Presidential elections where candidates made comebacks

[Plankton5165]

Here's one: 1992.

The totals went from Clinton 362, Bush 64 to Clinton 370, Bush 168.

Yep. I'm not kidding. You can watch the video, rather "a" video, if you like.

[Sir Mohamed]

Truman 1948 is an obvious answer. He was trailing throughout the year, but managed to close the gap during the final weeks while still trailing.

Although he lost in the end, Ford was behind double digits in summer 1976 and came very close to actually winning. If the campaign went on for another 1-2 weeks, he may have pulled it off.

HW Bush twice came back in 1988. He did poorly the IA Caucus, coming in third, and later won the nomination. He was also trailing after the DNC by 17 pts.

And Biden of course, who came back after doing very poorly in the first 3 primary contests of 2020.

[Independents for George Santos]

1976 is an underrated choice because, although he obviously didn't win, Ford went from being down something like 30 points to losing by 2. Though arguably that was more of a Carter collapse than a Ford comeback, especially since the infamous Eastern Europe comments more or less kept Ford from going over the top.

[Interlocutor is just not there yet]

1976 is an underrated choice because, although he obviously didn't win, Ford went from being down something like 30 points to losing by 2. Though arguably that was more of a Carter collapse than a Ford comeback, especially since the infamous Eastern Europe comments more or less kept Ford from going over the top.

On that same point, 1968. Around the time of the DNC, Humphrey was polling in the low-mid 30s and Wallace was hovering around 20%. 2 months later, Humphrey wins over the bulk of undecideds + some Wallace supporters. Nixon's support barely budged during this time.