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Why did Ross Perot receive no electoral votes in the 1992 presidential election?

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Alabama certificate showing the state's electors' votes — Electoral College A certificate from Alabama showing the signatures of the state's electors in 2000. The nine electors voted for George W. Bush and his running mate Dick Cheney.

In the 1992 presidential election, Ross Perot received no electoral votes because he did not win the popular vote in any individual state.1

Under the Electoral College system, electoral votes are not awarded based on a candidate's national popular vote percentage. Instead, in 48 states, electoral votes are apportioned on a winner-takes-all basis, meaning the candidate who receives the most popular votes in a state wins all of that state's electoral votes. While Perot successfully captured approximately 19 percent of the national popular vote, his support was distributed across the country rather than concentrated enough to secure a plurality in any single state. Consequently, he did not earn any electors to cast votes for him when the Electoral College met to select the president.21