| − | Unknown to the voting public at the time, the economy had already begun a steep decline before the election. The uncertainty over who would be President and the court battle that ensued caused a steep drop in the stock market leading to the loss of 5 trillion dollars of equity on paper. Such a huge loss would start the next Presidency in a very difficult situation economically and would only be compounded with the complete breaking of the dot com bubble. | + | Unknown to the voting public at the time, the economy had already begun a steep decline before the election. The uncertainty over who would be President and the court battle that ensued caused a steep drop in the stock market leading to the loss of 5 trillion dollars of equity on paper. Such a huge loss would start the next Presidency in a very difficult situation economically and would only be compounded with the complete breaking of the [[dot-com bubble]]. |