Final answer:
Ross Perot, from the Reform Party, was the most successful minor-party presidential candidate over the past thirty years, capturing nearly 20 percent of the popular vote in the 1992 election. The option (D) is correct.
Step-by-step explanation:
Ross Perot was the most successful minor-party presidential candidate in the last thirty years from the Reform Party. In the 1992 presidential election, he gathered nearly 20 percent of the popular vote without securing any electoral votes. His campaign appealed to voters across the political spectrum who were dissatisfied with the major parties and resonated with many due to Perot's pro-business and anti-establishment positions.
Even though Clinton won with nearly 70 percent of the Electoral College, Perot's candidacy was seen to have swayed votes away from George H.W. Bush, contributing to Clinton's victory with a plurality of the votes, securing 43 percent to Bush's 38 percent and Perot's 19 percent. Therefore, option (D) is correct.
This question is not complete, Here I am attaching the complete question:
Ross Perot of the ___________ ______________ was the most successful minor-party presidential candidate in the last thirty years.
A) Independent
B) Libertarian
C) Green
D) Reform party