2000 Election In 2000 Case Study

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The election in 2000 between George W Bush and Al Gore was the closest presidential election in history of the United States. Throughout the process of the election, a huge tension between the republican and democrats was so overwhelmed since both parties big primary focus was on Florida. [1]The election ended with 0.009% margin with 537 votes differences.[1] George Bush ended up winning the election in 2000 with 271 and Al Gore received 266 electoral votes. As I am personally in conservative side which is the republican, however, I still think that Al Gore could have an opportunity to defeat Bush on the election with the support that he has in Florida. Unfortunately, Al Gore’s request to recount in the 4 counties in Florida wasn’t completely

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