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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 16th time in history that a candidate won the [[Electoral College]] vote without receiving the majority of the nation's popular vote.<ref>It also happened in 1844, 1856, 1860, 1876, 1880, 1884, 1888, 1892, 1912, 1916, 1948, 1960, 1968, 1992, and 1996. It was the first time since [[United States presidential election%2C 2000|Kennedy in 1960]] that the presidential winner failed to win a plurality of the popular vote. </ref> 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.
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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 4th time history where the winning candidate failed to win the most popular votes <ref>this happened in 1824, 1876, 1888, and 2000</ref>. 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.
  
 
In a rare situation in Presidential elections, Al Gore lost his home state of [[Tennessee]] to George Bush.
 
In a rare situation in Presidential elections, Al Gore lost his home state of [[Tennessee]] to George Bush.

Revision as of 22:00, June 8, 2008

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 4th time history where the winning candidate failed to win the most popular votes [1]. 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.

In a rare situation in Presidential elections, Al Gore lost his home state of Tennessee to George Bush.

The Election Results eventually showed[2]

Candidates Popular Vote Percent Electoral Vote
George W. Bush 50,460,110 47.9% 271
Albert Gore, Jr. 51,003,926 48.4% 266
Ralph Nader 2,883,105 2.7% 0
Patrick J. Buchanan 449,205 0.4% 0
Other 620,892 0.6% 0

Further reading

See Also

Bush v. Gore

References

  1. ↑ this happened in 1824, 1876, 1888, and 2000
  2. ↑ Leip, Dave. Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 7/1/2007
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