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Top 10 Dumb Mistakes in U.S. Presidential Elections

Created by Brian Powell Staff · May 2024 · Updated Feb 2025

Top 10 Dumb Mistakes in U.S. Presidential Elections: 13 items ranked by popular vote. Browse more in Politics.

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Being complacent (Thomas Dewey)

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Temporarily suspending the campaign (Ross Perot)

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The Alien & Sedition Acts (John Adams)

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Choosing Sarah Palin for Vice-President (John McCain)

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Not reaching out to the center (Barry Goldwater)

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The split with Theodore Roosevelt (William Taft)

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Not talking to the voters' interests (Jimmy Carter)

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Avoiding Bill Clinton's endorsement (Al Gore)

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Having many corruption scandals (Hilary Clinton)

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Bad televised debate performance (Richard Nixon)

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Lacking "the vision thing" (George H.W. Bush)

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Being pro-Vietnam (Hubert Humphrey)

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Saying questionable things (Donald Trump)

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