DBWI: No President Perot?

What if Ross Perot decided not to run in 1992, making it a race between George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton? Would Bush win in such a race, given how close their difference is in OTL? What would the world look like without that old and crazy Perot in the White House?
 
From what I understand, the exit polls of the time indicate that Perot took from each camp equally. And if you look at the numbers, 2/3 or Perot supporters would have had to break for Bush to get him a majority of the popular vote, which is not necessarily going to happen. I see Clinton winning 52%, vs. Bush's 47%. And that's assuming that dissaffcted moderate Republicans didn't just vote for Clinton outright what with the economy being in such bad shape. Would the lack of a strong Independent running for President tip some of the House and Senate races the other way? New York or Pennsylvania, I'm more inclined to Pennsylvania, could tip the other way in the Senate. Maybe both, which would lead to a tied Senate, with a Democratic slant in 94. And a couple more seats for the Democrats in the House, leading to them retaking the House in 2000. Maybe.
 
Politics would be more heavy weight and stagnate given there would still be a two party system. What Perot did was revolutionary for the United States not even Teddy Roosevelt could do what Perot did.
 
Bush or Clinton would have been better then Perot, IMO. His eccentricities and fear-mongering cost the US its global competitive edge both economically and politically. When are you "oh, but he was a reformer and change agent" Perot lovers going to stop drinking the kool-aid?
 
Bush or Clinton would have been better then Perot, IMO. His eccentricities and fear-mongering cost the US its global competitive edge both economically and politically. When are you "oh, but he was a reformer and change agent" Perot lovers going to stop drinking the kool-aid?
Say what you want about the man, I am not a major supporter of his economic policies but the two-party system needed to go, it was getting corrupt and stagnant changing the game that allowed for a greater interest in government from the general populace. That being said getting us into Somalia was a HORRIBLE mistake.
 
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