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U.S. presidential election, 2000 | |||
See: US presidential primaries of 2000
In the campaign, Bush criticized the Clinton administration policy in Somalia, where 18 Americans died in 1993 trying to sort out warring factions, and in the Balkans, where U.S. peacekeeping troops perform a variety of functions. "I don't think our troops ought to be used for what's called nation-building," Bush said in the second presidential debate. Obviously, this was said in the context of a pre-September 11 United States.
Nader's candidacy was the most successful, drawing 2.74% of the popular vote. His campaign was marked by a travelling tour of "super-rallies"; large rallies held in sports arenas like Madison Square Garden, MC-ed by film-maker Michael Moore. After initially ignoring Nader, the Gore campaign made a big publicity pitch to (potential) Nader supporters in the final weeks of the campaign, downplaying Gore's differences with Nader on the issues and claiming that Gore's ideas were more similar to Nader's than Bush's were, noting that Gore had a better chance of winning than Nader. In the aftermath of the campaign, many Gore supporters blamed Nader for drawing enough would-be Gore votes to push Bush over Gore, labeling Nader a "spoiler" candidate.
Buchanan's primary battle was especially vicious. In the 1996 election, the Reform party had nominated Ross Perot for president, and Buchanan had run for (and lost) the nomination of the Republican Party. Some Reform Party supporters therefore felt that Buchanan was hijacking their party, and tried to nominate Hagelin. The convention ended with the Hagelin supporters walking out and conducting their own parallel convention. Which group was the true Reform Party (and thus entitled to public financing due to their strong showing in the previous election) was decided by lawsuit.
The Electoral College vote was so close that the change in the results of any state would have swung the election (271 Electoral College votes for Bush 266 for Gore). Although Gore got 500,000 more popular votes than Bush, in America only the Electoral College chooses the President, so Bush was declared the winner.
Some have pointed out that if our system were based on the popular vote, rather than the electoral college, then the turnout of voters would have been different. Voter turnout in states that favor one party heavily tends to be lower. Because of this, the popular vote cannot be used to predict who would have won an actual popular vote election.
In Florida, the vote was so close that state law provided for an automatic recount, and there were concerns about the fairness of the voting process there. The Democratic Party lodged a dispute over the state's election results; a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States ultimately certified Florida's election results, resulting in Bush's victory.
See also: ChoicePoint and Greg Palast
In 2003, US citizens living in the state of Florida were asked who they voted for in the 2000 Election as part of the Statistical Abstract Census. The results showed President Bush receiving more than 1000 votes more than former Vice President Gore.
Greg Palast provides the following chart in his book The Best Democracy Money Can Buy:
Counties with 25%+ African-American Residents
Counties with 95%+ Caucasian Residents
*Write-in Votes.
** 138,216 Miscellaneous write-in, blank and void votes were compiled as one total. This figure isn't included in Total Votes Cast.
#Write-in votes for Presidential candidates not permitted.
##The District of Columbia has 3 electoral votes. There was 1 abstention.
Total Electoral Vote = 538
Total Electoral Vote Needed to Elect = 270
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See also: President of the United States, U.S. presidential election, 2000, U.S. presidential election, 1876
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