Evil Rich Old White guy rallies Wis. pro-union protesters

[Damocles]

That's probably the biggest regret I have about having voted for Perot. He sucked up the independent vote and some how, some way right wingers have rationalized a mythology that he handed the 92 election to Clinton. Well I was there Damo and I voted for Perot and poll after poll after poll after that election showed that a slight majority of Perot voters would have voted for Clinton if they could not vote for Perot. I would have certainly have voted for Clinton cause, as nice of a patrician as G.H.W.B. was, the blue blood was completely out of touch with mainstream America and I would have certainly have voted for Clinton.

Oh, I believe that you would have voted for Clinton, mostly because I don't believe that you ever voted for a republican. There is no way to know if it would have gone for Bush, but that 17% that voted Perot was full of the independents that traditionally vote for republicans. Like my wife.

Your personal anecdote notwithstanding, after the fact polls will always favor the actual winner because people don't want to feel like they'd have backed the loser.