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- <title>
- June 01, 1992: Virtual-Reality Politics
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- June 01, 1992 RIO:Coming Together to Save the Earth
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- THE WEEK NATION, Page 20
- Virtual-Reality Politics
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- <p>In the Northwest, Perot wins hearts even while Clinton and Bush
- win votes
- </p>
- <p> He did not campaign, nor was he even on the ballots. But
- thanks to voters in the Oregon and Washington primaries, Ross
- Perot pulled off another neat political trick that keeps him
- marching toward the White House without moving from his chair. In
- Oregon, exit polls showed that 13% of the Democrats and 15% of
- the Republicans took the extra trouble to write in his name. In
- Washington, where write-ins do not have to be certified until
- a week after the election, officials in tiny San Juan County
- were quickly able to come up with a tally that showed Perot
- beating both Bush and Clinton. Even more impressive than his
- write-in scores was Perot's strength in a hypothetical matchup
- for the November election. Exit polls in Oregon indicated he
- would get more Democratic votes in the fall than Clinton -- 45%
- to 42% -- and 41% of the Republicans' too.
- </p>
- <p> Perot meanwhile took another step toward formally entering
- the race by releasing a 123-page financial-disclosure
- statement. It revealed that he has invested his assets very
- lightly in Wall Street but heavily in government bonds. No
- wonder he wants to be head of state. He practically owns it.
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