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Ross Perot tried hard to keep his movement alive in the 1990's, he even debated Al gore on Larry King regarding the North American Free Trade Agreement (Perot was against it). | Ross Perot tried hard to keep his movement alive in the 1990's, he even debated Al gore on Larry King regarding the North American Free Trade Agreement (Perot was against it). | ||
In 1995, Perot created the Reform Party and won the nomination for the party's election in 1996. | |||
Ross Perot gained eight percent of the popular vote in the 1996 election against Clinton and Dole, which was unusually successful for a third-party candidate by American standards. | Ross Perot gained eight percent of the popular vote in the 1996 election against Clinton and Dole, which was unusually successful for a third-party candidate by American standards. | ||
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In January of 2008, Ross Perot spoke out against John McCain and made an endorsement for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign. McCain would go on to win the Republican Primaries and lose the general election to then Senator Barack Obama. | In January of 2008, Ross Perot spoke out against John McCain and made an endorsement for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign. McCain would go on to win the Republican Primaries and lose the general election to then Senator Barack Obama. | ||
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