[lbo-talk] Ralph to run?

Nathan Newman nathanne at nathannewman.org
Tue Jul 1 10:47:50 PDT 2003


----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Perelman" <michael at ecst.csuchico.edu>
>Why does the right, which is so good at hate, not hate Perot for Nadering
>Bush, Sr.?

Because Perot did nothing of the kind. Every poll shows that Clinton would have gotten a majority or even two-thirds of the Perot vote in 1992. In many ways, Perot hurt Clinton, since he denied Clinton the mandate of a majority victory. There is also good evidence that Perot undermined Democratic Senate races, especially in 1996, where voters who probably would have voted for Clinton and then for a Democrat, found it easier to split tickets between Perot and then a Republican for a lower level office.

-- Nathan Newman



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