Talk:United States presidential election, 1992
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[edit] NPOV?
I was wondering about the statement "Perot crusaded against the national debt, tapping vague fears of deficits that has been part of American political rhetoric since the 1790s." To me that implies that perhaps the fear of the deficit itself was unfounded and reactionary, and therefore that Ross Perot's emphasis on it was invalid and simply, well, vague. Also, I think there should be a citation asserting that this "vague fear" really began in the 1790s, as stated. If a citation can be found that demonstrates the "vagueness," the "beginning in the 1790s," and Perot's "tapping" of this fear, then the statement is fine. Otherwise, I think it should be worked on, or perhaps expanded, somehow. I'm a bit of a Wikin00b, though, so I'm not sure how to go about doing this. Hmmmmm382 19:19, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Ricky Ray Rector
I was wondering if linking the Ricky Ray Rector article would be related and unbiased. I recall it making a fair to middling splash in the news concerning the race and Clinton. Thanks! Zenosparadox 03:55, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Election of 1992
The election of 1992 election. First, prior to the Democratic Convention, Clinton was running 3rd in the polls. It is important to note that it was at this point that Gore accepted the nomination as vice-president. Anyone who followed Gore's career found this move unusual, unless Gore was intending to use it as a platform to make himself a leading candate for 1996. Ross Perot decided to drop out of the presidental race on the night Clinton gave his acceptance speech. Perot's intention was probably to steal some of Clinton's lime light, instead much of the support that was behind Perot went to Clinton, propeling him into first place. During the campaign, Bush was hampered by health and personal problems, including the death of his mother; these contributed to his lackluster performance. Bush's reluctance to make any moves in the foreign policy arena in the turbulant post cold war era also added to trouble. For fear of being accused that he did not care about domestic issues, Bush let issues in Bosnia, Somilia, and Turkey stew until after the election. Once he did address these issues, his popularity increased significantly. In short, Bush did not lead. Further, Clinton accused Bush of not addessing a 'recession.' Later, during his administration, when Clinton would announce that we have had X months of economic growth, if X months were counted back it was well before Clinton was elected - to a time when Clinton was stating that it was the "worst economy since Herbert Hoover." However, this again reinforces Bush's lack of leadership.
[edit] Ross Perot not running on Reform ticket
Someone needs to change the image accompanying this page. Ross Perot was not running on the Reform ticket, as the image suggests. He was an Independent. He didn't even form the Reform Party until 1995.
[edit] "3 percent less"
I removed the phrase "Although he became President, Bill Clinton only took 43 percent of the vote in 1992, 3 percent less than much more left-wing Democratic candidate Michael Dukakis had taken in 1988" from the opening of this article because this statement is really just useless, it doesn't make mention of the fact that Clinton still got 3 million more votes then Dukakis in 1988, and it would make the statement too awkward to reword it to include that. -- (anonymous contribution at 23:32, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC))
[edit] Perot was not first in debates
In the "Campaigns" section it suggests that Ross Perot was "the first 3rd party candidate ever allowed to participate in the nationally televised presidential debates." This is false, considering that independent John Anderson had debated Ronald Reagan in 1980 but with no Jimmy Carter, who had refused to appear in a three-man debate. So I edited it to say this: "...the first 3rd party candidate ever allowed to participate in the nationally televised presidential debates with both major party candidates" and added in parentheses: "(Independent John Anderson debated Republican Ronald Reagan in 1980 but without Democrat Jimmy Carter, who had refused to appear in a three-man debate.)"
[edit] Gephardt Majority Leader, not Minority
This refers to Dick Gephardt as being the Democrats' House Minority Leader in 1992 in the section about the Democrats' nomination process, but from 1954-94 the Democrats solidly controlled the House of Representatives for four straight decades with a favorable majority. So the year 1992 was one of the fourty years during which the Dems had the bonus in the House so this means that Dick Gephardt was the House MAJORITY Leader instead and I edited the page so that it would refer to him as the majority leader. Even Wikipedia in its list of the majority leaders of the House lists Gephardt as one of them with his tenure listed as "1989?-1995."
[edit] Electoral picture peculiarity
Why is the graphic depiction of electoral votes skewed? Rarely nowadays does one see democratic votes colored red and and republican votes blue. --maru (talk) Contribs 20:52, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
Yes, the colors should be flipped around.. --Drew
I agree, as well. The colors should be inverted. --Mike
[edit] NAFTA
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