Essay about The Bush versus Gore Crisis

A night of controversy as the 2000 presidential election begins. The news calms a winner, but then calls it to close. The Florida Supreme Court calls for a recount, but not in the whole state. The U.S Supreme Court says that there will not be a recount and Bush is president, but this ruling is only in this case. The democrats don’t want to go to court, but the republicans do.

In her article, “Higher Youth Voter Turnout Could Change Election Outcome: Pollster,” Joan Bryden argues that political leaders do very little to engage youth in upcoming elections. Currently, political leaders are focus mostly on older voters who do vote, rather than younger voters who are looking for more change. By only focusing on those who do vote, politicians fail to see how younger voters are more keen on change occurring in their society. As a result, younger voters do not understand what politicians stand for during the election. Political leaders could do more to encourage youth voters by “adopting a more helpful, can-do manner,” through face-to-face interaction and mobile technology, discussing topics of concern such as affordable housing and education, finally, communicating a clear picture of what their party stands for.

George W Bush was born on July 6, 1946, in New Haven, Connecticut. He was the oldest of his siblings, his parents were George Herbert Walker Bush and Barbara Bush. The Bush family was into business and politics. George Bush's father was vice president and president of the United States. When George was about 2 his father George H.W. Bush moved them to the Odessa Texas where his father owned a oil company. When George was in 7th grade he moved to Houston Texas. From there his parents went on to send him to a school in Massachusetts called Phillips Academy. George is known to be good student and athlete. He played baseball, basketball, and football. George went to Yale University, He got great grades at school. When he graduated from Yale

The election of 2000 between George W. Bush and Al Gore showed flaws in the electoral college voting system. For example, the US Supreme Court had to make decisions that have never been made before due to “irreparable harm”. In regards to Bush, irreparable harm meant that the court cases created by the Democratic Party were harming his election. The election was decided on the state of Florida. Originally, Bush won the state with 1,784 but the margin of victory was 0.3%. A machine recount begun and completed on 10 November, but most counties did not legitimately recount the ballots. Gore requested a hand recount and was given a deadline to complete all hand recounts by Katherine Harris, Secretary of State. Before the deadline was met, she declared

The US Supreme Court inserted itself into a state issue and declared Bush president by a majority of conservatives vote of 5-4. The Supreme Court elected Bush because of a problem with the number of votes in Florida. Al Gore definitely won the popular vote, but no one really knows who won the electoral vote. Whichever candidate win in the State of Florida, win the presidency because the 25 electoral votes were the most important vote.

The Bush v. Gore election was legitimate, although close and scandalous and leans toward Bush to be the winner. Nevertheless, Gore's Florida senior adviser Nick Baldick, and the Republican senior adviser to Katherine Harris, John "Mac" Stipanovich -- that more voters went to the polls in Florida intending to vote for Al Gore than for George Bush. This statement could be due to the fact most of the voters who voted for Pat Buchanan did so by accident and meant to vote for Gore, making a dimpled chad, or voters intent. Bush still lead by .03% of the votes, meaning he had 2.909 million votes while Gore had 2.907 million, making it extremely close. However, Florida’s supreme courts, ruled by Democrats, gave Bush the win and was later solidified

A Bush vs. Gore election, a completely unfair and illegitimate political race. Fighting for the final battle in Florida, winner claim to be the next president of the United States. With Bush’s brother to be the governor, every news station and political of Florida Palm Beach County, in Florida, home to many older and possibly more senile people. When voting for the next President, many people have believed to have incorrectly voted and claimed to have voted for someone they didn’t choose to. Gore lost the machine count, however many people were demanding a re-vote since they feel as if their votes were not properly filled out and/ or counted for the wrong candidate. Bush was leading by 15,000, however there was multiple mix ups with the numbers

Bush was born on July 6, 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut as the oldest son of Barbara Bush and George H. W. Bush. He was raised in Houston, Texas with four other siblings by the names of Jeb, Neil, Marvin and Dorothy. He had another younger sister named Robin who died at the age of 3 in 1956 from leukemia. The tragedy created a mother-son bond with Bush and Barbara. George grew to be a true Texan with multiple pairs of cowboy boots with the Texan flag or GOD BLESS AMERICA on them.

