Distribution of votes in the 1992 US presidential election
Klu Klux Klan) pushed him to take a more conservative approach throughout the remainder of his campaign, alienating many moderates in the process. Due to the Bush's popularity following the US' success in the Gulf War, many prominent Democrats decided not to run against him in the 1992 election, which meant that most of the candidates were relatively unknown. There was no clear frontrunner by the time of the first primary elections, but Clinton, despite widespread accusations of an extramarital affair, eventually secured the required number of delegates as the other candidates dropped out.
The 1992 US presidential election was contested by incumbent President George H. W. Bush of the Republican Party, the Democratic Party's Bill Clinton, and independent candidate Ross Perot. Bush won his party's re-nomination easily, however the the nature of his opponents (which included David Duke; Grand Wizard of the