Balanced Rebellion - Feel the Johnson

Verbatim · August 30, 2016, 06:29:52 PM

Quote from: Meta Cognition on August 30, 2016, 06:27:24 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on August 30, 2016, 05:05:21 PM
Highest a third party has ever got up to, IIRC, was Ralph Nader in 2000, with 2.7%.
George Wallace got 13pc in 1968, and Ross Perot got 19pc in 1992.

I knew about Wallace in the back of my mind, but knew it was too far back to even matter that much.

Ross Perot, though? Goddayum. What the hell did he do to get that much?

More Than Mortal · August 31, 2016, 03:47:01 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on August 30, 2016, 06:29:52 PM

Ross Perot, though? Goddayum. What the hell did he do to get that much?

Populism.

Railed against NAFTA, exposed fears about the deficit, promised to end the outsourcing of jobs, promised to take a tougher line against crime and was opposed to gun control.

He's half the reason Clinton turned out to be a law-and-order deficit hawk.