Perot
Texan third-party candidate
Ross Perot was an American businessman and politician who ran as an independent candidate for U.S. president in 1992 and 1996.
His self-funded campaigns, folksy Texas manner, and use of charts and infomercials made him a political phenomenon: Perot got nearly 19 percent of the vote.
His name became shorthand for wealthy outsider candidates challenging the two-party system.
Free from external control
- candidatePerson seeking selection
- third-partyExternal, uninvolved entity
- 1992Early nineties year
- 1996Late twentieth-century year
campaign · election · presidential · populist · outsider · grassroots · infomercials · charts
Person worth ten figures
- tycoonDominant industrial leader
- magnateWealthy business leader
- founderOne who begins something
- CEOTop corporate officer
entrepreneur · capitalist · investor · self-made · wealth · fortune · systems · computers
Southwest state resident
- plainspokenCandid in speech
- folksyInformally friendly and simple
- feistyAggressively spirited
- earsAuditory organs, paired
diminutive · twang · quotable · blunt · outspoken · combative · eccentric · charismatic
Amount still owed
- debtMoney owed another
- NAFTAContinental free-commerce bloc
- tradeExchange of commodities
- fiscalOf public revenue
balanced budget · government · spending · accountability · lobbyist · Washington · corruption · change
independent
Free from external control
- candidatePerson seeking selection
- third-partyExternal, uninvolved entity
- 1992Early nineties year
1996 · campaign · election · presidential · populist · outsider · grassroots · infomercials · charts · debates
billionaire
Person worth ten figures
CEO · entrepreneur · capitalist · investor · self-made · wealth · fortune · systems · computers · technology
Texan
Southwest state resident
- plainspokenCandid in speech
- folksyInformally friendly and simple
- feistyAggressively spirited
ears · diminutive · twang · quotable · blunt · outspoken · combative · eccentric · charismatic · billionaire
deficit
Amount still owed
fiscal · balanced budget · government · spending · accountability · lobbyist · Washington · corruption · change · overhaul
Career public servant