This is a revision of the United States presidential election of 1992.
The election was a three-way race between incumbent Republican President George H. W. Bush, Democrat Bill Clinton, and Independent Ross Perot. In the current timeline, Clinton beat Bush by around 6 percentage points (about 43% to about 37%), with Perot coming in third at around 18%. This revised version of history makes this 1992 victory for Clinton quite a bit narrower. In this revision, Clinton has 37.7% of the popular vote compared to Bush’s 36.4%, and Perot’s whopping 25.1%, for a victory margin of more than 1 percentage point between Clinton and Bush, making the popular vote a very close race!
I’m doing this because of Republican President Ronald Reagan’s popularity which is carried on to George H. W. Bush, and this revised election reflects on comparison with the revised 1988 election, where Bush beats Democrat Michael Dukakis by close to 19 percentage points. The fact that Bush was a RINO who lied about his 1988 campaign promises diminishes his popularity among the patriotic American (“conservative”) base and leads to Perot taking millions of votes away from Bush. In this scenario, Bush would have beaten Clinton by a landslide margin nonetheless if it weren’t for Perot.
The revised election below is organized state-by-state in alphabetical order, for a total of 50 states plus the District of Columbia.
George H. W. Bush (R): 605,082 (43.4%)
Bill Clinton (D): 489,088 (35.1%)
Ross Perot (I): 288,463 (20.7%)
Other: 11,578 (0.8%)
Total: 1,394,211
Bush: 76,233 (37.5%)
Clinton: 64,618 (31.8%)
Perot: 58,562 (28.8%)
Other: 3,703 (1.8%)
Total: 203,116
Bush: 387,526 (39.3%)
Clinton: 347,052 (35.2%)
Perot: 238,229 (24.2%)
Other: 12,114 (1.2%)
Total: 984,921
Clinton: 516,266 (51.8%)
Bush: 303,723 (30.5%)
Perot: 167,708 (16.8%)
Other: 8,775 (0.9%)
Total: 996,472
Clinton: 3,718,853 (37.8%)
Bush: 3,356,422 (34.1%)
Perot: 2,681,792 (27.2%)
Other: 91,598 (0.9%)
Total: 9,848,665
Clinton: 456,235 (37%)
Bush: 423,672 (34.3%)
Perot: 329,566 (26.7%)
Other: 23,933 (1.9%)
Total: 1,233,406
Clinton: 560,660 (41.4%)
Bush: 434,413 (32.1%)
Perot: 338,375 (25%)
Other: 21,137 (1.6%)
Total: 1,354,585
Clinton: 102,721 (40.5%)
Bush: 86,656 (34.2%)
Perot: 61,673 (24.3%)
Other: 2,356 (0.9%)
Total: 253,406
Clinton: 170,402 (82.7%)
Bush: 21,835 (10.6%)
Perot: 9,582 (4.7%)
Other: 4,146 (2%)
Total: 205,965
Bush: 1,746,771 (40.4%)
Clinton: 1,503,409 (34.8%)
Perot: 1,055,588 (24.4%)
Other: 16,864 (0.4%)
Total: 4,322,632
Clinton: 666,960 (35.8%)
Bush: 662,486 (35.5%)
Perot: 488,992 (26.2%)
Other: 45,103 (2.4%)
Total: 1,863,541
Clinton: 163,090 (47.7%)
Bush: 115,247 (33.7%)
Perot: 60,257 (17.6%)
Other: 3,386 (1%)
Total: 341,980
Bush: 209,301 (42%)
Clinton: 139,536 (28%)
Perot: 136,647 (27.4%)
Other: 12,505 (2.5%)
Total: 497,989
Clinton: 2,140,439 (38.5%)
Bush: 1,875,038 (33.8%)
Perot: 1,512,470 (27.2%)
Other: 24,436 (0.4%)
Total: 5,552,383
Bush: 992,389 (42.9%)
Clinton: 841,404 (36.4%)
Perot: 466,370 (20.2%)
Other: 12,029 (0.5%)
Total: 2,312,192
Clinton: 552,750 (39.9%)
Bush: 516,445 (37.3%)
Perot: 306,377 (22.1%)
Other: 10,121 (0.7%)
Total: 1,385,693
Bush: 393,800 (38.9%)
Clinton: 337,690 (33.3%)
Perot: 277,423 (27.4%)
Other: 3,956 (0.4%)
Total: 1,012,869
Clinton: 550,476 (38.6%)
Bush: 525,396 (36.9%)
Perot: 342,856 (24.1%)
Other: 6,276 (0.4%)
Total: 1,425,004
Clinton: 645,836 (37.3%)
Bush: 585,283 (33.8%)
Perot: 453,452 (26.2%)
Other: 45,506 (2.6%)
Total: 1,730,077
Clinton: 220,662 (37.1%)
Bush: 184,341 (31%)
