But assuming that most Nader voters would have cast ballots for Gore were Nader not in the race--as exit polls suggested--he will have did well enough in key states to throw the election to Bush, if Bush is ultimately declared victor in Florida.
In New Hampshire, where Bush was trounced by Sen. John S. McCain (R-Ariz.) in the primary season, Bush beat Gore, who had gotten significant help from Mass. campaigners, by a mere one percent. Nader took four percent of the statewide vote.
And in Wisconsin, Bush potentially edged Gore by an even smaller margin. Nader took a portion of the electorate that would have given Gore the edge.
Wisconsin was one of the two "elevens"--states with 11 electoral votes--that the Gore campaign had said they needed to win. Of the four
"elevens"--Missouri, Washington, Tennessee and Wisconsin--Gore seems to have only won Washington.
The fact that Gore was unable to win his own state was not only an embarrassment, but indicative of a larger problem. Not since Woodrow
Wilson has a candidate taken the White House without his home state.
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