Back الانتخابات الرئاسية الأمريكية 2000 Arabic ABŞ-də prezident seçkiləri (2000) Azerbaijani Президентски избори в САЩ (2000) Bulgarian Eleccions presidencials dels Estats Units del 2000 Catalan 2000 nièng Mī-guók cūng-tūng sōng-gṳ̄ CDO Volby prezidenta USA 2000 Czech Præsidentvalget i USA 2000 Danish Präsidentschaftswahl in den Vereinigten Staaten 2000 German Προεδρική εκλογή των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών 2000 Greek 2000 United States presidential election English
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 Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Bush/Cheney(30), Blue denotes those won by Gore/Lieberman(20+DC). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2000 United States presidential election happened on November 7, 2000. George W. Bush, the Republican candidate who was the Governor of Texas and the eldest son of the 41st president, George H. W. Bush, won the election. He defeated the Democratic candidate, Al Gore, who was the Vice President.
Incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton was not eligible to serve a third term, and Vice President Gore was able to secure the Democratic nomination. Bush was seen as the early favorite for the Republican nomination, and despite a contentious primary battle with Senator John McCain and other candidates, secured the nomination by Super Tuesday. Many third-party candidates also ran, most prominently Ralph Nader. Bush chose former Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney as his running mate, and Gore chose Senator Joe Lieberman as his. Both candidates focused primarily on domestic issues, such as the budget, tax relief, and reforms for federal social insurance programs, though the foreign policy was not ignored. Clinton and Gore did not often campaign together, a deliberate decision resulting from the Lewinsky scandal two years prior.
Bush narrowly won the November 7 election, with 271 electoral votes to Gore's 266. There was a disagreement over who won Florida's 25 electoral votes because the way Florida voted was different from other states. A recount happened in the state and the uncommon event that the winner got fewer popular votes than the loser.[2] The Court's decision in Bush v. Gore announced on December 12, 2000, this ended the recounts, effectively awarding Florida's votes to Bush and granting him the victory.
- ↑ "Voter Turnout in Presidential Elections". Presidency.ucsb.edu. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
- ↑ "2000 Presidential General Election Results". transition.fec.gov.