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Topic subjectGore had a chance... Kerry was an "Anybody but ____!!!" candidate
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13092478, Gore had a chance... Kerry was an "Anybody but ____!!!" candidate
Posted by Cocobrotha2, Wed Nov-09-16 06:04 PM
>but the fact was
>dude was relatable. People LIKED him.
>his "aw, shucks" public persona drew enough of the electorate
>to get him elected twice
>Of course the Dem's gift for nominating the worst possible
>candidates they can find just kept on giving
>but Dubya was able to stand on his own and present a positive
>persona
>

When your primary reason for being in the race is that you're NOT the other guy, you're going to struggle to gather the support to beat someone who's actually got a little juice behind them.

Kerry was lame compared to wartime Bush and Romney had little chance against Obama.

Trump was the "Anybody but Hillary!" candidate but, ultimately, I think she lost it more than he won it because overall turnout was relatively low. If she'd had more people actually excited about her, I think she would've easily won the electoral AND the popular vote.