In the last federal election only 43 per cent of people under age 34 cast ballots, compared to 65 per cent of older voters. If social media isn’t getting young voters than the question continues of what will. Many do believe it is the schools system that didn’t encourage political movement throughout early childhood. In addition it has been proven that if something is not nurtured at a young age, the chances of it ever being put into action is doubted. Many of the families whose parents voted, the children followed and their children. Therefore, creating a clear pattern if young people didn’t start early the likely hood of them ever starting depends on their demand for change. “It used to be that researchers expected that, as young people got older, they would show up in higher numbers at the ballot box — but the ‘Life Cycle Effect’, as it’s been called, looks like it’s starting to fade. The voters that are not showing up now are not likely to show up later, either. That has dire implications for our

George Herbert Walker Bush was born on June 12, 1924 in Milton, Massachusetts. He was the son of Prescott Bush and Dorothy Bush. He was born into a wealthy and politically active family. Bush attended an elite boarding school, Phillips Academy. In January of 1945 when he was 17 and his wife, Barbara Pierce, was 16, they got married. On Bush’s 18th birthday, he enlisted into the U.S. Navy. He was the youngest pilot in the Navy during World War ll. Bush was later elected into the U.S. House of Representatives. On July 6, 1946 his first son, George Walker Bush, was born. In 1948, he graduated Yale University with a degree in economics. He and his family moved to Midland, Texas and found success in the oil and petroleum industry. On December 20, 1949 his second child, Pauline Robinson Bush, was born. On February 11,1953 his third child was born, John Ellis Bush. Bush’s daughter, Robin, passed away at the age of 3. On January 22, 1955 his fourth child, Neil Mallon Bush, was born. His fifth child, Mawin Pierce Bush, was born on October 22, 1956. Bush’s last

George W. Bush was born in New Haven, Connecticut on July 6, 1946. Just like other presidents, he had his good times and his bad times. He was the forty-third president of The United States. Because of those who had preceded him in The Oval Office, he understood the importance of being the Commander in Chief. In all of the events that happened during his presidency he never gave up on his country (Biography; Gale: Vol 21).

“Young people are interested in politics, and do have faith in the democratic process. Nonetheless, the political system and the established parties and politicians that dominate it, are together failing to

To begin with, teenagers below eighteen are generally not interested in politics comparing to adults. According to the results of the British Household Panel Survey in 1991 and 2001, "16 and 17 – year- olds are especially unlikely to report interest in politics" (2006, P. 543), and ”the 16 and 17-year-olds of 1991 actually became much more interested in politics when they turned 26 and 27, respectively, in 2001" (2006, P. 543). From the empirical data, Chan and Clayton draw the conclusion that adolescents have not yet fully developed political interest until their later years. (2006, P. 544) With the lack of interest in politics, teenagers in Canada will hardly vote in any elections. This makes youth enfranchisement a complete waste of time, effort and money. In addition, as teenagers tend to

It is generally thought that young people mature and become more politically active. While this may have been true in the past, evidence is showing that this progression is not occurring in modern times. Most people make the assumption that once an individual is fully independent, paying taxes, and performing all of their civic duties, they would be more concerned about whom is governing them. For example, they would impose the question “What kind of laws are they passing or planning on passing?” However, this is not the case anymore. The modern day American is too absorbed in technological distractions to be bothered by the mundane aspects of the political world. Young people today are postmodern citizens – cynical, distracted, no longer possessed

Born in Milton, Massachusetts, in 1924, Bush matured in Greenwich, Connecticut, a setting that gave him little inkling of the political culture in which he would spend his adulthood. The boy was surrounded mainly by Anglophile, moderate Republicans, for whom politics was Good Government and the town meeting, who minimized partisan confrontation and overstatement. As Bush's mother, Dorothy, admonished, one did not brag about oneself....