Bush or Kerry?

[Sixpence]

Originally posted by Gunslinger
Thank Mr. Ross Perot for that one.  Alot of people who would have voted for Bush voted for him instead.

lol, that's like blaming Nader for Gore's loss

[NUKE]

Perot got about 19% of the vote IRC, and that probably gave Clinton the election.

Clinton won each of his elections below 46% ( 43% 1st time IRC)  of vote. Hardly a popular president with actual voters.

Clinton was lucky that Perot split the vote.

[Dead Man Flying]

Analyses by political scientists following the 1992 election show conclusively that Perot did not change the outcome of the election.  He drew just about even support from liberals, conservatives, Democrats, and Republicans alike.  Those who voted for Perot tended to express greater dissatisfaction with national politics than those who did not, and those expressing this dissatisfaction belonged to both major parties.

In a pairwise election between just Clinton and George H.W. Bush, Clinton would have won.

-- Todd/Leviathn

[mosgood]

I knew a lot of people that didn't vote for Perot (but wanted too) because they didnt think he had a chance, and voted for Clinton.

[lazs2]

the women , blacks, gays, teachers who are firghtened of vouchers and wussy city dwellers will vote for kerry no matter what ... if there are enough of em he will win.

lazs

[AKIron]

According to this recent poll, most college students prefer Kerry over Bush. Except for the Math/Science (smarter?) majors.

http://www.panettainstitute.org/lib/04/survey.pdf


Excerpt:

______________Kerry %___Bush %___Kerry Advantage +/-
All Students_____42_______30_____ __+12
Social Sciences___46______ 28_______ +18
Humanities______55______ 24_______ +31
Science/math____31_______35________-4
Business________40_______36__ ______+4
Computer Science_42_______25________+17