrey. "The Perot Candidacy and Attitudes Toward Government and Politics." ''Political Research Quarterly'' 1998 51(1): 141-153. 1065-9129, shows that supporing Perot made people more alienated and distrustful of government
* Koch, Jeffrey. "The Perot Candidacy and Attitudes Toward Government and Politics." ''Political Research Quarterly'' 1998 51(1): 141-153. 1065-9129, shows that supporing Perot made people more alienated and distrustful of government
* Levin, Doron P. ''Irreconcilable Differences: Ross Perot versus General Motors.'' (1989). 357 pp.
* McCann, James A.; Rapoport, Ronald B.; and Stone, Walter J. "Heeding The Call: An Assessment of Mobilization into H. Ross Perot's 1992 Presidential Campaign." ''American Journal of Political Science'' 1999 43(1):1-28.
* McCann, James A.; Rapoport, Ronald B.; and Stone, Walter J. "Heeding The Call: An Assessment of Mobilization into H. Ross Perot's 1992 Presidential Campaign." ''American Journal of Political Science'' 1999 43(1):1-28.
* Nelson, Micael, ed. ''The Elections of 1992'' (1993)
* Nelson, Micael, ed. ''The Elections of 1992'' (1993)