Wilder vs. Bush vs. Perot 1992

[beaver2.0]

What would this be like, discuss with maps.

[SingingAnalyst]

Douglas Wilder/Zell Miller 41% / 271 EV
George Bush/Dan Quayle 41% / 267 EV
Ross Perot / James Stockdale 17%

[Obama-Biden Democrat]

I have doubts a black man could have gotten elected in 1992. I mean look at all the thinly veiled race baiting thrown at Obama, and that was a whole 15-20 years later. A majority of American's did not personally approve of interracial marriage until the late 1990's. Doug Wilder was not a bomb throwing black grievance candidate like Jesse Jackson, so he could appeal to white suburbanites like Obama did to his credit. I still don't know if he would have won though.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

What makes Wilder a strange candidate to deal with was the fact that one of his most conservative points was, I wanna say, the death penalty and being tough-on-crime in general. As I recall, he was also pro-choice, so not terribly Jesus-y, which might, ironically, make him a good fit to appeal to suburbanites the way Clinton could/did. In his early campaigns, Wikipedia claims he made specific efforts to hit the backroads and build name recognition from rural and mountain voters. Applied to a general election campaign, that might be effective at countering whatever issues his race created. From the left, he would be vulnerable for his support for the death penalty and his cuts to higher education spending to restore Virginia's budget. From the right, Bush would attack him on his very candid abortion stance and his support for gun control. Could make for a very interesting election.

[Sir Mohamed]

I think America was not quite ready for an African American in 1992, though the three-way race helps Dems a lot. However, the south remains Republican. Narrow win for Pappy Bush.

✓ President George Bush (R-TX)/Vice President Dan Quayle: 281 EV. (40.9%)
Former Governor Douglas Wilder (D-VA)/Senator Al Gore (D-TN): 253 EV. (38.5%)
Businessman Ross Perot (I-TX)/Admiral James Stockdale (I-CA): 4 EV. (20.4%)