The Closest Presidential Elections in History: 2000 (Bush vs. Gore)
The 2000 presidential election was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2000. The contest was between Republican candidate George W. Bush, who was the incumbent governor of Texas and son of former president George H. W. Bush and Democratic candidate Al Gore, the incumbent vice president, as well as various third-party candidates including the well-known ( Read more... )
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People trying to blame Nader seem to not realize that most people voting for Nader would have either voted for a different third-party candidate or not at all. I remember seeing interviews of Nader voters and most said that they didn't see any difference between Bush or Gore.
For a third-party candidate to change an election, they need to get a pretty big percentage of the vote, like 10% or more, or win some electoral votes.
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