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[[Image:00-main.jpg|right|thumb|300px|George W. Bush and Al Gore]] In 2000, the United States presidential election was one of the closest and most controversial presidential elections in history. A month of recounts and court challenges followed, culminating in the Supreme Court case ''Bush v. Gore''. Following the court's 5-4 decision, [[George W. Bush]] was declared the winner over [[Vice President]] [[Al Gore]] by 537 votes in the state of [[Florida]]. Domestic issues as opposed to [[foreign policy]] dominated the campaign. Key issues were prescription drug prices, campaign finance reform, [[Social Security]], and [[education]]. Each candidate claimed their economic plan would reduce the deficit. Bush parodied himself as a "compassionate conservative." The Bush campaign did not make an issue over the sex scandal and impeachment of [[Bill Clinton]]'s Presidency less then two years ago.

[[Image:00-main.jpg|right|thumb|300px|George W. Bush and Al Gore]] In 2000, the United States presidential election was one of the closest and most controversial presidential elections in history. A month of recounts and court challenges followed, culminating in the Supreme Court case ''[[Bush v. Gore]]''. Following the court's 5-4 decision, [[George W. Bush]] was declared the winner over [[Vice President]] [[Al Gore]] by 537 votes in the state of [[Florida]]. Domestic issues as opposed to [[foreign policy]] dominated the campaign. Key issues were prescription drug prices, campaign finance reform, [[Social Security]], and [[education]]. Each candidate claimed their economic plan would reduce the deficit. Bush parodied himself as a "compassionate conservative." The Bush campaign did not make an issue over the sex scandal and impeachment of [[Bill Clinton]]'s Presidency less then two years ago.

In an interesting twist, based upon what was to occur, a few days before the election polls were suggesting that Bush would win the popular vote by a small margin come election day, but that Gore could win the electoral college.  The Bush campaign floated the idea of the unfairness of such a situation occurring and it the Gore camp that strongly reiterated that the popular vote didn't matter -- it was the electoral college that determined the rightful President.

In an interesting twist, based upon what was to occur, a few days before the election polls were suggesting that Bush would win the popular vote by a small margin come election day, but that Gore could win the electoral college.  The Bush campaign floated the idea of the unfairness of such a situation occurring and it the Gore camp that strongly reiterated that the popular vote didn't matter -- it was the electoral college that determined the rightful President.