1. Al Gore
2. Richard Nixon (in 1960)
3. John Kerry
4. Perot
5. Dukakis
6. McGovern
7. Barry Goldwater
8. Mondale
9. Carter (in 1980)
10. Thomas Dewey
11. Bob Dole
12. Charles Hughes
13. Gerald Ford
14. John McCain
Based on what the results should have been under the cirumstances.
I updated and modified my list.
How on earth was
Gerald Ford one of the "worst candidates in modern history"?
He overcame a thirty-point deficit to practically tie the election with Carter!
I suppose you could argue that the Poland gaffe cost him the election, but surely the fact that it took a gaffe like that to cost
the Republican the election after
Watergate shows that Ford was a pretty good candidate, no?
