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 U.S. president is a person deemed to be the most fitting person to lead this country through thick and thin. It’s been such a successful method that it has led to 43 individual men being put in charge of running this country. However, this doesn’t mean that each one has been good or hasn’t had an issue they couldn’t resolve when in office. But no matter what, each one has left a very unique imprint on the history and evolution of this nation. However when two are compared against one another, some rather surprising similarities may be found. Even better, is what happens when two presidents are compared and they are from the same political party but separated by a large numbers of years between them. In doing this, not only do we see the difference between the two but the interesting evolution of political idea in one party.
... of Florida, under the Electoral College, electoral votes for the candidate running for office receive a plurality of their popular vote. Therefore, whoever gets the majority of the national electoral votes wins the election. Bush won by a narrow margin of these votes resulting in a mandatory machine recount, which afterwards concluded that Bush’s victory margin, was even narrower. This allowed Al Gore to request a recount in the counties of his choice, so naturally he chose the counties whose votes were historically democratic. The uncertainty continued through the circuit courts all the way to The Florida Supreme Court who ruled in Bush v. Gore that there was not enough time to recount the popular vote ballots without violating the United States constitution. The recounting of the ballots would have violated the Fourteenth Amendments “Equal Protection Clause”.
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In 1888, Benjamin Harrison won a seat in the White House. He lost popular votes because he carried electoral votes on his side. Furthermore, the margin between electoral votes was less than one percent, but Harrison still became president despite the 100,000 popular votes difference! Election of 2000 came up with the same scenario. Gore won people’s support but lost electors’; therefore he had to accept G.W.... ...
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Bush v. Gore Bush v. Gore was a controversial case that was heard on December 11, 2000. This case decided the outcome of the 2000 presidential election between Vice President Gore and Texas Governor George W. Bush. 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 were required for victory.
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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.
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In a chart from Document G, there are 4 past elections listed that compare the popular votes to the electoral votes. In the 2000 election, George W. Bush won by 271 electoral votes, while Gore won by 266 electoral votes. This may seem reasonable for Bush to be the president, but when it comes to the popular vote, Gore had the highest amount of popular votes than Bush did. So why did Bush win instead? This is one of the main reasons why the Electoral College should be abolished.
During the United States Presidential Elections we are inundated with propaganda that insists we carry out our civic duty and cast a ballot which will help to determine who our nation’s next leader will be. The President of the United States is undoubtedly the most influential individual in our country so, of course, citizens must take the election process very seriously. Yet, how much influence do the voters of this democratic nation truly have on such an important decision? Unfortunately, many people are unaware of a voting process that takes place during each election. This process does not necessarily include the citizens of the United States and is known as Electoral College. It is the Electoral College that impedes on our nation’s democratic presidential election process and challenges its integrity as well.
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