Selective collection of nearly 800 web sites, archived daily between aug. Discover librarianselected research resources on presidential election of 2000 from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines, newspapers and more. The value of each cell is a function both of the strength of the preference the percentage difference between how much voters preferred one candidate over the other and the number of voters having that preference. Prophecy says that in 2000, a beast shall come forth from the sea and its countenance shall be foul as that of dragons and upon its brow shall be the name of blasphemy. Jan 01, 2001 two additional factors round out the story of how the 2000 u. Bush, the governor of texas and eldest son of the 41st president, george h. However, i think a lot was left out about the 2000 election, mostly negatives about george w. The untold story of the 2000 election kindle edition by singular, stephen. Even if you fully accept the electoral college, but you judge the real winner to be the person people got off their duffs to go vote for, then by that criterion, gore was in a sense the true winner of the 2000 election. Bob italia discusses the historical presidential election of 2000 between al gore and george bush. Two panels discussed the 2000 congressional elections and the consequences of them for the 107th congress.
Paul waldman university of pennsylvania press, 2001. For republicans, the best book about the election is probably at any cost. A nightmare that goes on haunting the weekslong battle over hanging chads that ultimately landed the fate of the presidency in the u. When americans went to the polls on november 7 2000 to elect the next commanderinchief no one could have predicted the events of succeeding days and weeks. The book is thorough in describing the defects in al gores personality and campaign, but gives bush kind of a pass. How the bellwether states and counties voted in the 2000 presidential election 2000 1996 1992 1988 1984 1980 1976 1972 1968 1964 1960 1956 1952 1948 1944 1940 1936 1932 1928 1924 1920 1916 1912 1908 1904 1900 1896 1892 1888 1884 1880 1876 1872 1868 1864 1860 1856 1852 1848 1844 1840 1836 1832 1828 1824. This is a general resource book about the fundamentals, players, and history of the 2000 presidential election. The candidate who won the popular vote did not win the election. Links are provided to an index of campaign finance reports filed by a candidates principal campaign committee. The dramatic controversy surrounding the 2000 presidential election led to sweeping voting reforms, but opened the door to a new set of problems that continue to impact elections today. Humanities, general philosophy and religion political science contested elections cases elections 2000 ad presidential candidates voting.
Presidential elections presidential election of 2000. Score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. A political and legal analyst of unparalleled journalistic skill, jeffrey toobin is the ideal writer to distill the events of the 36 anxietyfilled days that culminated in one of the most stunning supreme court decisions in history. The unfinished election of 2000 gathers americas leading. How the bellwether states and counties voted in the 2000 presidential election what happened. In 2000, election day fell on tuesday, november 7, 2000. Feb 22, 2016 the dramatic controversy surrounding the 2000 presidential election led to sweeping voting reforms, but opened the door to a new set of problems that continue to impact elections today. Ted gottfried an indepth discussion of the controversial 2000 presidential election. The 2000 united states presidential election was the 54th quadrennial presidential election. Bush narrowly lost the popular vote to democrat al gore but defeated gore in the electoral college. Dec 22, 2000 so in fact the 2000 contest was americas third closest election of modern times. In light of all the unexpected events, its interesting to take a step back and look at the contest from a more objective perspective. Buy world book election 2000 by world book encyclopedia online at alibris. Bush and dick cheney winning a tiny majority in the electoral college despite losing the popular vote to the democrats al gore and joe lieberman.
Bush, won the election, defeating democratic nominee al gore, the incumbent vice president. Oct 27, 2019 after announcing the death of isis leader abu bakr albaghdadi, president donald trump on sunday took questions from journalists and made a major false claim about his past statements on osama. Learning objective f, wor theme the hotlycontested battle for the presidency between george w. A nightmare that goes on haunting the weekslong battle over hanging chads that ultimately landed the fate of the. The big difference was that kennedy got to be president when he won narrowly, and so did nixon.
The book includes views on the election process as well as notable elections outside the united states. In setting forth the contours of american political finance, financing the 2000 election provides a unique resource for students of elections, reformers, journalists, and interested citizens. This is a weighted average and reflects the true net effect voters in each income group had on the outcome of the election. United states presidential election of 2000, american presidential election held on nov. Who actually won the 2000 american presidential election.
Yet some new specific factors made their appearance in the 2000 election. From the bestselling author of a vast conspiracy and the run of his life comes too close to call the definitive story of the bushgore presidential recount. This list is for books that were written on specific united states presidential elections and their outcome. It was the fourth of five presidential elections in which the. Gore, as bill clintons vice president for eight years, was the clear. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. I didnt vote for bush, and i wont vote for him in november, but after reading this book, i can accept that his presidency, while controversial, is legitimate. Election 2000 would become the first election since 1888 where there was a difference between the popular vote and the electoral vote vice president al gore leading governor george w. World book election 2000 by world book encyclopedia alibris. World book election 2000 february 2001 edition open library.
After the grueling 36day florida recount battle, al gore conceded the presidency to george w. Links are provided to an index of campaign finance reports filed by. Commission on civil rights found that an overall lack of leadership in protecting voting rights was largely responsible for the broad array of problems in florida during the 2000 election. How al gore tried to steal the election by bill sammon. The presidential election that took place on november 7, 2000, was so close that no one knew for more than a month who had won the election of 2000.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading stolen future. The election of 2000 was extremely close, with the republican presidential ticket of george w. In the tightest election since 1876, third party candidates prevented either major party candidate from. Regardless of who wins the election, what single issue or challenge are you most interested in having the next president address when he takes office next january. After announcing the death of isis leader abu bakr albaghdadi, president donald trump on sunday took questions from journalists and made a. The 2000 election felt quite realigning at the time, certainly more so than either of the clintonera elections that have preceded it, but the passage of a decade and a half has helped reinforce. America today is evenly split between democrats and republicans. Bush and al gore was ultimately decided by the supreme court. Hasen has been in the forefront of that discussion, with his 2012 book, the voting wars, about the portent of the florida vote controversy in the 2000 presidential election and numerous. There is no mention of the pushpolls that bush used against mccain. After their prepared remarks they answered audience questions.
The most unfair us election ever world news the guardian. Presidential election of 2000 presidential election of 2000. United states presidential election of 2000 united states. The election that turned on the lightbulb in america the election process has finally ended, and out from the dust, a new president comes like an old western movie, the battle between two foes has prompted a new method of handling the towns affairs. United states presidential election of 2000 united. United states election 2000 web archive library of congress. In 2000, the percentage of strategic voters was about the size of foxs margin of victory. The unfinished election of 2000 gathers americas leading historians, political scientists, and constitutional lawyers to examine the strange and unprecedented events of the 2000 election. America today is evenly split between democrats and. Two additional factors round out the story of how the 2000 u.
Electors must have been appointed by december 12, 2000. The archive was extended signifcantly beyond election day nov. One of the most important novelties was the change in the political structures that make a fair election possible. All states have some residency requirements as a condition for suffrage.