Gore v/s F.Thompson v/s Bloomberg

[defe07]

How would a match up look like if the nominees were the following:

Al Gore makes a late entry but has enough concensus support from a big chunk of Democrat voters. He gains support from other Democratic candidates and is left as the only serious contender that can beat Hillary. He pulls off a very surprising win, showing that he still has the right stuff. He has Bill Richardson as his VP candidate.

Fred Thompson also makes a late entry and, after a period of doubts, he is well liked in the Republican Party base. He gains broad support from conservatives and many moderate Republican voters. He's left as the only serious threat to beat Rudy Giuliani for the nomination. He also pulls off a surprising win, leaving the Presidential race as a very entertaining one. He has Mike Huckabee as his VP candidate.

Finally, Bloomberg also decides to consider a Presidential run and will run under the Unity 08 ticket. He has the dough to finance his campaign and is a well liked option by many independents and new voters. He promised not to run if Hillary and/or Giuliani run but without any of them in the race, he has just a realistic shot at winning. He nominates Joe Lieberman as VP. Unlike the times when Anderson and Perot ran, he's endorsing several candidates that are up for re-election and also supporting new candidates and this is a very smart move on his part, because do to the real possiblity of him winning the election.

What are your thoughts?

[CultureKing]

Gore landslide, much like Clinton in 92 or 96

[DownWithTheLeft]

This matchup does not allow Gore to campaign on the environment.  Gore continues to talk about it constantly and people are wondering whether he cares about any other issue.  Bloomberg is running to the left of Gore and steals votes from here there left and right.  In the end, Gore gets crushed.  Bloomberg garners 22% but fails to capture a state

[HappyWarrior]

It would go clearly to Gore, with Bloomburg just leaving the Republicans, that is where he would get the majority of his votes from.

More realistic.

[DownWithTheLeft]

It would go clearly to Gore, with Bloomburg just leaving the Republicans, that is where he would get the majority of his votes from.

More realistic.

Do you know anything about Mike Bloomberg?  There is no way he would steal enough votes from Thompson in states like WV, KY, MO, AR, LA, etc.

[HappyWarrior]

The fact is that as a Southern Democrat he has enough likeability over the anti-Republican sentiment nationwide to cruise to a victory.

[AndrewTX]

It would go clearly to Gore, with Bloomburg just leaving the Republicans, that is where he would get the majority of his votes from.

More realistic.

 Gore might be able to pick up states like West Virginia, Arkansas, and maybe Florida, but Louisiana, Virginia and Kentucky are NOT going
to go for Gore. He's no longer the southern Democrat he was when he was VP.

[DownWithTheLeft]

The fact is that as a Southern Democrat he has enough likeability over the anti-Republican sentiment nationwide to cruise to a victory.

No, he's not a southern Democrat anymore he's a Hollywood liberal

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Gore: 274
Thompson: 264

[© tweed]

336-202.  no reason at all why it would be any closer.  Thompson holds onto the periSouth by a few percentage points.

[CultureKing]

336-202.  no reason at all why it would be any closer.  Thompson holds onto the periSouth by a few percentage points.

This looks about right, though maybe switch Virginia and West Virginia. I think few people realise how badly Thompson would do in a presidential race.

[© tweed]

I held WV from Gore because of coal.

[CultureKing]

I held WV from Gore because of coal.

good call, I forgot about that