# Voter repudiation

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voter-repudiation/57107>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 7, 2001, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voter-repudiation/57107 "2001-03-07T14:28:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2001, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voter-repudiation/57107/1 "2001-03-07T14:28:09Z")

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In the Democratic primary held yesterday in St. Louis, the incumbent mayor got only 5% of the vote. He had no major scandals and no terrible disasters over the last four years. It seems to me he was just a lousy politician who was better at making people dislike him than he was at building a base.

Question – do any of you know of any elected official who actively campaigned for re-election and was so soundly defeated?