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People in this thread mentioned Gore's performance in the 2000 debates as a reason for not liking him. I think that gets to the heart of it.
When you have a charismatic personality like Bill Clinton or Obama, it's easier to sail past the people trying to tear you down. Look at how the right would say that Gore claimed to invent the internet and laugh, even though he never said that and actually, he was an early sponsor of legislation that was key to the internet's development (which is what he correctly alluded to).
The right wing has made an industry out of ridiculing Democratic leaders, cutting them down with memes (with a degree of truth or none at all) that their audience latches onto. In spite of all that was thrown at them, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama had presentation skills that allowed them to surpass that. I think both Al Gore and Hillary Clinton had more trouble overcoming the attacks (though they both won the national vote for President!) because their personalities were more "normal" and they didn't have charismatic presentation skills.
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