The Controversy: The Presidential Election Of 2000

It doesn’t take a political expert to see that the 2000 presidential election between Bush and Gore was extremely illegitimate. This can be observed through the recount incident which took place in the state of Florida. Many people, especially seniors, felt that they had not voted for the right candidate, which was due to a confusing ballot setup. The ballots were called “butterfly ballots”. These ballots, as one could imagine, had candidates on either side which the voter could choose from. Seems simple enough, right? Unfortunately, that was not the case. The font on the ballots were extremely minuscule, as well as condensed. To add to that, the voter had to use a pin to make a puncture next to their selection. Some people, who were either

With all of this background information in place, it’s time to discuss what actually happened on November 7, 2000. Election Day has come and almost everyone in the country is heading to the polls around the country. Certain areas of the country, in each election cycle, vote for the same political party each time while others go back and forth between the two major parties. Surprisingly enough, Al Gore lost his home state of Tennessee, which is a

The United States Presidential elections are often events that captivate and interest a number of people around the world. The 2000 U.S. presidential election was particularly notable for more than one reason. Certainly, the fact that an election year in the year 2000, the marking of the next millennium and next century, is significant in of itself. In addition, there were a number of critical issues facing the candidates in this election, as with any election. The role, presence, and influence of the United States media were additional factors that heightened the tension of the 2000 presidential election. The election itself was fraught with controversy. The Supreme Court had to be involved and render a ruling with respect to accusation of fraudulent vote counting. Overall, the 2000 United States Presidential Election is an election that is remembered for controversy, polarization of the American public, as well as issues of confusion and mistrust between the American public and the American government.

As in the past, the media was covering the all important election. They had always relied on exit polls as the polls closed across the nation. In reality, the Florida results were just too close to call. Nevertheless, that did not stop the media from doing so. Not once, but twice, major news media outlets were erroneous in their report. Around 8pm, it was declared that Al Gore was the projected winner of the electoral votes in the state of Florida. However, a couple of hours later, the projection was retracted and restated as Florida as being too close to call. Then, just after 2am on November 8, the mistake was made for a second time. The major networks declared George W. as the winner. This even led to Al Gore calling the Governor to concede. However, as Gore prepared to address his supporters in Nashville, Tennessee, he was alert to the shrinking numbers in Bush¡¦s lead. The final total was now less than one half of a percent lead in favor of Bush. That immediately calls for a recount of votes under state law. Subsequently, Gore called Bush and retracted his concession. It wasn¡¦t over yet! One thing was, Al Gore had prevailed in the popular vote but without Florida¡¦s tally, the electoral vote was up in the air. The election wasn¡¦t over and the recounts began.

The night of the election it seemed as if the Vice President and candidate for the Democratic Party was poised for a close victor. As the polls closed along the eastern seaboard, exit polling information indicated a clear, but narrow lead for the Vice President as he still need to secure Florida and two states totaling 15 electoral votes or more to win the Presidency (Toobin, 18). At 7:49 EST, NBC called Florida and the election for Gore, and so did 2 of the 4 major television networks did the same in the following minutes. As the night continued Gore secured Minnesota and New Mexico, but confusion in exit polling data had led to a premature call for Gore (18, Toobin). As the red eye hours of the morning continued all four media outlets reported a flood of data from Volusia County, Daytona Beach put Bush up by more than 50,000 votes, thus the media outlets followed suit and eventually called Florida for Bush. Although a questionable disappearance of

The election of 2000 was a very tight battle. This particular election came down to the state of Florida. Florida had 25 electoral votes at the time, so this state was extremely important. Nationwide, Al Gore lead George W. Bush by roughly 500,000 votes. This may seem like a large margin, but the race was not over. Gore still needed the correct amount of electoral votes. Ultimately, Bush won the election and served two terms as President of the United States. If you take a look at the numbers and the specific circumstances of this race, it is hard to believe that this race was legitimate. First and foremost, the state of Florida purged 20,000 registered voters and did not allow them cast their votes. Normally, this would affect both candidates.

