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> instead she delivered the worst Democratic performance in 20 years. Elections don't happen that often... so it's just a comparison against fellow losers Gore
by sndean 10y ago
> instead she delivered the worst Democratic performance in 20 years.
Elections don't happen that often... so it's just a comparison against fellow losers Gore and Kerry.
And Kerry lost by both the popular vote and the electoral vote.
- rdtsc 10y agoBill Clinton and Obama, they had a better numbers. Dukakis only was worst and was early 90 or so. And that is despite her having such a well funded campaign.
- hga 10y agoAnd anyone who knew Dukakis and Flyover country, as I did having been raised in the latter and then moving to Massachusetts for college in 1979, knew it was very likely Dukakis was going to lose. Oh, wow, here's a Wikipedia article worth looking at, "Historical polling for U.S. Presidential elections": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_polling_for_U.S._Presidential_elections https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_polling_for_U.S._Pr...