1992 United States presidential election

"1992, the Democrats have nominated Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton to go up against incumbent President George H. W. Bush. It seemed like a normal two-way race until an unexpected challenger arose. On Larry King Live, billionaire business man Ross Perot announced his run as an Independent. He campaigned on being anti-NAFTA (something the other candidates hope to pass), raising taxes on the 1%, standing up to Asian nations like China, protecting our border, cutting government spending, being strict on guns, having a balanced budget, and many other moderate and populist policies. He repeatedly attacked Bush for his handling of the early 90's recession and Clinton over his numerous scandals as governor.

In the beginning of the race, Perot was in the lead. But soon his numbers would plummet after numerous scandals including forcing volunteers to take loyalty pledges and perusing a private investigation against the Bush family in the late 1980's. Rumors began to surface that Perot would drop out of the race but these would be proven to be false in the end.

When it came to Perot's running mate, originally Perot had James Stockdale, former vice admiral who was awarded the Medal of Honor. But he was only a placeholder until a better option was found. Eventually Perot selected popular real estate mogul from New York, Donald Trump. His bombastic personality helped bring more energy to the campaigned.

After numerous scandals, Perot's campaigned began to pick up again. He continued to campaign and give speeches across America. He got endorsements from several people including: Governor Wally Hickel, Governor Lowell Weicker, Democratic Presidential candidate and former governor Jerry Brown, Former Governor Richard Lamm, former Congressman and Independent candidate for President in 1980 John Anderson, former mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea and western actor Clint Eastwood, country singer Willie Nelson, and several others.

When the debates came around, Perot hammered both Bush and Clinton on their stance on NAFTA and was generally seen as the winner. Though his performance at the debates saw a jump in the polls, it wasn't enough to surpass Bush or Clinton but still many of his supporters were optimistic.

Finally when election night came Perot managed to surpass many expectations. He managed to win a total of 12 states giving him a total of 96 electoral votes, bigger than George Wallace's result in 1968. He also received around 29% of the popular vote which surpassed Teddy Roosevelt's run in 1912 as the Progressive Party nominee. Bill Clinton barley managed to get pass 270 electoral votes but in the end was still elected president. Still, nobody can deny that Perot's run had a major impact on the election and would soon bring in a new age of American politics."