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Previously claimed Gore won a majority of the popular vote, when in fact it was a plurality. Fixed.
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== Last minute surprise ==
 
== Last minute surprise ==
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While Gore had enjoyed a lead through much of the campaign, a few days before the election Bush's bounce from the debates was enough to put him in the lead by a small margin.  It was then that a "surprise" was dropped that Bush had a DUI in 1976, over two decades ago.<ref>http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/02/bush.dui/</ref>  Blasted on the airwaves continuously before the election itself and with little time to defend it, undecided voters in the last days went heavily for Gore and actually gave him a majority of the popular vote.
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While Gore had enjoyed a lead through much of the campaign, a few days before the election Bush's bounce from the debates was enough to put him in the lead by a small margin.  It was then that a "surprise" was dropped that Bush had a DUI in 1976, over two decades ago.<ref>http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/02/bush.dui/</ref>  Blasted on the airwaves continuously before the election itself and with little time to defend it, undecided voters in the last days went heavily for Gore and actually gave him a plurality of the popular vote.
    
== The Networks rush to be wrong ==
 
== The Networks rush to be wrong ==

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