Worst Candidates in Modern History

[Antonio the Sixth]

Well, Dukakis was certainly an epic loser. In term of vote share, Goldwater and Landon were far bigger fails than Mondale. Kerry was a rather poor candidate too, considering 2004 was an easy occasion for democrats.
However, there is a very bad candidate who isn't mentioned, that is George W. Bush. Of course he was elected two times, but look a bit further. The first time, he was almost beaten by McCain in the primaries and then was actually defeated by Gore (despite him being quite a poor candidate too). Then in 2004, he realized one of the most pathetic showings for an incumbent President, and in wartime. Any other democrat would easily have beaten him.

[Antonio the Sixth]

and then was actually defeated by Gore

lol

^^^^^^^^^

Despite the irregularities, Bush Jr. won that election (and he would have won it by a much larger margin if it wasn't for the DUI story). I'd rank Gore as the worst candidate ever since he didn't win despite the fact that the economy and foreign affairs were going in his favor and despite the fact that some embarassing last-minute revalations about Bush Jr. were released right before Election Day.

That's not the point. Gore got more votes, so anybody who cares about democracy should consider him the true winner.