The election of 2000 between Bush and Gore was one of the most controversial battles of our time because of many complications in the voting process which led to many vexed decisions made by officials. On Tuesday, November 7 millions of people casted votes to elect the next president of the United States, in the end Bush came out on top winning 271 electoral votes. But as soon as the count was done, one state that stood out the most was Florida because who ever won Florida would've became the next president. Complications in Florida became apparent when thousands of votes weren’t being counted because of debatable ballots which raised questions of legitimacy. Gore took the controversy to court and the decision was made for a mandatory recount. Many Bush supports tried everything to delay the recount so that it wouldn't finish by the deadline. In the end the recount wasn’t finished because of the overwhelming delays making Bush the president of the United States. It’s apparent that Bush didn’t want a recount done because of how close the popular vote really was. Bush tried everything to stop the recount from happening so the real numbers are still a mystery.
