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George W Bush 2000 Election Essay

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The first election of the twenty-first century was between the republican candidate Al Gore and George W Bush. This was the fifty-fourth presidential election and it was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2000. (The Election of 2000) George W. Bush was the incumbent governor of Texas and the son of George H.W. Bush who was a former president, and Al Gore was the incumbent Vice President. Because of the fact that Bill Clinton wasn’t eligible to serve another term Al Gore was able to receive the democratic place in the election fairly easily. (United States Presidential Election of 2000) Al Gore was the favorite to win the democratic presidential nominee, because he had almost no competition from Bill Bradley who was the Governor of New Jersey. (United …show more content…

It was a change from a democrat in office to a republican, the country was dealing with terrorists threats, and it brought up issues about the way votes were counted.
The government saw some change after this election, when George W. Bush was elected president after the issue with the votes in Florida. George W. Bush, who was the oldest of six Children of George H.W. Bush and Dorothy Pierce Bush, was born on July 6th 1946. (George W. Bush." History.com) He was born in the town of New Haven Connecticut. Bush was raised in Texas, where his father was an executive in the oil industry. (George W. Bush." History.com) He attended high school at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and then later went on to Yale. (George W. Bush." History.com) George W. Bush had differing thoughts on the matters at hand as a president. For instance if Bill Clinton was still president was still president while nine eleven happened it would have been handled differently. Just as if Al Gore was elected president instead of George W. Bush. George W. Bush accomplished many excellent things during his presidency. For instance, among many of the early decisions made among the Bush

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