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Except in 2008, no major party ticket has won fewer than 200 electoral voters in any 21st-century election, and none has surpassed George H.W. Bush's 7.7% popular-vote margin in 1988. Some have argued that the 2000 presidential election inaugurated a century of close and competitive presidential elections.
State results tallied on election night gave 246 electoral votes to Republican nominee Texas Governor George W. Bush and 255 to Democratic nominee Vice President Al Gore, with New Mexico (5), Oregon (7), and Florida (25) too close to call that evening. Gore won New Mexico and Oregon over the following few days, but the result in Florida was ...
New Hampshire would play a pivotal role in the outcome of the 2000 presidential election as George W. Bush defeated Al Gore in New Hampshire by a narrow 1.27% (or a raw-vote margin of 7,211 votes), in the midst of one of the closest elections in US history. Had Gore won the state, New Hampshire's electoral college votes would have swung the ...
The 2000 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 14 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. North Carolina was won by Governor George W. Bush with a 12.83% margin of ...
The 2000 United States presidential election in Alaska took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 3 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Alaska was won by Governor George W. Bush by a 31.0% margin of
Officially, Bush and Democrat Al Gore were separated by just 537 votes in Florida, which ultimately determined the election after a still-debated U.S. Supreme Court decision.
In the 2000 presidential election, Republican Texas Governor George W. Bush defeated Democratic incumbent vice president Al Gore. The election was eye-catchingly close, but was the third straight election where neither party won a majority of the popular vote. [2]
On the night of the 2000 presidential election, as the counting began in a tight race between Texas Gov. George W. Bush and incumbent Vice President Al Gore, it all came down to Florida.