Essay on The Presidential Election of 2000

In John Fund’s reflection, the Department of Investigation went through a procedure to see how easy it was to commit voter fraud. The DOI had sent out agents to show up at 63 polling places all who “pretended to be voters who should have been turned away by election officials; the agents assumed names of individuals who had died or moved out of town, or who were sitting in jail. 61 instances, or 97 percent of the time, the testers were allowed to vote.” (Fund, pg 353) After gathering this evidence that voter fraud was possible and way easier than it seemed, they published a report which accused the city’s Board of Elections voting

The election of 2016 was an event that brought out the worst in Americans. Joanne B. Freeman describes that the constant arguing between voters and the persistent burlesquing between candidates in the most recent election is not all that different than the 1800 election. Both elections also used forms of media of the time to gain votes. The media of 1800 were newspapers, rather than instagram posts and tweets. I agree with these notions and that the election of 1800 is not a “stepping-stone to modern party politics”. I think this way as well. The two elections are extremely different because the recent election was majority focused on the two-party system, while the 1800 election came down to two candidates of the same, democratic-republican,

The presidential election of 2000 is the most controversial election in US history and led to a Supreme Court case between the two candidates, George W. Bush and Al Gore. Bush v. Gore has forever tainted the election and the integrity of the Supreme Court.

That year, we had a highly disputed presidential election. Following its outcome, the United States Congress passed the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) in 2002, which ushered in comprehensive election reform. Under the law, states are required to follow mandatory minimum standards that included implementing new programs and procedures such as provisional voting; voting information and voter education; upgraded, tested and certified voting technology; statewide voter registration list; voter identification procedures; and an improved election administration system ("Help America Vote Act"). The Commission on Federal Election Reform advocated similar propositions in their 2005 report (69-70).

The election of 2000 between Al Gore and George W. Bush was illegitimate. Although presidential elections are to be held at a very high standard, this election was based solely on cheating the system. Both the Republican and Democratic parties schemed rather than actually campaigning when circumstances became difficult. A major reason as to why the election was illegitimate was that felons and those that had names similar to felons, were not allowed to vote. 20,000 people were disqualified from voting and only 33 were actual felons. Another reason was because they recounted dimpled chads, even though dimpled chads are not supposed to count. Although the dimpled chads cost Gore 6,000 votes, they should not have been counted. Also, 3,000 votes

they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct

In year 2000 the 54th quadrennial presidential election was held. The election was held on Thursday, November 7. George W. Bush represented the Republican Party, and Albert Arnold (“Al”) Gore represented the Democratic Party. Former Secretary of Defense, Dick Cheney, was chosen as Bush´s running mate, while Al Gore chose Senator Joe Lieberman. The presidential election was the closest election in the nation´s history, with only a .009% margin, an insignificant difference of 537 votes separating the two candidates in Florida. Domestic issues such as taxes and the budget were both candidates primarily focus during the election. Overall, Al Gore won the popular vote with 51,009,810 votes in opposition to Bush´s 50,462,412 votes. On the other side,

The election of 2000 was one of the most controversial elections ever. George W. Bush, the Republican nominee, beat the Democratic nominee Al Gore Jr. in an election that saw Gore carry the popular vote but not the Electoral College. Much has been said about Green Party nominee Ralph Nader playing the spoiler in the election. However, in an election that was ultimately decided by the Supreme Court, hanging chads, and partisan politics, blaming Nader seems unfair. Should Gore have distanced himself from a popular president? Probably not. Did Nader running take away votes from Gore? Of course. That doesn’t necessarily mean everyone who voted for Nader was going to vote for Gore. The truth is no one knows what would have happened if Nader had

Allegations rose in palm beach that many voters there intended to vote for bush or gore but may have voted

The 2000 presidential election was completely illegitimate. Although it seemed Bush had won the 25 electoral votes there was a difference of 1,784 votes; which means there must be a mandatory recount. This recount happened because many of the voters in one county believed that their vote was wrong. They believed this because of the confusing ballot they had to use. The Vice President Al Gore’s presidential campaign team used this recount to get those votes they needed to win. However, this recount only had six days and there were 67 counties. This is where it becomes illegitimate because Katharine Harris decided she would not accept the votes past the deadline even though she was legally allowed to. As a result, The Al Gore campaign thought

The presidential election of 2000 between Bush and Al Gore was one of the most tendentious ballads of all time. Due to miscounted votes in Florida the election was ordered a recount, to initiate who would be our next president of the United States. Katherine Harris, the Secretary of State of Florida certifies the recount to occur in all fairness to the people. She concurred that 18 out of the 67 counties didn’t run their ballots through for a second time. This was also one of the closest election we have had in presidential history, 327 was the difference between the referendum. The 2000 election was more legitimate than it was counterfeit. Allowing there to be a recount giving a deadline of December 12th is legitimate to figure out who will

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.

The controversy that arose with the presidential election between G.W. Bush and Al Gore is still being spoken of in recent times. The main question that everybody pondered from that December day in 2000 until now is ¨Who really won the 2000 presidential election?¨ Many argue that G.W. Bush won and that is that. While others argue that not all of Al Gore's votes were counted and so disabling the fact of his possible victory. Tensions grew

On Tuesday, November 7th, 2000 the presidential election was held. The votes were counted and Bush gathered 2,909,135 votes while Gore only had 2,907,351. The difference was only 1,784 votes, which was .03%. Therefore, by Florida law, they needed to go through with a recount. Not only did the crowd create an extreme turmoil, the population also demanded a recount. The recount was granted and in the event that the recount proceeded, George Bush's team noticed Albert Gore had a vast probability of winning the election. In fact, they began to throw away thousand of votes and consequently, many votes were not counted. Thus this action made George W. Bush the 43rd president, namely because of the total of votes that were thrown away and it was

After Clinton left office, a republican from the state of Texas takes the presidency. George W. Bush wins the election of 2000 against Democrat Al Gore. Even though the Al Gore won the popular vote for the presidency, Bush won the vote from the Electoral College vote, causing him to win the running. Gore didn’t believe Bush won the votes, demanding a recount of the votes to ensure that he one but was later stopped by the Supreme Court. As president, bush supported many things, including the stem cell research, education reform, and the major tax cut for the people. Foreign policy became a great issue after the attacks on September 11, 2001 hit in the world trade center. 2 planes hit the towers each which caused them to collapse, 1 plane hit the pentagon and 1 plane attempted to hit the white house.