# Numerically re vote totals, was Nader a spoiler this time or not? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 3, 2004, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerically-re-vote-totals-was-nader-a-spoiler-this-time-or-not/272750 "2004-11-03T14:27:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerically-re-vote-totals-was-nader-a-spoiler-this-time-or-not/272750/1 "2004-11-03T14:27:44Z")
Just curious. Can’t find data on what difference Nader votes going to Kerry might have made (if any). ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerically-re-vote-totals-was-nader-a-spoiler-this-time-or-not/272750/2 "2004-11-03T14:54:59Z")
As far as the results on [CNN’s web site](http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/) show, Nader didn’t win enough votes anywhere to change the results in any state this election. ---
**Author:** ![Roches](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc8723/32.png) [@Roches](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roches)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numerically-re-vote-totals-was-nader-a-spoiler-this-time-or-not/272750/3 "2004-11-03T15:17:09Z")
Were there any other spoilers, like Badnarik, anywhere? Or any states where the combined third-party candidates were greater than the margin between the largest two? I doubt any of these would have actually turned out different in a runoff since the third parties take votes from both the major ones.