The election of Bush v. Gore is known as one of the most controversial elections of all time, people often speculate the perspective of the election based on the popular vote and the way the candidates presented themselves. Known as the “Endless Election”, the events that took place during in the election led to a huge argument on who really won the election. People like to argue that election was rigged and that Gore should have been the POTUS.

The 2000 elections main issue was the electoral vote in Florida. According to the official tally, Bush was ahead by 571 votes which by law in Florida requires an automatic recount. Al Gore also requested a manual recount in specific zones that were traditionally

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

There have been many debates that have spanned over the past decade on whether or not the 2000 presidential election was legitimate or not. Bush only won by 537 votes which is grounds for a recount so the Gore campaign was in there right to ask for one. Now this is why many people like myself believe this election to be illegitimate, Katherine Harris the secretary of state of Florida did everything she can to not comply to the recount. She also compiled a list of felons so they would not be allowed to vote, but she also added people to the list that had similar names to the criminals, some 20,000 people were turned away from voting booths. Now if she did that because she actually thought it was the right thing to do and wasn’t trying to set

I believe that the Presidential Election of 2000, between G.W. Bush and Al Gore was legitimately counterfactual. The numerous votes that the two canidates had, were fallacious. Al Gore could've won this presidential election if the recounts of the ballots were not repeatedly kept on hold. Although, G.W. Bush and his family were powerful. In my opinion, Bush bamboozled his way in and through out this election. Others who disagree and say this was a legitimate election that Bush supposedly won "fair and sqaure." Bush also did have connections with all sort of popular and recognized people. Which this theory could've interfered with the recount in the state of Florida. In all matters, no one really knows who won this election.

The presidential election of 2000 between George Bush and Al Gore was not a legitimate. First the result of the election in Florida election would have meant that there would have had to be a recount to make sure Bush was the winner. Some counties of Florida did not recount the ballots. Furthermore, secretary of state Katherine Harris did everything she could to stop the recount so that Bush could win the election. Second, when the recount was allowed by an appellate court, it was stopped. The recount was stopped by the Supreme Court so that they could hear the case. The result of the case did not give enough time to recount all of the ballots. The presidential election of 2000 was not legitimate because not every vote was

The 20000 presidential election remains and has been described by many as one of the worst scandals of the US democracy (Jacobson and Rosenfeld, 2002). The democratic contestant Albert Gore won a large number of votes than his Republican opponent, but he ended up losing the presidency bid (Montjoy & Slaton, 2005). The result of all this relied greatly on the vote tally in Florida whereby a great figure of voters were denied the vote, confusing butterfly ballots were used, vote recounts were mishandled as well as manipulated. The last verdict regarding the election was made by a 5-4 majority of the unelected U.S Supreme Court that issued a tainted as well as an adherent ruling (Heppermann & Friedman, 2013). The American constitutional structure

George W. Bush and Al Gore ran against each other in the presidential election of 2000, which will forever change history. One of the most important and influential presidential elections was the one in 2000. As known Bush wins the election but from the anticipation of the announcement from the Electoral College to the end of Bushes term will all forever affect America. The presidential election of 2000 was a significant part of this time period because it was a unique election, affected the American society greatly and the winning candidate will make decisions that change the United States forever.

After viewing the movie Recount, and conducting a bit of my own research, I can conclude that the 2000 Presidential Election between Bush and Gore was one of the most, if not the most, fraudulent and dishonest election of all time. First of all, just the mere fact that the Gore party was fighting to see all the votes accounted for, and that the Bush party was fighting for them to stop should paint a pretty clear picture of who was in the right here. The goal of Gore's people was to see who really won the election, but the goal of Bush's people was to hold on to the victory they already had, fraudulently won or not. Admittedly, Gore's people were trying incredibly hard to convince people that these minute things (ie. Hanging/Dimpled Chads) that