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Electoral history of Al Gore (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Nominator(s): Olliefant (she/her) 07:15, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My third Vice President Electoral History list. A personal favorite of mine, Gore has participated in 10ish elections. I would like to thank Darth Kalwejt for creating the page back in 2008. I hope to continue this series of VPEH soon. (currently between someone who would never shoot someone and then make the person they shot apologize to them and Dick Chaney) Olliefant (she/her) 07:15, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This calls for a celebration! Bgsu98 (Talk) 14:09, 26 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• There is some inconsistency on the tables with regards to the word “incumbent”. Sometimes it’s wikilinked; sometimes it’s capitalized; etc. I recommend picking one format and sticking with it. Done
• I think “Election Day” is a proper noun and should be capitalized. Done

Lead

• “and his third defeating by Republican challenger James B. Seigneur.” – Get rid of that “by”. Done
• “to be his running mate in 1992 United States presidential election.” – You need an article after “in”. Done

1976

• “Joe L. Evins announced he would not be seeking another term” – Recommend rewording as “announced that he would not seek another term”; the progressive tense is not needed. Done
• “The primary race was close, with Gore and Tennessee House of Representatives Speaker Stanley Rogers as the front runners.” – I would recommend rephrasing as “Gore and … emerging as the front runners.” Done

1978

• Recommend rewording those large numbers as 90,000 and 108,000, and so on.
  • Opted to make words for consistency

1982

• “around thirty thousand less votes” – Should be “fewer votes”. Done

1984

• Democratic should be capitalized when referring to the political party. Done

1990

• “Republican Representative Don Sundquist felt that the Hawkins was a weak candidate” – You don’t need that “the”. Done

1988 Democratic Primary

• “followed by Jackson at 37% with Gore receiving only 10%.” – You need something between “37%” and “with”. Done

1992 nomination

• “Governor Bill Clinton considered around forty different politicians to be his running mate.” – Recommend replacing “about” with “approximately”. Not done
  • The exact number is unknown, I found varying numbers and the LA Times article cited said Clinton “had a list of about 40 possibilities” so I just went with “around fourty”
    • For some reason, I read that as “about” when you clearly used “around”. Your original sentence is fine.
• Is there a wikilink for shortlist?

1996

• You probably don’t need two subheaders considering how small both sections are, but that’s up to you.
  • I just left it for consistency,
• Who was the Secretary of HUD, Dole or Kemp?
  • Kemp, I’ve tweaked it a bit, but I don’t know how to improve the wording without running into a MOS:SOB issue

2000 nomination

• Recommend writing out Democratic National Convention. Done
• “He formerly announced…” – I believe you mean “formally”. Done

General election

• You have Dick Cheney misspelled as “Dick Chaney”. Done He won’t like that; his ghost might shoot you in the face while quail hunting and call it an accident…
  He didn’t 🙁
• “Gore initially gave a concession speech; however he retracted it after a recount was ordered.[1] However, the Supreme Court’s 5–4 decision in Bush v. Gore” Too many howevers in close proximity. Done
• “Some Democrats attributed Gore’s loss to the presence of third party candidate Ralph Nader of the Green Party causing a “spoiler effect” detracting from Gore’s vote count in Florida and New Hampshire.” – There’s something wonky here; something between “spoiler effect” and “detracting”. Done

User:Olliefant: Please let me know when you’ve had a chance to examine these comments! Bgsu98 (Talk) 19:23, 29 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Bgsu98: Thank you for the review, I hope I addressed all of your concerns. Olliefant (she/her) 01:50, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:Olliefant: Looks good! Support. I will do your source review later today. I think I did the source review for Dan Quayle too, but if not, I’ll do that one too. Bgsu98 (Talk) 14:03, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

