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Independent news agencies later did their own recounts, trying to simulate how the Florida court might have done it. They found that under most scenarios, the recounts would have favored Bush, but that the court could have manipulated the process to declare Gore the winner.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/florida.ballots/stories/main.html</ref><ref>http://www.slate.com/?id=2058603</ref>

Independent news agencies later did their own recounts, trying to simulate how the Florida court might have done it. They found that under most scenarios, the recounts would have favored Bush, but that the court could have manipulated the process to declare Gore the winner.<ref>http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/florida.ballots/stories/main.html</ref><ref>http://www.slate.com/?id=2058603</ref>

Many people were unhappy with the courts intervening in the election. [[Republicans]] complained that the Florida supreme court tried to alter the certified count with procedures that had never been used before. [[Democrats]] were unhappy that the US Supreme Court stopped the Florida supreme court's decision to force a recount.

Many people were unhappy with the courts intervening in the election:

 

*[[Republicans]] complained that the Florida supreme court tried to alter the certified count with procedures that had never been used before. They also supported the Constitutionally-mandated [[electoral college]] rather than the popular vote in deciding presidential elections.

*[[Democrats]] were unhappy that the US Supreme Court stopped the Florida supreme court's decision to force a recount. They also claimed that the court had a Republican or Bush Family bias. Many Democrats, such as [[Hillary Clinton]], oppose the [[electoral college]].

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