United States presidential election, 2000

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, with the final margin of victory being so small, the role of both and what impact they had on the election received prominence during the time when neither major party candidate would concede.

The Election Results eventually showed

Candidates	Popular Vote	Electoral Vote
George W. Bush	50,460,110	271
Albert Gore, Jr.	51,003,926	266
Ralph Nader	2,883,105	0
Patrick J. Buchanan	449,205	0

See Also

Bush v. Gore