Perot: 187,015 (31.5%)
Other: 2,443 (0.4%)
Total: 594,461
Clinton: 729,295 (42.6%)
Bush: 555,320 (32.4%)
Perot: 420,900 (24.6%)
Other: 6,855 (0.4%)
Total: 1,712,370
Clinton: 1,098,590 (38.8%)
Bush: 964,666 (34.1%)
Perot: 750,329 (26.5%)
Other: 17,844 (0.6%)
Total: 2,831,429
Clinton: 1,632,231 (37.2%)
Bush: 1,593,630 (36.3%)
Perot: 1,136,116 (25.9%)
Other: 24,571 (0.6%)
Total: 4,386,548
Clinton: 911,571 (43.1%)
Bush: 673,946 (31.8%)
Perot: 515,458 (24.4%)
Other: 15,030 (0.7%)
Total: 2,116,005
Bush: 457,322 (44.2%)
Clinton: 328,654 (31.8%)
Perot: 218,277 (21.1%)
Other: 29,253 (2.8%)
Total: 1,033,506
Clinton: 874,545 (37.3%)
Bush: 825,595 (35.2%)
Perot: 587,637 (25.1%)
Other: 54,343 (2.3%)
Total: 2,342,120
Clinton: 152,494 (37.2%)
Bush: 143,851 (35.1%)
Perot: 108,585 (26.5%)
Other: 4,675 (1.1%)
Total: 409,605
Bush: 338,273 (46.6%)
Clinton: 210,638 (29%)
Perot: 174,482 (24%)
Other: 2,838 (0.4%)
Total: 726,231
Clinton: 111,262 (35.1%)
Bush: 108,279 (34.1%)
Perot: 92,316 (29.1%)
Other: 5,496 (1.7%)
Total: 317,353
Clinton: 162,067 (36.8%)
Bush: 159,822 (36.3%)
Perot: 114,330 (26%)
Other: 4,190 (1%)
Total: 440,409
Clinton: 1,312,017 (37.8%)
Bush: 1,297,793 (37.4%)
Perot: 829,464 (23.9%)
Other: 29,840 (0.9%)
Total: 3,469,114
Clinton: 234,316 (42.9%)
Bush: 201,358 (36.9%)
Perot: 106,520 (19.5%)
Other: 3,498 (0.6%)
Total: 545,692
Clinton: 3,339,293 (39.3%)
Bush: 2,855,672 (33.6%)
Perot: 2,236,267 (26.4%)
Other: 55,167 (0.7%)
Total: 8,486,399
Bush: 909,687 (38.1%)
Clinton: 848,613 (35.6%)
Perot: 598,825 (25.1%)
Other: 28,635 (1.2%)
Total: 2,385,760
Bush: 149,525 (44.2%)
Clinton: 107,463 (31.8%)
Perot: 79,364 (23.5%)
Other: 1,798 (0.5%)
Total: 338,150
Clinton: 1,786,078 (37.1%)
Bush: 1,770,182 (36.7%)
Perot: 1,236,962 (25.7%)
Other: 23,608 (0.5%)
Total: 4,816,830
Bush: 495,620 (43.6%)
Clinton: 336,319 (29.6%)
Perot: 288,518 (25.4%)
Other: 14,994 (1.3%)
Total: 1,135,451
Clinton: 461,843 (42.1%)
Bush: 357,030 (32.5%)
Perot: 270,106 (24.6%)
Other: 8,567 (0.8%)
Total: 1,097,546
Clinton: 2,087,161 (38.5%)
Bush: 1,901,998 (35.1%)
Perot: 1,396,858 (25.8%)
Other: 28,160 (0.5%)
Total: 5,414,177
Clinton: 215,742 (46.6%)
Bush: 134,287 (29%)
Perot: 108,984 (23.6%)
Other: 3,568 (0.8%)
Total: 462,581
Bush: 420,745 (39.2%)
Clinton: 379,091 (35.3%)
Perot: 267,865 (24.9%)
Other: 5,911 (0.6%)
Total: 1,073,612
Bush: 146,447 (40.7%)
Clinton: 132,329 (36.7%)
Perot: 79,961 (22.2%)
Other: 1,447 (0.4%)
Total: 360,184
Clinton: 736,741 (41.1%)
Bush: 663,766 (37%)
Perot: 385,317 (21.5%)
Other: 7,178 (0.4%)
Total: 1,793,002
Bush: 2,327,807 (41.1%)
Clinton: 1,841,385 (32.5%)
Perot: 1,480,251 (26.1%)
Other: 19,848 (0.4%)
Total: 5,669,291
Bush: 289,540 (43.4%)
Clinton: 161,935 (24.3%)
Perot: 185,238 (27.7%)
Other: 31,056 (4.7%)
Total: 667,769
Clinton: 100,833 (43%)
Bush: 73,080 (31.1%)
Perot: 59,075 (25.2%)
Other: 1,625 (0.7%)
Total: 234,613
Bush: 878,696 (41.6%)
Clinton: 770,441 (36.5%)
Perot: 443,782 (21%)
Other: 17,310 (0.8%)
Total: 2,110,229
Clinton: 775,814 (43%)
Bush: 576,449 (31.9%)
Perot: 434,458 (24.1%)
Other: 17,507 (1%)
Total: 1,804,228
Clinton: 331,832 (36.8%)
Bush: 311,295 (34.6%)
Perot: 255,090 (28.3%)
Other: 2,528 (0.3%)
Total: 900,745
Clinton: 960,005 (40.7%)
Bush: 866,905 (36.8%)
Perot: 516,421 (21.9%)
Other: 13,676 (0.6%)
Total: 2,357,007
Bush: 94,513 (49.6%)
Clinton: 44,952 (23.6%)
Perot: 49,491 (26%)
Other: 1,760 (0.9%)
Total: 190,716
Clinton: 37,363,697 (37.7%)
Bush: 36,045,158 (36.4%)
Perot: 24,888,644 (25.1%)
Other: 844,741 (0.9%)
Total: 99,142,240
