All Along The Watchtower
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« on: September 16, 2014, 08:48:36 PM » |
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Tough to say, but I think it would have been closer had Perot sat out. Bush Sr. may have been a weakened incumbent, but he was still an incumbent. And his campaign would perhaps have been better able to drive up turnout among the Republican base without Perot taking votes from him (Yes, he took votes from Clinton too, particularly in the North, IIRC-but in the South, which hadn't become quite as reliably Republican as it is now, he took more votes from Bush.
Also, I think Clinton was able to capitalize on some of the extra energy and enthusiasm that Perot brought to the race in a way that Bush was not-and frankly, I can't see many other Democratic candidates being as successful as Clinton).
I voted Yes/No, but meh.
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