On February 27, Bo Gritz died at the age of 87. He was the Populist Party’s presidential nominee in 1992. For someone who was not famous, he polled a surprisingly large share of the vote in certain places in Utah, Idaho, Montana, and Louisiana. He received 11.8% in Duchesne County, Htah, and 12.40% in Franklin County, Idaho. Nationwide he polled 107,014, the highest presidential vote the Populist Party ever polled. The New York Times carried an obituary for him on March 10.
He tried to get the American Independent Party nomination in California, but the AIP nominated Howard Phillips instead. Gritz mischeviously met with Phillips and AIP leaders and tried to get them to agree to settle the nomination with a coin toss. But that idea was rejected. Here is an obituary from a Nevada news source.
His politics were atrocious, but he did get very impressive results in a few states, especially since Perot sucked the life of many other candidates in the ’92 cycle. Certainly a memorable candidate.
Whatever commie.
His politics was right on the money, and he was a hero. Read up about his accomplishments some time. Contrary to the post, he was very well known to many of us. RIP.
Indeed. It’s too bad he ran for President in the same year as Ross Perot and Howard Phillips. The real Rambo!