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In reply to the discussion: In 18 years since Naders run, what has been accomplished by attacking the Dem party from the left? [View all]VOX
(22,976 posts)Because it doesn't get much attention in the endless diagnoses of the 2000 debacle.
New Hampshire votes in the General Election, 11/7/2000
Bush: 273,559
Gore: 266,348
Nader: 22,198
Gore trailed Bush by a mere 7,211 votes. If a third of the Nader voters had seen the big picture and voted for Gore, then Gore would have won NH's 4 electoral votes and a total of 270 electoral votes for the win, making the Florida mess completely moot.
In 2004, sadder-but-wiser New Hampshire gave John Kerry 340,511 votes to Bush's 331,237 votes, all in a losing effort.
Nader was just one of the things that went wrong in that election, but he played a BIG part in enabling those 8 miserable Bush-Cheney years. By the way, the "Al Gore should have won his home state" of very RED Tennessee was a popular go-to for those on the right when they opined on the 2000 election results. No Democrat could have taken Tennessee by 2000; they likely won't ever again.