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The 2000 US Presidential Election

The 2000 US Presidential Election. In Context:. The newly elected President would be replacing the controversial, yet popular, Bill Clinton. Clinton had carried out 2 terms as President, overseeing economic growth, while overcoming scandal in his own personal life and an impeachment process.

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The 2000 US Presidential Election

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  1. The 2000 US Presidential Election

  2. In Context: • The newly elected President would be replacing the controversial, yet popular, Bill Clinton. • Clinton had carried out 2 terms as President, overseeing economic growth, while overcoming scandal in his own personal life and an impeachment process.

  3. In Context Cont.:

  4. Candidates: Bush • Educated at Yale and Harvard. • Raised in oil/money in a business and political background. • Worked for the Texas National Guard. • Born again Christian. • Governor for Texas. • Political Family

  5. Candidates: Gore • Raised with a political background. • Educated at Harvard and Vanderbilt. • Served for the Military in Vietnam despite being against it. • Spent time as Congressman and Senator. • Acted as Clinton’s Vice-President

  6. The Candidates Cont.: Other competition for the Presidency came from nominations by other American parties such as the Constitution Party, the Libertarian Party and the Reform Party. However the most affective nominee from a smaller party was Ralph Nader of the Green Party who did garner some relatively serious support.

  7. Issues: As is normal during elections with economic upturn, social issues and foreign policy dominated the political scenes. These included: Welfare Reform; Education; Gun Legislation and; Abortion. The main economic issue considered was spending the projected surplus in the budget. This may not have been considered in the 2012 election campaign.

  8. Republican Primaries

  9. Democrat Primaries

  10. Campaigning: • Funded equally with both spending about $67m • Bush critical of the Clinton administration. • Gore questions Bush’s experience. • Gore distancing himself from scandal. • Lack of incumbent influence.

  11. The Ralph Nader Affect: • Ralph Nader was the most popular of the 3rd party contenders. • Gore claimed that he and Nader were similar. • Republicans attempted to split the liberal vote.

  12. Pre-Election Polling: Popular Vote Electoral College Vote

  13. Results Electoral College Vote Popular Vote

  14. Results cont.:

  15. Florida 2000: 7.50 pm- Some polls claiming that Gore had won Florida and therefore the election. 10.00 pm- With more votes being counted, the result went back to ‘undecided’. 2.30 am- Bush was declared the winner with a lead of 100,000 votes and 85% of the votes counted. 4.30 am- Gore narrowed the vote to 2000 and withdrew his concession. Eventually Bush’s lead was cut to 900 and this led to a mandatory recount.

  16. Bush v. Gore: • The court action put in place to resolve the issue of the Presidency. • It was in response to various lawsuits opened up by the candidates regarding ballot rigging and voter intimidation. • Florida itself couldn’t choose a winner because of the closeness of the vote and recounts were difficult.

  17. Bush v. Gore cont.: • 3rd judicial intervention • First was Bush v. Palm Beach. • Second was known as Bush v. Gore and prevented a recount. • Bush v. Gore final ruling, 5:4 in favor of Bush.

  18. Final Points: • Political or Judicial Decision? • Sabotage in Florida:Jed Bush, George’s brother was Governor of Florida.Kathleen Harris oversaw the review process in the states, and was associated with George Bush’s campaign in the election. Claims that voters were turned away.Unclear voter ballots.Polling stations closed early in Democrat areas.

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