Politics Trivia

[ps1074]

In the 1992 presidential election Ross Perot came second in 2 states. What are the two states in which Bush and Clinton finished 3rd respectively?

P.S. No cheating please :)

[mainegreen]

1. Mine was one of them.

In fact Pero got his only electoral vote from my district, when Maine did its rare electoral vote split thing.

[ps1074]

2. You got that right - what about the second one?

Maine:
Clinton - 38,77%
Perot - 30,44%
Bush - 30,39%

[Left_Winger]

3. Just a wild guess here

Alaska... :shrug:

[ps1074]

4. Nope

Sorry, wrong answer.

[mainegreen]

5. Utah

[ps1074]

6. Yes

Your answer is correct.

Utah:
Bush - 43,36%
Perot - 27,34%
Clinton - 24,65%

[Left_Winger]

7. OK, back at ya with a question of my own

My state (SC) has voted ignorantly republican ever since 1964 with only one exception. Who was the candidate and in which year was it?

[ps1074]

8. Was it Carter in 76?

Just a wild guess :shrug:

[Left_Winger]

9. Correct

It was also the first election in which I could vote.

[Arkana]

10. OK, this one's a bit tougher. And no cheating!

In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt ran the most successful third-party candidacy in history. William Howard Taft, as the Republican candidate (Woodrow Wilson being the Democrat), won only one state. Which one?

[ps1074]

11. That's a tough one

Missouri?

[Arkana]

12. You're right! It was worth 8 electoral votes.

For an extra 2 points, how many EVs did the Progressive/Bull Moose Party get?

[ps1074]

13. Come on - you're kidding, right?

I know Roosevelt won several states that year. I know he won CA and WA and barely lost Oregon. But I don't know how many EV he won.

Just a wild guess - 54?

[Arkana]

14. Yeah, that one's kinda hard without research. It was 88.

My apologies for that one. Besides, this one's better:

Taft isn't the only major party candidate in history to only win one state. Who else has also had this happen to them (unfortunately)?

Please tell me someone knows this. :P

[ps1074]

15. Mondale in 84

That was easy :)

[Arkana]

16. That's true, but there was another I was thinking of.

Anyone know?

That was good, though--I hadn't thought of Mondale.

[ps1074]

17. Sorry, don't know who he was

:(

[Crazy Guggenheim]

18. McGovern.

[Arkana]

19. Exactly--MA being the only state that voted for him.