The 2000 President Election isn’t considered to be the typical election that occurs every four years in our society. I am opening up the discussion of this important topic in American presidential history by first sharing a fact that not many people may know: there have been three previous presidential elections in which one candidate won the popular vote but not the electoral vote and lost the election. The 2000 Presidential Election was considered to be one of the most highly contested elections in presidential election history (Summary). The election was between Governor George W. Bush (R-TX) and Vice President Al Gore (D-TN). On Election Day night, news stations across the country were all giving an early win of Florida to Gore and this ended up proving to be a major upset in the end. It was however, before Gore’s concession speech, that Florida was then declared too close to call. This gave Gore the time he needed to cancel his concession speech and declare a recount. However, in the end, Bush ended up winning the electoral votes and was declared President-Elect. The 2000 election proved to be a tough battle for both candidates, especially with Florida being a major contender in the loss for Al Gore. If the recount continued as planned, the outcome may have well ended with a different candidate in the position of President.
When looking at the candidates who ran for office in this election, it’s best to understand how each came into politics and where their advantages and disadvantages lie by looking at the information through a bibliographical perspective to help better comprehend the outcome of the election and how it ended the way it did. As mentioned previously, the candidates running in this election were Vice Preside...
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The election took place on Nov 7, 2000. Under our electoral college system each state votes for our new president separately, a winner is then declared in each state and is awarded “electoral votes” that is equal to the states number of representatives in the House and Senate. Gore led Bush 266-246 and 270 votes are required for victory. Florida with 25 electoral votes did not have an official winner because the result was inside of the margin of error for machine counting.
The election of 1896 was a race between William McKinley, the Republican, and William Jennings Bryan, the Democrat. McKinley was the governor of Ohio and Bryan was the an attorney from Lincoln, Nebraska. This election is seen as the start of a new era in American politics, also known as the “realignment” election. (“The Election of 1896”). This election was mostly the city against the country and their battle for dominance in American politics. In the 1800s, American presidential contests had been a vote on whether the country should be governed by agrarian or industrial interests. This election marked the end of trying to win the White House with agrarian votes and definitely shifted where the country was heading.
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The Presidential Election of 1992 In 1992, the incumbent president, George Bush, was seeking reelection. It was the general consensus that he would be the 'hands down, no contest winner'. When the smoke had cleared and the votes were tallied, many were shocked at the results. Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton defeated the incumbent in a landslide!
Secondly, do you agree with election 2000? I surely don't, I mean the wrong president won the election. Gore received 500,000 more votes than Bush. But who won the election, Bush. All because of a policy called the Electoral College. It is a very controversial issue. I know that many people are unhappy about this election. I thought we were a democracy! And we choose are president, not electors.
Shugart, Matthew. "Elections: The American Process of Selecting a President: A Comparative Perspective." Presidential Studies, 34, 3 (September 2004): 632-656.
Since the fiasco that was the Presidential Election in the year 2000, many Americans have been calling for a reform of the Electoral College. Most of these people were Gore supporters; disillusioned by the fact that Bush won the office of the President while, in fact, he lost the popular vote. The American people did not elect George W. Bush; the Electoral College did.
Pika, J.A., & Maltese, J. (2004). The Politics of the Presidency. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press.
When it comes to voting there are some major issues of concerns of whom the voters choose to votes for. Some of these issues consist of party affiliation, group interests, the candidate themselves, the economy and policy issues. In the election
In the end, Florida’s 25 electoral votes gave Bush, the republican, 271 total electoral votes. Al Gore, a democrat, ended up with a total of 266 electoral votes. A majority of electoral votes is required to achieve victory in either the President or Vice-President position. (princeton.edu)
In the United States of America, the presidential election takes place every four years, on the first Tuesday of November [1]. Most people believe they are directly voting for the presidential candidate, and the person with the most popular votes will win the election. However, instead of voting for the presidential candidate, people are voting for the electors, individuals who vote in the Electoral College. Moreover, the total electoral vote, not the popular vote, actually determines the winner of the United States presidential election. The election of the year 2000 is a perfect example of the Electoral College. President George W. Bush won the presidential election of the year 2000 with more electoral votes, not popular votes. Before the presidential election of year 2000, most people pay no or little attention to the electoral votes, because most people do not understand the concept of the Electoral College, or even did not know there the different between popular votes and Electoral College.
Beginning at the time the Electoral College was put into place, many debated over its pros and cons. As time has gone on, more and more people have begun to show support for a change in the system (Saad 2013). After George W. Bush defeated AL Gore in the 2000 election by losing popular vote, but winning the college, leading to a “legal recount contest”, many began to question the fairness of the college (Cohen, 2010). This marked the “third time in the nation’s history” the less popular candidate has taken office (Longley). However, the Electoral College should remain in place because it ensures the continuation of a Representative Democracy, maintains a two party system, and because currently no plausible plan has been produced as a means of replacement.
their vote, and a hole is punched into a ballot where the space for the
Schmidt, Shelley, and Bardes. American Politics and Government Today. Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1999, pgs. 325-327.
One day these two boys were running for president. There names are Braydon, Kaden. They are heading to Washington DC, To have the election. When they get there they had to have a meeting before the election started. When it started they were giving there speeches' on why they should be president. Braydon said, " The reason why I want to president is because I want to make the world a better place, For the homeless I want to make more shelters for them, for the people that don’t have homes, I want to make a business that will allow all the people to buy anything from food to clothes. Kaden's speech was, " I want to be president so I can stop illegal immigration, I don’t want terrorists coming in to this world , there would be a big difference if we