Name: Kevin Meyer Case Name: Bush v. Gore Case Number: 00-949 Facts of The Case: Bush v. Gore (as many believed), was the case that had determined which candidate would win the United States presidential election of 2000 between Vice President Al Gore and Texas Governor George W. Bush. The issue that caused the whole case to erupt was in Florida when the elections results were so close it was not possible to determine who won Florida. Even though Bush received 1,784 more votes than Al Gore did in Florida, the gap between votes was small enough to cause an automatic machine recount under Florida law. Strangely, by doing this it had decreased the amount of votes Bush had. The machine recount had set Bush out of the lead.…
Especially In the early stages of his campaign, references were made that this was the main reason Gore’s numbers were falling behind those of Bush. # Some argue however, that “if Clinton had been able to run for re-election, he would have won easily” with both the Democratic nomination, and the presidency. This came as a result of the fact that Clinton could take the credit for the achievements of his administration and good economic state the country was currently in. Since Gore had been vice-president at the time however, he could not take such credit and therefore people did not look at him in the same way they saw Clinton. The many scandals Clinton became wrapped up in prevented the people from continuing to want a Democrat in the White House and especially not one like Gore who had been around when the scandals unfurled.…
According to Gary Bugh, in the 2000 election, Nader received around 90,000 votes in Florida, which resulted in George Bush winning Florida (51). Bugh also stated, that if the citizens who voted for Nader would have voted for their second choice, which would have been Al Gore, that Gore would have won Florida (51). The same thing happened in the state of New Hampshire that year. According to Robert Dudley, who has a Ph.D. in Political Science, and Eric Shiraev, who has a Ph.D. in Political Psychology, Bush had beaten Gore by only around 7,000 votes (141). Later on Dudley and Shiraev said that according to the polls 8,000 of the 22,000 who voted for Nader would have voted Gore before Bush (141).…
In the circumstance of Gore vs Bush, Gore led Bush by 266…
Every four years, on the first Tuesday in November, millions of American citizens go to the polls and vote indirectly for their President. However, the actual election takes place in December, and only 538 people are involved. This small group of people is called the Electoral College. This paper will explain how the Electoral College works and analyze how it factors into the campaign strategies in Presidential election.…
In 1791, the bill of rights was ratified, included within it, the first amendments to the constitution. Which protected the freedom of speech, press, peaceful assembly, religion, and petition. It destroyed the old system of complete governmental control and allowed the press to openly critique the state and those who ran the state. The media became the bridge crossing the gap between rulers and ruled, protected by the foundational law of the country. After two hundred and twenty five years, as well as countless technological innovations later the way news is presented has changed.…
The 2000 Presidential race all came down to sunshine state of Florida. The sate of Florida had to do an recount of the votes and shows that George W. Bush would have won the recount with the under-votes. Under-votes are votes that were not counted or used when calculating the presidential race. The studies also show that Gore likely would have won a statewide recount of all undervotes and overvotes, which are ballots that included multiple votes for president and were they weren't counted at all. Studies also show that the recount of all hand votes show that Bush would have won the election.…
The dispute between presidential candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election made the American population aware of the legitimacy of elections. Additionally, this event illustrated how deeply divided the nation truly is. The debate focused on the state of Florida where there was conflict regarding Bush’s 2,909,135 votes and Al Gore’s 2,907,351 votes [1]. The difference is a staggering 1,784 or about .03% [1]. Clay Roberts explains that, “Any difference of less than .5 of 1% triggers a mandatory machine recount” [1].…
The 1992 democratic platform reflected efforts of Democrats to transform the old fashioned liberalism. The convention nominated Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas for President and Senator Al Gore of Tennessee for Vice President. Clinton received bounced in the poll due to the successful convention. During the convention season, Ross Perot left the race after his withdrawn, Democrat and Republican tried to persuade the Perot’s…
My position on this issue is the opposite, politicians doesn’t always have to be truthful. As a matter of fact, politicians lie because the people doesn’t want to hear the truth. If two candidates running against each other, the one who tells the public what they want to hear instead of the truth will win the election. The one who tells the truth will loses out. An example could be the 1988 presidential election.…
Of those stops, nearly two-thirds took place in the four battlegrounds with the most electoral votes: Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and North Carolina. These visits focused almost exclusively on urban areas where most of the voters live. Furthermore, neither of the candidates ever went to 27 states, which includes almost all of rural America. The Electoral College does not evenly distribute the power of choosing the president between urban areas and rural; in fact, it simply redistributes the power to swing states. Because each Democratic and Republican candidate can count on winning electoral votes in certain states, the voters of swing states are the deciding factor in elections.…
All political views aside, Clinton should have won the 2016 election, since she won the popular vote. The Trump versus Clinton election is the most recent one, the one where Clinton won 2,865,075 more popular votes than Trump. Just about every American knows that the reason Trump won the election is the electoral college, which is something that we honestly shouldn’t use anymore. Today, we live in a well-informed society, where almost everyone can reasonably form their own political by virtue of everyday resources like the media. Trying to figure out why a president should lose the presidency if they win the people’s vote is genuinely bewildering.…
We as a nation, we should be able to decide the president and vice-president for our country. The Electoral College is a way for the Government to control the way politics are decided. People should decide the president, because people know the truth. The electoral college takes away our right to vote, and it is sound a little bit weird but it is the reality, some of the reason is because most of the time the popular vote it does not count in the reality, the smaller states favored the Electoral college because of the number of electors that they have and also, in the reality our votes do not count.…
Every four years the United States holds a general election for President. Voting is a right that all Americans cherish. The electoral college, which helps with the selection of the President, has many downfalls, but also greatly helps with the election process. What exactly is the electoral college and how did it start?…
State parties use two methods when selecting national convention delegates, they use primaries and caucuses. Primaries and caucuses can be perceived as the first step toward presidency. Some states only hold primary election and others only hold caucuses, but there are also some states that use both primaries and caucuses. States like California and Washington are examples of states who use the primary election method otherwise known as preliminary election. Primary systems are used to select a candidate from a political party, primaries are also used to narrow the field of candidates to a single person who will then represent the political party during the general election.…