Did Al Gore have the most heartbreaking loss in US political history?

[Cyrusman]

Honestly I think anyone who is ever upset or devastated about a loss should just think of Gore because it doesn’t get any worse.

- loses the election by 537 votes
- had Ralph Nadar run which is the only recent election with a strong known 3rd party candidate ( I think it’s safe to assume Nadar cost him NH and Florida.)
- would’ve most likely won had Clinton not been impeached
- would’ve most likely won had he just let Clinton campaign for him ( he wins Arkansas he wins the election)
- the economy was great in 2000

Literally so many think went against him

[Cyrusman]

If I could change the outcome of one presidential election it would be 2000. Not 2016, not 1968.

I think I'd go with 1980. That would most likely butterfly away the Bush and Trump presidencies, stop the Republican "revolution" in its tracks, and it was most heartbreaking because Carter reportedly literally cried when he realized how badly he lost. I will never forgive America for making Jimmy Carter cry.

1968 is also up there because Nixon basically committed treason to win it, and butterflying away Watergate would do a lot of good for the country.

Didn’t carter pretty much know he was going to lose a week prior to the election?

[Cyrusman]

Honestly I think anyone who is ever upset or devastated about a loss should just think of Gore because it doesn’t get any worse.

- loses the election by 537 votes
- had Ralph Nadar run which is the only recent election with a strong known 3rd party candidate ( I think it’s safe to assume Nadar cost him NH and Florida.)
- would’ve most likely won had Clinton not been impeached
- would’ve most likely won had he just let Clinton campaign for him ( he wins Arkansas he wins the election)
- the economy was great in 2000

Literally so many think went against him

Were the two preceding elections not "recent"?

If I could change the outcome of one presidential election it would be 2000. Not 2016, not 1968.

I think I'd go with 1980. That would most likely butterfly away the Bush and Trump presidencies, stop the Republican "revolution" in its tracks, and it was most heartbreaking because Carter reportedly literally cried when he realized how badly he lost. I will never forgive America for making Jimmy Carter cry.

1968 is also up there because Nixon basically committed treason to win it, and butterflying away Watergate would do a lot of good for the country.

I agree with this, although 1988 was also a disaster, because it gave the Democrats the idea that neoliberalism was the path forward. Hopefully, they will change paths sooner than later.

Oops I meant to say “ strong Green Party candidate”