Ross Perot
true... H. Ross Perot ran for U.S. President in 1996 as a nominee of the Reform Party. He received 8.40% of popular votes nationwide. While that number is respectable for a third party candidate, it's less than half of what he had achieved four years earlier.
Independent candidate H. Ross Perot received 19,741,065 popular votes for President in 1992, but no electoral votes. Reform Party candidate H. Ross Perot received 7,866,284 popular votes for President in 1996, but no electoral votes.
He ran for president in 1992 and 1996. He also created the Reform Party.
Ross Perot was the Reform Party candidate in 1996.
1996
Democratic Party candidate incumbent President William Clinton won reelection in the 1996 presidential election defeating Republican Party candidate Bob Dole. In the 1996 presidential election William Clinton received 379 electoral votes and Bob Dole received 159 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Clinton 45,590,703 and Dole 37,816,307. Reform Party candidate H. Ross Perot received 7,866,284 popular votes for President, but no electoral votes.
Among third-party candidates, Ross Perot is thought to have split the conservative vote in a recent election. Ross Perot ran in the 1992 and 1996 US presidential elections as an independent.
Ross Perot was the Reform Party candidate in the 1996 presidential election.
It demonstrated that third-party candidates could find some success in national elections.
1996
Ross Perot was the Reform Party candidate in the 1996 presidential election.