Summary: The 2000 Presidential Election

The presidential election of 2000 created great controversy throughout the country regarding claims that some African Americans and other Democratic voters were not allowed to vote in Florida for various reasons. Some of these reasons included claims that the voter did not have proper identification cards, manipulating a list of former felons to exclude thousands from voting, and even different acts of intimidation. Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election focuses on the suspicious pattern of irregularities, and “voter-purges”, which happened in a state governed by Jeb Bush, George Bush’s brother. Since Jeb Bush had a personal interest in helping his brother win the presidential election, we can easily understand how easy it is for thousands of American citizens to be denied their right to vote for their candidate. Throughout this documentary, one can clearly see the unethical behavior of politicians and the failing of democracy in the United States during this time period. Every four years, citizens throughout the country look forward to vote for the candidate of their choice, but that was not the case for some voters in the state of Florida. When some of these voters visited their local polling stations, …show more content…
Documentaries like this also serves a greater purpose by reminding you that you must fight for your civil rights if one attempts to abuse them. In situations like the Republican party using tactics to produce a specific presidential outcome comes to show that nothing should be overlooked by the other political party and to always ensure that all legal votes were counted. I do not believe a situation of this magnitude will occur again, but if it does, I do hope that the U.S. Supreme court will handle this better care and a watchful eye over both