If Mario Cuomo ran in 1992, who is the President?

If Mario Cuomo runs for Prez in 1992, who is the President?

  • Henry Ross Perot

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  • Other (please explain if you pick this)

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    28
His home state was already starting to sour on him by '92 for one thing, add to that the big reason Clinton was elected in the first place: Basically, Bill's a centrist/populist, whichever you prefer. Cuomo wasn't and couldn't fake it either.

Cuomo gets the nom in '92, Bush would've blown him out in the EC even with Perot on the ballot.

It comes down to the states where Clinton edged Bush in these states where Clinton won by less than 5%:

Georgia (13 Electoral Votes): .6%
New Hampshire (4 EVs): 1.2%
Ohio (21 EVs): 1.8%
New Jersey (15 EVs): 2.4%
Montana (3 EVs): 2.5%
Nevada (4 EVs): 2.6%
Kentucky (8 EVs): 3.2%
Colorado (8 EVs): 4.3%
Wisconsin (11 EVs): 4.4%
Louisianna (9 EVs): 4.6%
Tennessee (11 EVs): 4.7%

That's 107 Electoral Votes Cuomo's not getting. Seriously. Not a chance.
New York was already souring on the guy by then. For the sake of argument, say 1992's Cuomo's last hurah in New York and he carries the state, plus he carries the rest of the states Clinton carried.

States where Bush won by less than 5%:

North Carolina (14 EVs): .7%
Florida (25 EVs): 1.9%
Arizona (8 EVs): 2.0%
Texas (32 EVs): 3.5%
South Dakota (3 EVs): 3.5%
Virginia (13 EVs): 4.4%

Don't see Cuomo flipping any of those states, plus there's more than a few states Clinton carried (Missouri, W. Virginia, Arkansas for example) that I can't see Cuomo carrying, but for the sake of argument, let's say he does.

Bush 275
Cuomo 262

Seriously, there's no way Cuomo's taking any of the states that broke by a margin of less than 5% for Clinton and he sure as hell isn't flipping the states Bush won by less than 5% and even then I'm being generous by giving Cuomo all of the remaining states that Clinton/Gore carried OTL.

Candidate Cuomo would've played about as well in the west, mid-west and south as Hockey Night in Dixie.

If you think all Cuomo would have had to do to win 1992 is run, then why didn't he?
 
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