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In the [[United States presidential election, 1992|1992 Presidential election]] he ran for President as an [[independent candidate]] and won 19% of the vote, which is the most any independent candidate has ever received.   

In the [[United States presidential election, 1992|1992 Presidential election]] he ran for President as an [[independent candidate]] and won 19% of the vote, which is the most any independent candidate has ever received.   

Everything about Perot's candidacy was unconventional. He launched it on a television talk show in February 1992, saying that if volunteers placed his name on the ballot in fifty states, he would run for President. But his campaign began well before the ballot work was finished, in mid September, and Perot himself put substantial funds into the work of his "volunteers." The crew-cut, plain-talking, can-do Perot captured people's imagination and frustrated independents, mostly conservatives who distrusted the Republican Party, rallied to his banner. became the leader of a substantial movement.   

Everything about Perot's candidacy was unconventional. He launched it on a television talk show in February 1992, saying that if volunteers placed his name on the ballot in fifty states, he would run for President. But his campaign began well before the ballot work was finished, in mid September, and Perot himself put substantial funds into the work of his "volunteers." The crew-cut, plain-talking, can-do Perot captured people's imagination and frustrated independents, mostly conservatives who distrusted the Republican Party, rallied to his banner. He became the leader of a substantial movement.   

Perot peaked in June, 1992, running even in the polls with incumbent President Bush and with Democrat [[Bill Clinton]]. Pundits speculated that Perot could carry enough electoral votes to keep Clinton and Bush from a majority throwing the decision into the House of Representatives (where Democrats had a majority).

Perot peaked in June, 1992, running even in the polls with incumbent President Bush and with Democrat [[Bill Clinton]]. Pundits speculated that Perot could carry enough electoral votes to keep Clinton and Bush from a majority throwing the decision into the House of Representatives (where Democrats had a majority).