Independent presidential candidate James "Bo" Gritz got a political bounce from Utah for his role in helping to end a deadly standoff. But the Populist Party candidate polled less than 1 percent of the national vote.
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An Associated Press count showed Gritz received 95,659 votes in 19 states. Nearly one-third of that total came from Utah, which gave Gritz 28,391 votes, or 4 percent of its votes for president. Louisiana gave him 19,289 votes.In Idaho, where Gritz made national headlines in August, he got 10,259 votes, or 2 percent of the state's total, a distant fourth among presidential candidates. In most other states where his name appeared on the ballot, Gritz got 1 percent or less.