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==Business==
==Business==
He became a billionaire as head of the company [[Electronic Data Systems]], which held very large contracts with the federal government for processing Medicare and Medicaid claims. He sold it to general Motors for a vast sum and a seat on the GM board. GM could not handle such an unconventional outsider, and they bought him out for another large sum. By 1992 his portfolio of holdings added up into the billions, making him one of the two richest political figures of the era.<ref> The other was [[Michael Bloomberg]], currently mayor of New York City. [[Henry A. Wallace]] reached the billionaire status after he left politics.</ref>
He became a billionaire as head of the computer company [[Electronic Data Systems]], which held very large contracts with the federal government for processing Medicare and Medicaid claims. He sold it to general Motors for a vast sum and a seat on the GM board. GM could not handle such an unconventional outsider, and they bought him out for another large sum. By 1992 his portfolio of holdings added up into the billions, making him one of the two richest political figures of the era.<ref> The other was [[Michael Bloomberg]], currently mayor of New York City. [[Henry A. Wallace]] reached the billionaire status after he left politics.</ref>
Perot had earned his fortune largely through his computer company's success
Perot had earned his fortune largely through his computer company's success
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; 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==
==Further reading==
==Further reading==
Perot, Ross. United We Stand: How We Can Take Back Our Country. 1992.
* 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)
* 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
* 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)
* Pomper, Gerald, ed. ''The Election of 1992: Reports and
Interpretations'' (1993).
===Primary sources===
* Perot, Ross. ''United We Stand: How We Can Take Back Our Country'' (1992).
==References==
==References==
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