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Article: History shows mixed results after close elections; The victor in the 2000 presidential race won't be able to overcome a tainted mandate, some predict.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- November 19, 2000
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As the Gore-Bush postelection campaign for president enters ever-deeper uncharted waters, pundits and regular folks alike have predicted that whoever gains the White House will never overcome the blighted mandate and will suffer through four miserable and ineffectual years.
Maybe so. It happened to John Quincy Adams, who won the presidency without winning either the popular or electoral vote. But a review of the major tainted-mandate cases reveals a mixed bag of results.
`Corrupt bargain'
In 1824, Quincy Adams was secretary of state in the outgoing James Monroe administration and a candidate for president. In a four-way race, Adams finished ...