 On Election Day, Perot finished in third place behind Clinton (the winner) and Bush. Perot received 19,743,821 votes, which accounted for 18.91 % of the popular vote. He failed to win any states in the Electoral College because of the relatively even distribution of his support, but did win over 30 % of the vote in Maine and 27 % in Utah, finishing second in both states. Perot was the first third party candidate since George Wallace in 1968 to finish first in a county, winning in Alaska (divided into boroughs), California, Nevada, Colorado, Kansas, Texas and Maine. He won his largest percentage in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska and Loving County, Texas with over 40 %. According to exit polls, 52 % of Perot's supporters were male, 94 % were white, 63 % were aged between 18 and 44, and about 2 / 3 had not received a college degree. The income of supporters mirrored the general public. In terms of ideology, 53 % identified as moderates, 27 % were conservative and 20 % were liberal, while two-thirds were either members of the Democratic Party or were politically independent.
