Businessman Ross Perot ran as candidate for the Reform Party with economist Pat Choate as his running mate ; he received less media attention and was excluded from the presidential debates and, while still obtaining substantial results for a third-party candidate, by U. S. standards, did not renew his success of the 1992 election.

As Steve Jobs lost the original power struggle at Apple and left to found NeXT, his angel investor was Perot who invested over 20 million dollars because he believed in Jobs and did not want to miss out as he had when had the chance to invest in Bill Gates ' fledging Microsoft.

Perot did not support President George H. W. Bush and vigorously opposed the United States involvement in the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War.

Perot was late in making formal policy proposals, but most of what he did call for were intended to reduce the deficit.

In Presidential elections, Dixie County tends to vote Republican, although both Democrat Bill Clinton and Reform Party candidate Ross Perot did very well in 1992 and 1996.

During the 1992 US presidential election campaign, Carvey did an impression of independent candidate Ross Perot ; in a prime-time special before the election, Carvey played both George H. W. Bush and Perot in a three-way debate with Bill Clinton, played by Phil Hartman.

Party founder Ross Perot did not endorse a candidate, but his former running-mate Pat Choate endorsed Buchanan.

Perot intended to replace Stockdale with another candidate, but did not do so before he dropped out of the race in July 1992.

He had no formal preparation for the debate, unlike his opponents Al Gore and Dan Quayle, and did not discuss any political issues with Perot beforehand.

Perot and Stockdale received 19 percent of the vote in the 1992 presidential election, one of the best showings by an independent ticket in U. S. electoral history, although they did not carry any states.

Clinton was reelected in 1996, defeating Republican Senator Bob Dole and Reform Party candidate Ross Perot, who did not repeat the success of his 1992 campaign.

In 1996, Ross Perot offered to be his running mate on Reform Party ticket, but Rudman refused ( as former Democratic Senator David Boren of Oklahoma did ).

Hence the anomaly of Ross Perot standing as Reform Party candidate in 1992 and receiving 18 % of the vote, yet receiving no matching funds because the Reform Party did not receive 5 % of the vote in 1988 ; whilst Pat Buchanan, running as the Reform Party candidate in 2000, did receive matching funds despite winning only 0. 4 % of the vote.

She also did impressions of Roseanne Barr and Ross Perot in many episodes.

As Perot — prerecorded and timed to give the appearance of interacting with the live Bush and Clinton — Carvey eschewed the show's signature " Live from New York " opening line, telling Bush " Why don't you do it, live-boy?

Although his answers during the debates were often general, many Democrats and Republicans conceded that Perot won at least the first debate.

In the discussion leading up to the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA ) then-Vice President Al Gore mentioned the Smoot – Hawley tariff as a response to NAFTA objections voiced by Ross Perot during a debate in 1993 they had on The Larry King Show.

Ross Perot was a prominent advocate of EDD when he advocated " electronic town halls " during his 1992 and 1996 presidential campaigns in the United States.

Arleigh Burke and wife sit behind United States Secretary of Defense | Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney who delivers the keynote address during the commissioning ceremony for the USS Arleigh Burke, United States Secretary of the Navy | Secretary of the Navy Henry L. Garrett III | Henry Garrett, Ross Perot, and U. S. Senator s from Virginia John Warner and Chuck Robb also present, July 4, 1991.

Bush's Jewish support collapsed during his re-election in 1992, to just 11 %, with 80 % voting for Bill Clinton and 9 % going to independent Ross Perot.

" While the term radical center or similar expressions have been used in various ways since at least the 1970s ( like " rigorously center " by the French Giscardian movement or the Portuguese Democratic and Social Centre – People's Party during its foundation ), its use became more common due to the Reform Party and Ross Perot, who were frequently described as representing the radical middle due to their attempts to partisanize those portions of the American electorate.

Ross Perot was a prominent advocate of EDD when he advocated " electronic town halls " during his 1992 and 1996 Presidential campaigns in the United States.

The largest source of private support for UTSW's program has been from software billionaire H. Ross Perot, who regularly makes personal appearances during MSTP recruitment events.

The relationship between Smith, Perot, and the EDS executives ruptured openly in September 1985, during a meeting in Dallas that brought the EDS executive compensation issue to a head.

Denton, along with James Stockdale ( another Navy officer who became the vice-presidential running mate of H. Ross Perot during his 1992 presidential campaign ), Larry Guarino ( an Air Force Major ) and James Robinson Risner ( an Air Force colonel ), distinguished themselves as members of the American POW resistance from 1965-1973, and helped their men accomplish their sworn goal to " return with honor " – a POW battle cry that later was used as the title of a documentary film narrated and produced by Tom Hanks.

One morning during the 1992 presidential election, he interviewed President George H. W. Bush and candidates Bill Clinton and Ross Perot all within one hour.

Third-party candidate Ross Perot, whose presence on the national ballot was important during the actual election, was not on the Weekly Reader ballot that year.

Downing Peoria International Airport " during a groundbreaking ceremony attended by Ross Perot, friend of the late Wayne A.

In July, while Perot was pondering whether to run for office, his supporters established a campaign organization United We Stand America.

Some were upset that Perot changed his mind and in their view overshadowed Lamm's run for the party nomination.

The structure of the deal was unusual in that EDS would be owned by GM, but Smith promised it would allow Perot autonomy to run the company.

Less than 48 hours after Lamm announced his candidacy, Ross Perot, who built the Reform Party from his United We Stand America organization, said he would run as the Reform Party nominee if drafted.

Although often associated with Ross Perot, as the party came to prominence in the wake of Perot's 1992 presidential campaign, it was created prior to Perot's run.

During the 1992 election, Bush and Quayle were challenged in their bid for reelection by the Democratic ticket of Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and Tennessee Senator Al Gore, as well as the independent ticket of Texas businessman Ross Perot and retired Admiral James Stockdale.

Just over 100, 000 votes were cast for all other candidates, half of which were write-in votes for H. Ross Perot

In June, Perot led the national public opinion polls with support from 39 % of the voters ( versus 31 % for Bush and 25 % for Clinton ).

Perot severely damaged his credibility by dropping out of the presidential contest in July and remaining out of the race for several weeks before re-entering.

The campaign continued with a lopsided lead for Clinton through September, until Ross Perot decided to re-enter the race.

Henry Ross Perot (; born June 27, 1930 ) is a U. S. businessman best known for running for President of the United States in 1992 and 1996.

Perot Systems was bought by Dell for $ 3. 9 billion in 2009.

After he left the Navy in 1957, Perot became a salesman for International Business Machines.

In 1974 Perot gained some press attention for being " the biggest individual loser ever on the New York Stock Exchange " when his EDS shares dropped $ 450 million in value in a single day in April 1970.

In 2007, it was sold by the Perot Foundation, in order to provide " for medical research, for improving public education and for assisting wounded soldiers and their families.

In September 2009, Perot Systems was acquired by Dell for $ 3. 9 billion.

On May 25, 1992 he was featured on the cover of Time with the title " Waiting for Perot ," an allusion to Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot.

Perot employed the innovative strategy of purchasing half-hour blocks of time on major networks for infomercial-type campaign advertisements ; this advertising garnered more viewership than many sitcoms, with one Friday night program in October attracting 10. 5 million viewers.

At one point in June, Perot led the polls with 39 % ( versus 31 % for Bush and 25 % for Clinton ).