Al Gore/Dianne Feinstein vs. George Bush Jr./Dick Cheney 2000

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Having Feinstein on the ticket wouldn't have "energized the female vote" except among Democrats who were already voting for Gore anyway.

What about liberal Nader voters?

Uh, they'd still vote for Nader of course.

Well, I think I saw some polls from 2008 where up toa  quarter of GOP women said that they would vote for Hillary, and this was before the financial crisis. Thus, I could see Feinstein winning over some GOP women who might have otherwise planned to vote for Bush.

I really don't see Feinstein energizing southern women to come out and vote...

Well, maybe I was being too optimistic in giving Gore TN & MO, but I still think she might have flipped FL, NH, OH, and NV to Gore.

Say guys, I believe that Geraldine Ferraro would really energize the female vote this election.........

Sure, not all women are like Geraldine Ferraro, but Dianne Feinstein is one of the most divisive figures in recent American memory.  This is the woman who strawmanned the militia movement of the mid 90's as abunch of anti-semitic white supremacists before getting her ass handed to her by a black militia group leader.  Gore and Liebermann, as "staunchly gun control" as they were in 2000 couldn't hold a candle to this woman's ignorant bigotry towards American gun owners.  The GOP would be able to portray the Democratic ticket as tyrannic gun grabbing imperialists (remember Bush campaigned as the peace candidate) and might even win Michigan and Pennsylvania thanks to Feinstein's extremism.  Oh yeah, and Florida wouldn't even be close.:

Al Gore (TN)/Dianne Feinstein (CA) 183 EV
George W. Bush (TX)/Dick Cheney (WY) 355 EV

Thank you, Mech.