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The term "fuzzy math" was first heard during the debates prior to the 2000 U.S. presidential election. It was used by George W. Bush, who dismissed the figures used by his opponent Al Gore. Others later turned the term against Bush.
At the first presidential debate Bush attacked Gore for his criticism of his $1.3 trillion tax cut proposal and described Gore's attack as "fuzzy math" and also attacked Gore for his involvement in a campaign finance controversy during the 1996 presidential election. [151]
By 4:30 a.m., after all votes were counted, Gore had narrowed Bush's margin to under 2,000 votes, and the networks retracted their declarations that Bush had won Florida and the presidency. Gore, who had privately conceded the election to Bush, withdrew his concession. The final result in Florida was slim enough to require a mandatory recount ...
On this day in 2000, the Supreme Court ruled in the Bush v. Gore case. Here's what the landmark 5-4 decision means for today's Electoral College.
A Library of Congress spokesman said researchers have yet to transcribe Stevens' notes on Bush v. Gore. The documents made public Tuesday relate to a 21-year period of his Supreme Court tenure ...
Vern S. Williams is a mathematics teacher at Nysmith School in Herndon, Virginia. In 2007, Williams was one of 17 experts appointed by the George W. Bush administration to the National Mathematics Advisory Panel, and was the only member of the panel that was a practicing K-12 teacher. He decries the use of "fuzzy math" and believes that math ...
The total appropriations package would cut $200 billion over 10 years, as the national debt expands by $20 trillion.
The "butterfly ballot" used in Palm Beach County, Florida, was suspected of causing Al Gore's supporters to accidentally vote for Pat Buchanan. The 2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida was a period of vote recounting in Florida that occurred during the weeks after Election Day in the 2000 United States presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore.