Ross Perot Swot Analysis

Ross Perot is an American Business who ran as an independent candidate not once but twice in 1992 and in 1996. We will focus more on the 1992 election. He has been known as one of the most successful third party candidates to run. Perot was politically outspoken. In 1992, he was disappointed in the president at the time, George Bush, and also didn’t like any of the democratic candidates. So in 1992, Perot stepped on the sidelines and joined the political race for Presidency (Editors, 2014).
In 1992, with personal scandals arising about front-runner Democrat Bill Clinton and the Republican Presidency of George Bush weakening by a failing economy, support for Perot grew widespread especially among voters dissatisfied with the traditional party
politics. Perot was reaching out to both Democrats and Republicans. Perot even hired former operatives of both parties to run his campaign (Levy, 2008).
To say that money was no problem for Perot would be an understatement.
Some of Perot’s strength came from his own powerful resources. Third-party or independent candidates in the past could not buy half-hours on all networks Perot used like they were his own personal campaign buttons. Also, they could not afford the effort it took to get themselves on the ballot in all 50 states. Perot could not have done what he did without his own tens of millions of dollars, which by the way I’m hoping he might could loan me (Holmes, 1992).
More than 19 million people voted for him in 1992. Perot personally only campaigned in only 16 states, Perot received more than 20 percent of the vote in 31 states. He actually finished second in Utah. He finished third in every other state. In Maine, he pulled 30 percent of the vote (Holmes, 1992). I don’t think I would have supported the candidate in the election. First reason being, I don’t think third party candidates can win. For the reason, I don’t want to waste my vote on someone I don’t think can win. Also, I think it takes votes away from other candidates who have a better chance of winning. Second reason, he was only concerned mainly with the overall debt of America. Don’t get me wrong, the debt we are in is a very big problem. However, there is other problems out there though and I would need to know what his plans would have
been. Ross Perot by the sounds of it had a chance of winning until he dropped out of the election to protect his family from being attacked. When he reentered his support had went down. However, based off the evidence I think is Perot had never dropped out of the election he would have had a major chance at winning the election. At the same time, he still didn’t win and he wasn’t even close technically. Even though, he has been the most successful third party candidate to run in an election I still don’t believe third party candidates have chance to win. It’s just going to be one of those things you have to see to believe. Best of luck future third party candidates.