Title Ross for boss : the Perot phenomenon and beyond / edited by Ted G. Jelen

Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 188 pages) : illustrations Series SUNY series on the presidency SUNY series in the presidency. Contents The Perot campaigns in theoretical perspective / Ted G. Jelen -- The television candidate: H. Ross Perot's 1992 and 1996 presidential races / Kenneth D. Nordin -- A case study of a third presidential campaign organization: Virginians for Perot / Andrew D. Martin, Brian E. Spang -- Attitudes toward government, partisan dispositions, and the rise of Ross Perot / Jeffrey Koch -- The politics of a bittersweet economy: economic restructuring, economic stories, and Ross Perot in the elections of 1992 and 1996 / Solon Simmons, James Simmons -- Structural constraints on Perot voting patterns: the effects of religious adherence / Christopher P. Gilbert [and others] -- Understanding Perot's plummet / Jeremy D. Mayer, Clyde Wilcox -- From Ross the boss to Jesse the body: did the Perot phenomenon spawn the Ventura victory? / Christopher P. Gilbert, David A.M. Peterson Summary Ross for Boss provides insights into the sources, continuity, and enduring importance of Ross Perot's presidential candidacies in 1992 and 1996 as a member of the Reform Party, and evaluates the impact of the Perot phenomenon on the future of both public policy and the U.S. party system. Using theoretical and historical literature on third parties and independent candidates, the contributors identify the sources of Perot's support and opposition among political activists and the mass public. Perot's supporters are understood as "zealots of the center" who resist partisan and ideological polarization. Perot himself, the authors suggest, was a master showman, able to use classical theatrical forms to establish himself as an improbable, yet inevitable, leader of a mass movement. His support came from people whose economic interests were directly threatened by increases in the global scope of the U.S. economy, and--like other third party candidates of the twentieth century--from those without formal religious affiliations. Comparisons of the 1992 and 1996 campaigns show that the decline in support for Perot was, for the most part, uniform across geographic regions and demographic groups Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Perot, Ross, 1930-2019 Perot, Ross, 1930-2019 Third parties (United States politics) Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1992 Presidential candidates -- United States. Presidents -- United States. Presidential candidates. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections. Presidential candidates Presidents -- Election Third parties (United States politics) United States Genre/Form Electronic books Form Electronic book Author Jelen, Ted G LC no. 00038764 ISBN 0791448533 9780791448533 0791491161 9780791491164

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