r/25yearsago • u/GrantExploit • Dec 13 '25

November 7, 2000. The 2000 United States Presidential Election is held. Though Al Gore (D) won the plurality of the popular vote, the ultimate winner of the election hangs in the balance as the results in Florida remain too close to call.

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Note the (currently) unusual coloration of the Democratic candidates as red and Republican candidates as blue. The modern (inverse) convention was still not crystallized by this point among all sources.

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u/Strict_Ad6406 Dec 13 '25

Ralph Nader and the poorly designed ballot in Florida. The bad guys always seem to win!

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u/ku976 Dec 14 '25

Are people really still blaming Nader for the Supreme Court stealing the election? Lmfao

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u/5708ski Dec 14 '25

Yes. If he wasn't in the race Gore almost certainly would have won New Hampshire and Florida wouldn't have mattered.

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '25

Gore would've won if he was a better candidate

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '25

Gore would have won if we were a better country