Reply #69: Clinton's victory and Gore's close finish...

[chimp chump]

...are mostly attributable to Clinton's personal popularity.

And the fact that both were Southerners. They were able to present themselves as Southerners and they understood those regional sensibilities.

Clinton was stronger than Gore though. Clinton was a Teflon president in much the same way Reagan was. People just liked them and didn't care all that much about some of their fibbing and other shortcomings.

Personality and voter perception of the candidate means a lot. You have to work very hard to overcome lack of personal appeal by substituting public policy.