3. Former Arkansas governor Bill Clinton was elected president
The dude loved fast food, women, cigars (on “special occasions”), and the constant excitement of politics. In a three-way race between Clinton, incumbent president George H.W. Bush, and millionaire H. Ross Perot, the Arkansas native won in a landslide. Clinton garnered 43 percent of the popular vote and 370 electoral votes to Bush’s 168. He was one of the most popular modern presidents of the 20th Century. The win started a new era in American politics, but it wasn’t without controversy.
The 46-year-old was dogged by accusations from other women, ranging from extramarital affairs and sexual assault. Clinton’s wife, future presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, vigorously defended her husband. Clinton was later impeached for lying under oath by the Republican-controlled House but was found innocent by the Democrat-controlled Senate. Today’s “Me Too” movement was still decades from finding its voice.
