2006-11-02 02:48:57 · 12 answers · asked by Daniel S 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
well, after they finally allowed the overseas military absantee ballots to be counted (that kerry's team tried to keep from happening because they arrived a day late or something similar), it wasn't even close. Bush won by a large scale. I don't know the actual numbers.
2006-11-02 02:53:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Bush won the popular vote in Florida, giving him Florida's electoral college votes, and thus, the election win since he had the required majority of electoral college votes.
Al Gore, however, won the popular vote across the country, but lost the election. This has happened in presidential elections in the past (the 2000 election was the seventh, but I could be wrong so don't quote me on that :P) and is considered to be one of the flaws in the electoral college system.
2006-11-02 02:52:37 · answer #2 · answered by asoneill99 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Gore
Vice President Al Gore came in second in the electoral vote, but received 543,816 more popular votes than Bush. Such a close national contest contributed to the controversy of the election. This was the first time since 1888 that a candidate who clearly did not receive a plurality of the popular vote received a majority of the Electoral College
2006-11-02 02:52:35 · answer #3 · answered by katjha2005 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the presidents brother made sure we will never know the truth but the following are the supposed Tally's
Federal official vote for the state of Florida (25 electoral votes) Presidential Candidate Vote Total Pct Party
George W. Bush (W) 2,912,790 48.847 Republican
Al Gore 2,912,253 48.838 Democratic
Ralph Nader 97,421 1.634 Green
Patrick J. Buchanan 17,484 0.293 Reform
Harry Browne 16,415 0.275 Libertarian
John Hagelin 2,281 0.038 Natural Law/Reform
Howard Phillips 1,378 0.023 Constitution
Other 3,028 0.051 —
Total 5,963,110
Final certified vote for the state of Florida (25 electoral votes) Presidential Candidate Vote Total Pct Party
George W. Bush (W) 2,912,790 48.850 Republican
Al Gore 2,912,253 48.841 Democratic
Ralph Nader 97,421 1.633 Green
Patrick J. Buchanan 17,412 0.292 Reform
Harry Browne 16,102 0.270 Libertarian
John Hagelin 2,274 0.038 Natural Law/Reform
Howard Phillips 1,378 0.023 Constitution
Other 3,027 0.051 —
Total 5,962,657 100.00
Vice President Al Gore came in second in the electoral vote, but received 543,816 more popular votes than Bush. Such a close national contest contributed to the controversy of the election. This was the first time since 1888 that a candidate who clearly did not receive a plurality of the popular vote received a majority of the Electoral College (see United States Electoral College, losing the popular vote). (Due to the unusual ballot in Alabama in 1960, it is unclear how much of the popular vote in that state can be attributed to Kennedy and hence whether Kennedy beat Nixon in the popular vote.)
Gore failed to win the popular vote in his home state of Tennessee. Had he won Tennessee which he didn't because Bush campaigned extensively for it due to its bipartisan base, he could have won the election without Florida. Gore was the first major party presidential candidate to have lost his home state since George McGovern lost South Dakota in 1972.
Presidential Candidate Party Home State Popular Vote Electoral Vote Running Mate Running Mate's
Home State Running Mate's
Electoral Vote
Count Percentage
George W. Bush Republican Texas 50,460,110 47.9% 271 Dick Cheney Wyoming 271
Al Gore Democratic Tennessee 51,003,926 48.4% 266 Joe Lieberman Connecticut 266
(abstention) (a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) (n/a) 1 (abstention) (a) (n/a) 1
Ralph Nader Green Connecticut 2,883,105 2.7% 0 Winona LaDuke Minnesota 0
Pat Buchanan Reform Virginia 449,225 0.4% 0 Ezola B. Foster California 0
Harry Browne Libertarian Tennessee 384,516 0.4% 0 Art Olivier California 0
Howard Phillips Constitution Virginia 98,022 0.1% 0 Curtis Frazier Missouri 0
John Hagelin Natural Law/Reform Iowa 83,702 0.1% 0 Nat Goldhaber California 0
Other(b) 54,652 0.1% 0 Other(b) 0
Total 105,417,258 100.0% 538 Total 538
Needed to win 270 Needed to win
Bush won Florida supposedly by only 537 voyes and then came back in 2004 with the same BS with a littl;e variation and stole another election with help from his brother again and the secretary of state in Ohio Kenneth Blackwell who is now running for Govenor he will not profit here for his underhandedness in Bushs non-re election
2006-11-02 03:05:00 · answer #4 · answered by katlady927 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The problem was & still is we have no verifiable means nor does anyone else! The E-voting machine makes cheating easier for the insider, Meanwhile intensly mudding the waters for the legal citizen!
2006-11-02 03:10:27 · answer #5 · answered by bulabate 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The OFFICIAL figures for Florida (your question) -- those which were reported and "settled on" were:
Bush: 2,912,790 49%
Gore: 2,912,253 49%
Nader: 97,488 2%
electoral votes: 25
guy above me-- votes that arrive after the election don't count. nice try
2006-11-02 02:53:29 · answer #6 · answered by dapixelator 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Major newspapers conducted their own recounts in March or April after the election. In all scenarios, Bush won each time.
2006-11-02 02:58:48 · answer #7 · answered by C = JD 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Looks like dapixelator deserves the 10 points for this question. And someone ought to put a dunce cap on katjhe2005 for not paying attention to the question.
2006-11-02 03:00:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Bush won fair and square.
2006-11-02 02:54:01 · answer #9 · answered by stoagie 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Corruption won, the people lost.
2006-11-02 02:50:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