People forget, but after Clinton going “nah nah nah” after he dodged prosecution (it wasn’t prosecution-worthy, but thumbing your nose when Gore had to win an election WASN’T helping Gore…), Clinton also did that abusive pardon and REALLY pissed off A LOT of voters. Some voters took it out on Gore.
[The Republicans should have let it go as a motion of censure; philandering was not “a high crime”. But at the time the personal attack shtick of Gingrich was all the rage…]