This third party candidate helped to influence the close presidential election of 2000 by most likely stealing votes away from Al Gore.

PRESIDENT GEORGE HW BUSH

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This third party candidate helped to influence the close presidential election of 2000 by most likely “stealing” votes away from Al Gore.

A	Ralph Nader
B	Ross Perot
C	Theodore Roosevelt
D	Hillary Clinton

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The 2000 presidential campaign of Ralph Nader, political activist, author, lecturer and attorney, began on February 21, 2000. He cited “a crisis of democracy” as motivation to run. He ran in the 2000 United States presidential election as the nominee of the Green Party.

Detailed explanation-2: -Elected President Incumbent Bill Clinton was ineligible for a third term, and Gore-the most recent incumbent vice president to run for president-secured the Democratic nomination with relative ease, defeating former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley in the primaries.

Detailed explanation-3: -In fact, Roosevelt ran one of the most successful third-party candidacies in history but was defeated by the Democrat (Woodrow Wilson) and the Progressive party quickly disappeared while the Republicans re-gained their major party status.

Detailed explanation-4: -George W. Bush received fewer popular votes than Albert Gore Jr., but received a majority of electoral votes.

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