| 100% | CHADS | 5 | "Hanging" problems in the 2000 presidential election |
| 81% | CHADS | 5 | "Hanging" problems in the 2000 election |
| 65% | CHADS | 5 | Hanging ___ (issues in the 2000 election) |
| 60% | GORE | 4 | Al who won the popular vote in the 2000 presidential election |
| 57% | RECOUNT | 7 | Florida had one after the 2000 presidential election |
| 57% | MRSDOLE | 7 | Early dropout in the 2000 presidential race, politely |
| 55% | KEMP | 4 | Running mate in the 1996 presidential election |
| 54% | HORACEGREELEY | 13 | Loser in the 1872 presidential election |
| 54% | HRC | 3 | Monogram in the 2016 presidential election |
| 54% | ALFLANDON | 9 | Loser in the 1936 presidential election |
| 51% | CHAD | 4 | Hanging ___ (debris in 2000 election news) |
| 50% | DUKAKIS | 7 | Michael —, Democrat nominee in the 1988 US presidential election |
| 49% | PEROT | 5 | Ross —, candidate in the 1992 and 1996 US presidential elections |
| 49% | UTAH | 4 | State that has voted Republican in the last 13 presidential elections |
| 48% | NYET | 4 | Possible reply to "Was there interference in the last American presidential election?" |
| 47% | NADER | 5 | Ralph who finished third in the presidential races of 2000, 2004 and 2008 |
| 46% | AYERS | 5 | Bill ___, controversial figure in the 2008 presidential election |
| 46% | CHAD | 4 | One hanging in a 2000 election |
| 46% | HART | 4 | Gary —, Democratic Senator for Colorado who ran in the 1984 and 1988 US presidential elections |
| 46% | LEAKS | 5 | Problems in the plumbing |
| 46% | GOUT | 4 | Problem in the joints |
| 46% | COLITIS | 7 | Problem in the colon |
| 45% | ALGORE | 6 | Democrat nominee in 2000 US presidential election |
| 45% | HOLE | 4 | Problem in the defense lines |
| 45% | MILDEW | 6 | Problem in the shower, perhaps |
| 45% | CLOSEVOTE | 9 | Feature of the 1876 or 2000 presidential election |
| 44% | LANGUAGEBARRIER | 15 | Problem in the Tower of Babel story |
| 44% | DEBS | 4 | Third-place candidate in the 1920 presidential election who ran his campaign from jail |
| 43% | DEA | 3 | Org. in the 2000 film "Traffic" |
| 43% | HAZE | 4 | Smog-like problem in the air |