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Perot. Perot was a bit different because he got bipartisan support.
Also I'm not sure I buy into the idea that Nader lost the election for Gore. For one thing... in all that Florida chaos, it's quite possible Gore really won anyway (Nader usually brings that up).
For another who says the people who voted Nader would have voted Gore rather than another Green candidate or no one?
And for another, some argue that Nader actually boosted the showing of Gore supporters by forcing Gore to acknowledge issues important to his own base.
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Huh, still its a glaring problem in the system, I wish something had comeof it- from Perot for instance- its supposed to be a definite answer, not a rough estimate of the people's will.
As for Gore, yeah it not his fault ultimately, and the Democrats that have focused on him and not the actual theft are...dissapointing collectively, several other things more specifically.
I hadn't thought about higher turn-out; not nearly the same issue here. Its a huge shame they couldn't do a preference deal beforehand though, would have beaten the scrublists etc. if he could ahve directed those voters in exchange for an issue or two- standard practice elsewhere wherethe votes are properly prefferenced, someone said it would have been illegal over their though...