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Adam Yancoskie
2000 Presidential Election
March 22, 2001
The 2000 presidential race, between George W. ... During the election Gore was serving as the Vice President under Bill Clinton. ... After winning the presidential election in 1993, President Clinton and Vice President Gore were re-elected for a second term in 1997.
Early into election night on November 7, 2000, Gore and Bush were extremely close in Electoral College votes. ... Most American’s went to sleep believing that Bush had won, they work up to learn that the election had not been decided and would not be for another month.
November 8, 2000, the day after the election, it was revealed that Bush was leading in the Florida recount by only seventeen hundred votes (or less than . ... Indeed, Florida’s election law required that if the margin was less than one half of one percent of the total votes cast, a recount would be mandatory. ... Those voting to stop the recount, argued the legitimacy of the election would be damaged if the recounts were allowed to continue. In contrast, those who supported the continuation of the recount, claimed stopping the recount would make the outcome of the election illegitimate.
Approximate Word count = 883
Approximate Pages = 3.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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