Perot stole votes from the republican base and swayed moderates who wanted a straight talking, competent outsider who would manage the economy like a business and challenge the status quo in DC. In other words, a fiscally conservative non-politican who appealed to right-leaning voters. He hurt the Republicans. It does not follow that any third party automatically favors dems. Bloomburg is the kind of Republican who can only win in states like New York, New Jersey, etc. A flaming lib RINO. Well, the GOP isnt getting those electoral votes anyway. He'll take dem votes away, not republican.
“swayed moderates who wanted a straight talking, competent outsider who would manage the economy like a business and challenge the status quo in DC.”
Yep, you hit the nail on the head with that one. I was one of those ‘moderate 20-something swing voters’ back then. I figured that our government was in the business of handling money, so why not get a businessman to make our tax dollars work better for us? (I was also against voting Republican as a direct rebellion against my father so my vote would have gone to Clinton if it wasn’t for Perot, but I’ve grown up since then... (o:).