 Perot focused the campaign on his plans to balance the federal budget , further economic nationalism , strengthen the war on drugs and implement " electronic town halls " throughout the nation for direct democracy . His views were described as a combination of " East Texas populism with high @-@ tech wizardry . " Supporters saw Perot as a nonpolitical and witty " folk hero " , but critics described the candidate as " authoritarian " and " short @-@ tempered " . 