All of the images have appropriate licenses and captions. The maps do not have any alt-text. Bgsu98 (Talk) 14:06, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This table checks 15 passages from throughout the article (19.7% of 76 total passages).
These passages contain 20 inline citations (17.9% of 112 in the article). Generated with the Veracity user script. Bgsu98 (Talk) 14:38, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reference #	Letter	Source	Archive	Status	Notes
Nine different candidates sought the Democratic nomination.
4	a	newspapers.com			This article says nothing about nine candidates seeking the Democratic nomination. Approved
5		newspapers.com			The article describes Gore’s competition in the primary as “crowded”, but did not cite numbers.
McGlamery did not actively campaign and only ran to prevent Gore from winning unopposed. On Election Day, Gore won in a landslide, receiving 94 percent of the vote.
7	b	Guthrie, Benjamin J. (April 15, 1977). Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional election of…			Unable to access as no link provided.
9		newspapers.com			This source verifies the first statement (“McGlamery did not…”). I recommend moving this citation to directly after that statement, as it does not verify that second statement (“On Election Day…”).
He was challenged in the general election by Republican James B. Seigneur. Seigneur ran as he disliked the fact that Gore won unopposed in 1978; he criticized Gore’s voting record, labeling it as “disgraceful”.
14		newspapers.com			This does support these statements. However, this is clearly a paid political advertisement as stated at the bottom of the page. Is this really the best source available?
A debate between Ashe and Gore was held on October 8, 1984.
25		c-span.org
Gore received almost 480 thousand votes with 54 votes cast for write-in candidates.
28	a	newspapers.com			“480 thousand” looks weird.
Republican Representative Don Sundquist felt that Hawkins was a weak candidate and that Republicans would likely have a better chance of taking the seat in the 1996 election.
33		newspapers.com			I do not see any mention of Hawkins being a weak candidate. If I have missed it, please let me know.
After being elected Vice President in the 1992 presidential election, Gore resigned from his Senate seat on January 2, 1993. Harlan Mathews was appointed to replace him by Governor Ned McWherter.
37		deseret.com			This is going to sound pedantic, but this article describes what would likely happen in the future. The article was written in December 29, 1992; it can’t verify events that happened on January 2, 1993.
He hoped to make up for his loss on Super Tuesday.
40	b	cnn.com	web.archive.org
Following his victory in the 1992 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton considered around forty different politicians to be his running mate. His shortlist consisted of Gore, Senators Bob Graham of Florida, Bob Kerrey of Nebraska, Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, and Harris Wofford of Pennsylvania, as well as Representative Lee Hamilton of Indiana’s 4th congressional district.
52	a	latimes.com			None of those names are cited in this source.
53	a	nytimes.com			This source does cites those names. In fact, this source cites everything in the above statement; you don’t need source no. 52 here. Approved
Clinton announced his running mate at the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion; during his speech, he emphasized Gore’s work in protecting the environment and foreign policy.
53	b	nytimes.com
The Clinton-Gore ticket was the youngest presidential ticket ever elected to the presidency.
53	c	nytimes.com
Following the 1996 Democratic National Convention, many felt Gore was likely to run for president in 2000.
63		newspapers.com
64		newspapers.com
Following Super Tuesday, Bradley conceded the primary and congratulated Gore on his victory.
70		“Super Tuesday, March 7, 2000”. archive.nytimes.com. Retrieved November 9, 2025.	archive.nytimes.com		I would change the source to The New York Times in the citation.
On August 17, the two received the Democratic Party’s nomination at the 2000 Democratic National Convention.
74		Berke, Richard L. (August 16, 2000). “The Overview: Lieberman Sets Stage for Gore as Democrats Seal…	archive.nytimes.com
His loss has also been attributed to the potentially misleading design of the butterfly ballots used in Palm Beach County, Florida, which heavily leans toward the Democrats, causing Gore voters to accidentally vote for Reform Party candidate Pat Buchanan.
87		nytimes.com
88		cnn.com			I question whether this source is necessary, but that’s up to you.

User:Olliefant: There are several issues that require attention as shown on the above chart. Please let me know when you’ve had a chance to address them! Bgsu98 (Talk) 15:50, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Issue 1. I replaced ref 4 but left ref 5 Approved

Issue 2. No link exists for ref 7, you can download it here

• Recommend adding this link to the citation.

Issue 3. Not from what I can tell

Issue 6. The article is on two different pages, the link is to B11 while the fact in question is on B13

• See the following to link regarding how to format two pages for the same article: Wikipedia:Newspapers.com#Citations across multiple pages/clippings. Also, I re-read the article on p. B13, and Sundquist does not mention Hawkins, nor does he say that Republicans would have a better chance of winning a seat in 1996. He simply notes that Gore’s seat would likely be vacated if he chooses to run for president. If you want to use this source, I recommend a slight rewrite to better reflect what the source actually says.

Issue 7. reworded and added a new citation

Issue 9. Moved the LA Times sources to before the names. Approved

Issue 13. Done

Issue 15. I like citing multiple sources

@Bgsu98: Done Olliefant (she/her) 17:46, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]