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The Ross Perot Myth

2016
11 min
No Trailer
Documentary

Overview

An enduring myth in U.S. presidential election history is that George H.W. Bush only lost his re-election bid in 1992 because a peculiar independent candidate from Texas, Ross Perot, drew more voters away from Bush than from Democratic candidate Bill Clinton. Perot ran a quirky "outsider" campaign that in many ways presaged the Donald Trump phenomenon of 2016. It all amounted to one of the most successful third-party bids in U.S. history; Perot won 19 percent of the popular vote.

Production

FiveThirtyEight · ESPN Films

Directors & Crew

J

John Watkin

Director

E

Eamon Harrington

Director

J

John Watkin

Writer

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