UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 9 Wednesday, June 17, 1992 Perot rides wave of discontent By Chris Moeser Kansan staff writer People are angry, and they are not going to take it any more. That's the message messages are sending to politicians this fall, and local leaders. Steve Klaus, who headed the Douglas County petition drive to get Ross Perot on the Kansas ballot, said he would not have dreamed of supporting another candidate. Klaus collected more than 4,200 signatures in the county for Perot. The state campaign totaled more than 50,000. "It's time for a change," Klaus said. "I've never been involved in politics before, but it's time for every man, woman and child to be involved. It's a mess." Klaus predicted that the election turnout in November would be the biggest ever because people are so angry at the system. "The interests of the people and the country are not being served because of political bickering," he said, echoing a crucial issue in the fall cannage. Klaus said many of his more than 70 volunteers had never been politically active. The biggest challenge the Perot campaign faces is registering potential voters who have not voted in the past because they were angry at the system. Klaus said that local efforts for voter registration would kick off after Perot officially announced his candidacy, which is expected to happen June 27. Perot has purchased television time on the three major networks that night. Lon Sandborn, Kansas media relations director for the Perot campaign, said he joined the campaign because he was tired of special interest groups dominating politics. "I've been a Republican all my life, and I was never involved in politics until the country started to stink, and that's why I'm here," he said. "We need to rebuild America." Sandborn said recent criticism of Perot for his failure to be specific on issues such as the deficit did not bother him. "It's always nice to know what their stand on the issues is, but it's even more important to know what kind of people they are," he said. He added that Perot probably would get more specific as the campaign progressed. Allan Cigler, professor of government, said Perot's current popularity was a direct result of voter discontent with business-as-usual politics. "Perot is popular because he is not Bush, and he is not Clinton," he said. "We live in a period where the presidency is a non-partisan affair." Russell Getter, associate professor of government, agreed that Perot's ability to appear non-partisan was helping him in the polls. "What people want public officials to do is to act in the interests of the nation instead of a political party." Getter said. "Bush, Clinton and Quayle haven't gotten it through their heads that's what people want." Here's a look at how the candidates are faring across the nation in Electoral College votes. If no candidate receives the 270 vote majority, the House of Representatives will decide the outcome of the race. Getter said Perot so far had claimed the political center, which had Perot making headway in '92 race Source: The Perot Petition Committee Dallas, Texas Monthly Magazine enabled him to take voters away from both parties. These voters include members of the Reagan coalitions of 1980 and 1984. Many of the "Reagan Democrats," conservative blue-collar party members who voted for Reagan, are supporting Perot. Aimee Brainard/Kansan "There is a perception out there among people in both parties who think the locus of the respective parties has gone too far to the right or too far to the left," he said. "Thus, Ross Perot has avoided both of those polar extremes." '92 vote could turn crazy Three-way race might throw vote to House By Chris Moeser Kansan staff writer It's a strange year when people are talking about presidential politics as if it were a spectator sport. "This year those scenarios are much closer to being real," said Burdett Loomis, professor of political science. The dynamics of the three-way presidential race among George Bush, Bill Clinton and Ross Perot are generating a number of outlandish scenarios in which no candidate gets the 270 electoral votes needed to win the election outright. When voters vote for a candidate, they are actually choosing electors to cast a ballot for them. The electors If no candidate could obtain 270 electoral votes Nov. 3, the next crucial date in determining the outcome of the election would be Dec. 14, when the Electoral College meets. Loomis said. are not bound by the popular vote, although historically they follow it. After the election, each candidate selects loyal followers as electors. But many people wonder what will happen this year. "I could see two of the three candidates cutting some kind of a deal, most likely Perot and the Democrats making a deal against the Loomis said this kind of deal was struck in the election of 1876, handing Republican Rutherford B. Hayes the presidency. If no deal were made, the newly elected House of Representatives would select the president from the top three finishers, and the Senate would select the vice president from the top two finishers. This scenario could lead to a president and vice president of different parties. In the House, each state gets one vote, which is determined by the state's delegation. Russell Getter, KU associate professor of political science, said each representative would be torn by a number of allegiances in deciding for whom to vote. "You can vote with your district, the state, or the nation as a whole." Getter said. "To vote with your party would be taking one's political career in one's hands. I can't imagine that anyone would do that." Getter said it might be extremely difficult for a candidate to be a majority of 26 votes in the House because of the partisan divisions in the state delegations. If the president has not been selected by Jan. 20, the vice president chosen by the Senate would become president. If the Senate failed to select a vice president by that date, the speaker of the house would become president. It sounds crazy, but it could happen. KU holds workshop for minority students entering workforce By Carmen Phelps Special to the Kansan By the year 2000, minorities in the work force will gain positions of leadership over the current majority and will need to be prepared, experts told a group of minority students Monday. Guest speakers of the Project Outreach Program discussed self-preparation, cultural diversity and peer pressure resistance with minority students from Lawrence public schools. The Office of Minority Affairs at the University of Kansas sponsored the two-week program, which ends today. Monday's lecture was given by employees of the Menninger Institute in Topeka. Tim McManus, director of employee relations at the institute, told the stu- deeds that work-force literacy was becoming increasingly necessary for those interested in pursuing careers. "Knowledge is power. Empower yourself, and you can do anything." McManus sad. "There are great opportunities for you if you meet them." Sherri Herald, employment interviewer at Menninger, said that because an increasing number of minorities would be entering the work force in the future, they would have more influence in decision-making. "Learn about your own culture and what it has contributed to society, and learn about other people's cultures," Herald said. "Our society is becoming more and more complex, so one needs to be prepared when entering the work force." The $2 Million Dollar Loan Sale No tents, clowns or singing dogs; just the absolute best values on new and used car, boat, and RV financing. 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