An Absolutely Wack 1992
Pres. George Bush (R-TX)/Vice Pres. Dan Quayle (R-IN): 218 EVs, 33.1% PV
Businessman Ross Perot (I-TX)/Adm. James Stockdale (I-VA): 178 EVs, 34.9% PV
Gov. Douglas Wilder (D-VA)/Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA): 142 EVs, 31.8% PV
The election was thrown to the House, which never produced a winner. As such, an unprecedented recall has to be conducted. Seriously.
The only thing I can think of that could produce this irl is if Perot picked up some of Buchanan's strategists, who advised him to lean a little more socially conservative, and to play up his protectionist angle. That, coupled with Wilder being a known firebrand and, well, some parts of the country just
weren't ready, and you've got Perot chipping into a coalition of Blue Collar ancestral Democrats who'd later vote for Trump OTL, and paleocons/social conservatives who felt uncomfortable with Bush's moderatism.
(also, how do you import the results to atlas?)
