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The 2000 United States presidential election was the 54th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 2000. Republican Texas Governor George W. Bush, the eldest son of George H. W. Bush, narrowly defeated incumbent Democratic Vice President Al Gore. It was the fourth of five U.S. presidential elections, and the first since ...
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United States presidential election of 2000, American presidential election held on Nov. 7, 2000, in which Republican George W. Bush narrowly lost the popular vote to Democrat Al Gore but defeated Gore in the electoral college.
Gore, as Bill Clinton’s vice president for eight years, was the clear favourite in the primary to win the Democratic nomination. He captured it easily, seeing off a challenge from Bill Bradley, a former U.S. senator from New Jersey.
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Most of the excitement in the primaries came on the Republican side, as Bush faced a stiff challenge from John McCain, a U.S. senator from Arizona; other candidates included businessman Steve Forbes, diplomat and conservative commentator Alan Keyes, U.S. senator Orrin Hatch, and conservative activist Gary Bauer. Bush ultimately prevailed after a strenuous fight, including an especially brutal effort by the Bush campaign in the South Carolina primary.
Despite the continued economic growth that Gore could attribute to his economic stewardship with Clinton, early in the general election campaign it appeared that Bush might easily defeat Gore, who appeared wooden and dismissive of Bush in the campaign’s debates and who was criticized repeatedly by the Bush campaign as an exaggerator. In late October, however, the gap in the polls between Bush and Gore narrowed dramatically.
On election night, no clear winner emerged. Print and broadcast media cited often contradictory exit-polling numbers, and the races in Oregon and New Mexico would remain too close to call for some days. Ultimately, the contest focused on Florida. Networks initially projected Gore the winner in Florida, but later they declared that Bush had opened an insurmountable lead. Gore called Bush to concede the election, but in the early hours of the following morning it became apparent that the Florida race was much closer than Gore’s staff had originally believed. Fewer than 600 votes separated the candidates, and that margin appeared to be narrowing. About 3:00 am Gore called a stunned Bush to retract his concession.
Sep 24, 2020 · The result of the 2000 presidential election ending in such a close call wasn’t a huge surprise: According to The Perfect Tie, the Gallup tracking poll showed nine lead changes during the fall ...
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The 2000 presidential election was the closest in the history of the US Electoral College and the first ever to be decided by the US Supreme Court. 3 George W. Bush entered office as an embattled president, with many questioning his legitimacy.
- How long would the recount have taken? I don't understand why the Supreme Court couldn't have just l...The best answer I can give you is "it's complicated". The recounts had gone up until December 9 (although they had been stopped and restarted and s...
- Why was a re-vote not enacted, that could have been monitored more carefully?It would of taken too much time and money to do a complete re vote. The day of inauguration is in January and voting day is held in early November....
- Would it have been possible to have some other non-partisan judges hear the Bush v Gore case?Judges are either elected or politically appointed, so probably not in the way you are trying to get at.
- One big question that I have: Why did the Supreme Court decide a recount was unconstitutional? It wo...There are many possible responses to your question. Here's one of them. "In a per curiam decision, the Court first ruled 7–2 (Justices Stevens and...
- Could Florida have decided not to send its electors to the Electoral College if it did not have time...The answer to your question is-they could have decided to not send their electoral votes to Congress but they really wanted to send their votes as...
- I have heard that Jeb Bush rigged the decision in favor of his brother, when Gore should have become...No. Jeb Bush really didn't do anything to rig the vote in Florida. However, his presence as governor in Florida did help George W. Bush a lot.
- Couldn't they have just redone the entire election?The Constitution has it structured the way it is, and they did it that way.
- Shouldn't the electoral college be scrapped then?If you research the topic of the reasoning in favor of the Electoral College you will find that there were two broad concerns among some of the Fou...
The 2000 United States elections were held on November 7, 2000. Republican Governor George W. Bush of Texas defeated Democratic Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee in the presidential election. Republicans retained control of both houses of Congress, giving the party unified control of Congress and the presidency for the first time since the ...
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Party Nominees: Electoral Vote: Popular Vote Presidential: Vice Presidential Republican: George W. Bush: Richard Cheney: 271: 50.4%: 50,455,156: 47.9% Democratic
Jan 1, 2001 · Two additional factors round out the story of how the 2000 U.S. presidential election ended in a dead heat. America today is evenly split between Democrats and Republicans. The Democratic ...
