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George W. Bush won the 2000 presidential election.
2000 U. S. Presidential / Vice Presidential Election Results:
269 votes (50.1%) - minimum required
271 votes (50.5%) - Gov. George W. Bush of TX / Fmr. Defense Sec. Dick Cheney of WY (Rep. Pty.)
266 votes (49.5%) - V.P. Al Gore of TN / U. S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of CT (Dem. Pty.)
One elector from the District of Columbia withheld his/her vote in protest of D.C. not having voting representation in Congress. Since an absolute majority of the votes cast is required, that had the effect of reducing the minimum requirement to 269 votes.
This election had the second-closest outcome in U. S. history after the election of 1876. The national popular vote was the third-closest on record after the elections of 1880 and 1960.
During the time that every state has based their electoral appointments on the popular vote, this was the third time that the candidate with the most electoral votes was not the candidate with the most popular votes nationally, the other two being 1876 and 1888. Of the three, the popular vote was closest in this election.
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∙ 15y agoPrincipal Candidates for President and Vice President: 2000
Republican-George W. Bush; Richard B. Cheney (winner)
Democratic-Albert A. Gore, Jr.; Joseph I. Lieberman
Green-Ralph Nader; Winona LaDuke
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∙ 6y agoGeorge W. Bush won the 2000 presidential election defeating Albert Gore, Jr. In the 2000 presidential election George W. Bush received 271 electoral votes and Albert Gore, Jr. received 266 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Gore 50,996,582 and Bush 50,456,062.
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∙ 6y agoBarack Obama won the 2008 presidential election defeating John McCain. In the 2008 presidential election Barack Obama received 365 electoral votes and John McCain received 173 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Obama 69,297,997 and McCain 59,597,520.
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∙ 9y agoGovernor George W. Bush (R-TX) beat incumbent Vice President Al Gore (D-TN) 271 to 266 (with one vote uncast). It was an extremely close election. It came down to whoever won the votes of the State of Florida won the election. Gov. Bush won Florida by only 537 votes out of a total of 5,963,110 votes counted (that's 0.009%).
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∙ 15y agoAl Gore (D) got the most votes but because of the electoral system, George W Bush (R) was elected.
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∙ 11y agoGeorge H.W.Bush and Ross Perot
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∙ 11y agoJohn McCain
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George W.Bush,the 2000 republican presidential candidate won the presidential election of 2000.
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George W. Bush won the 2000 presidential election defeating Albert Gore, Jr. In the 2000 presidential election George W. Bush received 271 electoral votes and Albert Gore, Jr. received 266 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Gore 50,996,582 and Bush 50,456,062.
