Despite winning the popular vote, Gore experienced the greatest decline of any presidential candidate in history. He lost countless states that he had by double digits going in, lost his home of Tennesee, and I think he took New Hampshire for granted because he hardly campaigned there at all.
The dems can point all the fingers they want at the Florida FEC, Voting Machines, and Ralph Nader...but the truth is they picked a bad candidate that people didn't trust.
Actually, the election was pretty tight all the way through:
March 10, 2000: Gore-48% Bush 46%
September 7, 2000: Gore-47% Bush-46%
October 6, 2000: Gore-47%, Bush-45%
He had a dip in the summer of losing by double-digits, but quickly plowed right back into the lead.
I believe that if we can find a solid moderate Dem to run against Hillary, that that candidate could steal most of the south from her, the Mid-Atlantic, and possibly get on an unstoppable roll. I think that person could be Gore.
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