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In [[2000]], the United States presidential election was one of the closest and most controversial presidential elections in history. After a month of recounts and court challenges, [[George W. Bush]] was declared the winner over Vice President [[Al Gore]] by 537 votes in the state of [[Florida]]. This was the fourth time in history that a candidate won the [[Electoral College]] vote without receiving the majority of the nation's popular vote.   

In [[2000]], the United States presidential election was one of the closest and most controversial presidential elections in history. After a month of recounts and court challenges, [[George W. Bush]] was declared the winner over Vice President [[Al Gore]] by 537 votes in the state of [[Florida]]. This was the fourth time in history that a candidate won the [[Electoral College]] vote without receiving the majority of the nation's popular vote.  The campaigns of both [[Ralph Nader]] on the [[Green Party]] ticket and [[Pat Buchanan]] on the [[Reform Party]] ticket gained major media attention during the campaign although this failed to translate into any electoral votes for either.

The Election Results eventually showed<ref> [[A Pictoral History of the U.S. Presidents]], by Clare Gibson, Gramercy Books, New York, 2001.  </ref>

The Election Results eventually showed<ref>Leip, Dave.  [http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections].  Retrieved 7/1/2007</ref>

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| George W. Bush

| George W. Bush

| 49,820,518

| 50,460,110

| 271

| 271

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| Al Gore

| Albert Gore, Jr.

| 50,158,094

| 51,003,926

| 266

| 266

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|Ralph Nader

|Ralph Nader

| 2,756,08

| 2,883,105

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