Al Gore 2000=Richard Nixon 1960?

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and both had their elections stolen from them.

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Both picked useless running mates too.

you think Lieberman was useless?  Florida's Jewish population is sometimes overestimated but with margins this close it makes a difference.  Plus he carried himself well in the campaign. He didn't make any major gaffes, or come under any comments questioning his seriousness or ability like Quayle or Edwards did.

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If you ask me, it's amazing Nixon came as close to winning as he did. Virtually nothing went right for him in that campaign.

The Red Scare and Anti-Catholicism probably helped him quite a lot.

How would the Red Scare have helped him against JFK in 1960?

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If you ask me, it's amazing Nixon came as close to winning as he did. Virtually nothing went right for him in that campaign.

The Red Scare and Anti-Catholicism probably helped him quite a lot.

How would the Red Scare have helped him against JFK in 1960?

A private poll commissioned by Nixon' campaign stated that the voters preferred Kennedy two-to-one on domestic affairs, but Nixon in foreign policy by the same margin, and thus focused his campaign on Cold War issues. This was no doubt a side-effect of McCarthyism.

Why would McCarthyism damage JFK of all people?
A simpler explanation is that Nixon became associated with the largely successful foreign policy of the Eisenhower administration.