Nader v. Perot (was Re: [lbo-talk] in Geras' black and white world, is this guy a terrorist?)

Shane Taylor s-t-t at juno.com
Thu Apr 29 10:56:36 PDT 2004


snitilicious wrote:
> Ralph Nader received one percent of the black vote,
> considerably less than the four percent Ross Perot
> received in 1996.
>
> (Pretty fascinating, btw, Nader can't even pull in as
> much as Ross Perot!)

Good point. The two sound very similar, and put major emphasis, on trade. Nader's prudishness aside, both have a desire to dodge most social issues. But whereas Nader makes an anti-corporate pitch, Perot wanted to run the government like a corporation. Nader never breaks 5%, but Perot did it twice. What does that say about Nader's anti-corporate message and its reception? Of course, Perot's place in the '92 debates surely was a boon Nader never had, but that doesn't fully explain why Nader's showing is always so paltry compared to Perot.

-- Shane

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