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GRAPEVINE, Page 21Don't Underestimate Perot
By JANICE CASTRO
Suddenly the White House is paying very close attention to
this fellow PEROT, thanks in part to the alarms sounded by the
President's son George W. Bush. George W., who lives in Dallas
and knows a number of ardent Perot supporters, has been worried
that the Bush-Quayle campaign has been underestimating the
dangers posed by a Perot candidacy. The President needs 270
electoral votes to win. In 1988, though, Bush won 120 of his 426
electoral votes by margins of less than 5% of the total ballots
cast. According to George W.'s calculations, the Democratic
candidate can win if Perot siphons off just 5% of the vote in
12 key states: Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Missouri,
California, New Mexico, Michigan, Colorado, Louisiana, Texas,
Oklahoma and Tennessee. And California and the South are already
considered Perot's main strongholds among the white,
middle-class, unhappy voters Bush needs. Sums up a senior
adviser to the Bush campaign: "Ross Perot doesn't have to do
well to knock Bush off."