American Decades
The Election of 1992
Clinton Elected.
Governor Bill Clinton (D-Arkansas) was sworn in as the forty-second president of the United States on 20 January 1993, after a close race against the Republican incumbent George Bush. The victory was most surprising because of President Bush's
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popularity. Nevertheless, a slowing economy during the intervening months and a cutthroat three-way race among Clinton, Bush, and H. Ross Perot (I) allowed the victor to take office with 43.3 percent of the vote, while Bush garnered 37.7 percent and Perot took 19 percent. Clinton was a masterful campaigner and Bush failed to adequately defend his presidency. There was also a large measure of luck. Niccolo Machiavelli wrote in The Prince (1513) that one-half of success is based on ability and one-half on fortune (luck). Clinton's election in 1992 was a dramatic...
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1990's Government and Politics
