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

Election of 2000 gave us a Republican president who won only a minority of popular votes, a 50-50 Senate (which became a 50-49-1 Democratic Senate after Jeffords defection), and a House w/a narrow Republican majority

The Election of 1800 was notably to be of the most significant elections in American history of governmental evolvement. It marked once power struggle to a astonishing transfer of power from one party to another in national government; this transfer of power was also accomplished in a non-violent and organized fashion, which marked the evolving maturity of the nation's first system of political parties . The election was a party contest for control of the national government and for determining the direction and management of national policy. This election was the first time both parties used congressional caucuses to nominate candidates for their ballots which was a never heard of occurrence in that day and age. This specific election also made second history in the first, as it was the first presidential election to be decided in the House of Representatives.

When George Washington was elected President in 1789 by members of the fledgling United States of America, he was setting into motion a tradition that has stood the test of over 225 years - the presidential election. Even as the United States has seen dozens of wars, made hundreds of scientific advances, and selected thousands of politicians to seats everywhere from small town councils to Congress, the principles of the election have remained the same; the people band together to determine who will best protect their interests at home and assure that the US will always remain on top in foreign policy. Oftentimes, this is found to be a difficult decision, as public opinion is constantly wavering. One sees this in action particularly during the 1992 election - a battle of wills between Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, and Ross Perot; complete with lead changes, major vote swings, and Perot’s unprecedented initial success - ultimately a false alarm to the bipartisan establishment.

The 1980 presidential election of the United States featured three primary candidates, Republican Ronald Reagan, Democrat Jimmy Carter and liberal Republican John Anderson. Ronald Reagan was the governor of California before he decided to run for the presidency. John Anderson was a representative in Illinois and Carter was the incumbent. The lengthy Iran hostage crisis sharpened public opinions by the beginning of the election season. In the 1970s, the United States were experiencing a straining episode of low economic growth, high price increases and interest rates and an irregular energy crisis. The sense of discomfort in both domestic and foreign affairs in the nation were heading downward, this added to the downward spiral that was already going on. Between Carter, Anderson and Reagan, the general election campaign of the 1980s seemed more concerned with shadowboxing around political issues rather than a serious discussion of the issues that concerned voters.

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 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.

You could say the United States was a little crazy the night of November 7, 2000. We were awaiting the announcement of our 43rd President of the United States. We didn’t know it would come down to one state; a very crucial, Florida. There was a whole recount controversy, voting malfunctions, and basically everything that could go wrong, went wrong.

Although Gore’s personality and Clinton Fatigue may have influenced and impacted some voters, their overall effect was not as substantial as Ralph Nader. When Ralph Nader announced he was running for the presidency in the 2000 election, the Democratic Party was infuriated. They firmly believed that if Nader ran alongside Gore, he would detract votes away from Gore consequently allowing Bush to surge ahead. Many of the campaign managers and other members of the Democratic party informed the people that “a vote for Nader would equal a vote for Bush”.# They also advocated that although Nader was slightly more liberal than Gore, against Bush, Gore would have been the better candidate. Later when Nader won the Green Party’s nomination, considering

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

The 2012 presidential election was fundamentally different than the presidential election of 2004. In 2004 George W Bush defeated John Kerry with 62,028,719 votes, which was about 50.8 percent of the ballots cast. In 2004 the issue that was of most concern for Americans was terrorism. The attacks on September 11th 2001 under George Bush's first year in office, seemed to bring the country together in a way not seen since the second world war. The polling data shows that 52 percent of the people believed that Bush would do a better job dealing with terrorism and homeland security, versus 29 percent for Kerry. Voters seemed to prefer Bush on Iraq, 50 to 37; on moral values, by 47 to 29. Kerry led 48 to 32 on jobs and unemployment and by

Sense the election of 2000 where George W. Bush won the electoral college while Al Gore won the popular vote talk of doing away with the electoral college all together has been a hot topic. The presidential election of 2000 came down to the outcome in Florida. First, the television networks said Al Gore, the vice president at the time, had carried the state. Then however, the state’s election was considered too close to call. Then, the television networks declared George W. Bush, Governor of Texas and son of former president George W. H. Bush, the winner. It took five weeks to determine the winner of the election because of how close the count was. Vice President Al Gore controlled both the East and the West Coasts and won the inland industrial cities, while Texas Governor George W. Bush took much of the Midwest and Plains, as well as the South. Gore gained over a half-million more votes than Bush had as a whole, however Gore lost the Electoral College when he lost Florida. Bush 's official win margin in the state of Florida was only a total of 537 votes.

In the United States presidential election of 2000, the presidential race came down to one state - Florida. The controversy surrounding the votes in Florida delayed the results of the election until December 13th, 2000, 36 days from when the polling places opened. [1] The election’s final results are still hotly debated among the public. Ultimately, however, with the evidence present, Bush was the rightful winner of the election.

In the days leading up to November 8th, 2016 news sites and services showed more and more signs of the United States of America electing their first female president, Hillary Rodham Clinton. The reports ranged from almost 100% chance of victory for Clinton to closer to 70. The paths to 375 electoral votes showed plethoras of routes for the Democrats and one or two for the Republicans. However, on the morning of November 9th, the world was shocked when out of nowhere the populist Republican Donald J. Trump came out victorious. The media scrambled to find a scapegoat or a reason for this error in the calculation; voter turnout, Russia, and voter I.D. restrictions were all speculated as the reason for this plot twist of politics, but in the