The candidates for the US 2004 Presidential Elections were probably more spread out than they were in any previous election.
George W. Bush was far off to the right straddling the PaleoConservatism and Conservative NeoLiberalism spaces; probably the most conservative of all US presidents since WWII. John Kerry was on the slight right of the Capital Democratism ideology that comprises most of the American left.
One can understand the concern Ralph Nader created for the Democrats. He captured some of the far-left votes and tipped the balance in favor of George W. Bush.