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
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.
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.
In 2000, the Presidential election was between George W. Bush and Al Gore. After a reverification of the votes tallied in Florida, it had showed that Al Gore had won the popular vote but George W. Bush had won the Electoral Vote. In 2012, Al Gore had gone public with his loss and had suggested that the United States eliminate the use of the Electoral College. He brought up both pros and cons of the system but overall he was not distressed about the situation. As complex as the Electoral College is, there are many pros and cons of the system.
In my opinion, Gore won the election of 2000 if there hadn’t been any interference, had also recounted all the votes, and also counted the 175,000 uncounted ballots. I believe that Gore would of won the election but didn't because of several mistakes and interventions the Republican party had in the election in Florida. One of the tremendous errors was caused by the lady in charge of writing the ballot, she had placed Al Gore’s name next to another candidate causing chaos between the voters who believed that they had voted for the other candidate instead of Al Gore. Therefore, causing Gore to lose votes.Another reason I believe he lost the election was because of the interference Katherine Harris had in the votes. She did this when she
Bush versus Gore in the 2000s election, In the year 2000 there's been a interruption with the electoral college ballets. The real question is who won the 2000’s election, things went toe to toe counting the votes. Most of the votes if not all needed to be recounted in the state of florida because of the strictness of the voting policy, one of the incidents that happen was one of the members of Gore’s party was going house to house to check on unregistered voters, one of the major concerns is that most of the unregistered voters couldn't vote because of discrimination. For an example, one of the people from the list was claimed to be an ex-convent but only to find most people on the list is false report. However one important input to the election
There was a very unusual election in 2000. The two running mates were George Bush and Al Gore. At first cnn had declared Al Gore the President of the United States and then later on changed it to George Bush. After a little while later they changed it to too close to call. There was a big controversy on who the President of the United States was, it all came down to Florida.
There are multiple skeptics behind the 2000 Election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. Presently the election was neck-to-neck between both candidates. The results come out and Bush is the winner by 1,784 votes (1). On the other hand, the votes counting machine started to show different numbers and elder citizens believed they selected the wrong candidates in the ballot. Arguably, Bush is in my favor of winning the election fairly. Although the movie, “Recount”, portrayed what really happened and how inequities the court systems are at that time. In fact, every courts in the U.S. was on the Republican side except Florida. As the matter of fact, Florida requested a recount and Bush still won by a margin of 537 votes (1). Since the votes were
The US Presidential Election of 2000 featured George W. Bush and Al Gore. It will go down in history as one of the most closest elections¡¦ in US history. It also goes down as one of the most controversial. The final decision was based on just a few hundred votes in Florida. The controversy began when the media prematurely declared the winner twice based solely on exit polls. They finally conceded that the Florida count was just too close to predict. It would take a month before the election was ultimately certified after numerous court challenges and vote recounts. Republican candidate George W. Bush was declared the winner of the Florida¡¦s 25 electoral votes. This was a victory by a razor thin margin of popular
In the Albert Gorse versus George Bush election of 2000, Albert Gorse won the popular vote by 547,398 votes. However, George Bush won the election because of the Electoral College process. Normally, the winner of the popular vote wins the office or election. However, during this election it was not the case. Albert Gore did not win by a landslide; nevertheless, he still won the popular vote (Deatrick, 2012). While the typical American citizen may say that this one case is insignificant compared to the other elections, the significance recides in the mind of the person who was running for President and for the American citizens who voted for their
The 2000 presidential election was a major eye opener for many people. As it appeared to also be the dismay of many, the candidate who won the most popular votes nationwide actually lost the contest. In the election's risen moment, popular attention centered around the Electoral College and its role in the presidential election. Under the U.S. Constitution, the people did not necessarily direct vote for the President in a nationwide election; rather, the people in each state would vote for electors from that state, who in turn would cast the constitutionally decisive votes for President and Vice President. Moreover, not only is the people's influence indirect, the Electoral College's voting pattern does not necessarily track the national popular
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In November of 2000, former president George W. Bush received 500,000 less votes than his opponent Al Gore, but was still elected president of the United States. This caused outrage, and confusion in many parts of the country, and brought to the forefront the question and validity of the Electoral College. Even though every four years the very important process of electing a new president takes place, the concept of the Electoral College is often misunderstood and an enigma to many. While the form of Government in the United States is frequently referred to by many people as a Democracy, and mistaken for a direct or pure Democracy, it is actually a Democratic Republic. The separation of powers was of the utmost importance to the framers of the Constitution, and is why the United States is a Democratic Republic, and the reason a system of electing a president by way of the Electoral College was created.
During the 2000 election between Al Gore and George W. Bush, to the public’s eye, the election was clear. Bush won; but behind the scenes, in the offices of the campaign committees, a whole different story was told. Recount presented the true corruption of politics during elections. It’s displayed that Mac Stipanovich, a Republican lobbyist, influenced Secretary of State Katherine Harris to favor more the republicans. While Caly Roberts, Director Division of Elections, remained neutral and unbiased. James Baker, chief of staff for Bush, and Ron Klain, chief of staff for Gore, put up a good fight. They fought until the decision evidently came down to Gore. Most viewers of the film or citizens who experienced the event, may say Bush’s campaign
A poll was taken after a debate asking people whom they thought had won the debate. Forty-two percent of the people believed that Gore had won, while thirty-nine percent believed it was Bush. Nineteen percent believed it was a tie.
Tuesday, November seventh, the year 2000; fourteen years ago, millions upon millions of Americans cast their ballot for either Democratic candidate Al Gore or Republican George W. Bush for the presidency. Later in the election process the public would learn that Al Gore had won the popular vote of the nation. Also, the public learned that despite this fact, Bush had won the majority of the electoral votes, resulting in him becoming the next president of the United States. This event left many people questioning the legitimacy of the system for selecting a president, the Electoral College.