Though Al Gore won the popular vote, the electoral college, with some skepticism over Florida, shows George Bush on top and was ultimately decided by the Supreme Court.
Bush won Ohio with 50% of the popular vote compared to 46% for Gore (Ralph Nader won 3%)
Al Gore but because of a electronic problems George Bush won.
Al Gore was the Democratic candidate in 2000.
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.
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.
Yes, the election was very close. Gore won the popular vote total by more than 450,000 votes, but Bush won 5 more electoral votes to win the election. The was a big dispute over the vote count in Florida where Bush won by 512 votes out of 2.9 million and so gained 25 electoral votes.
Algore won Florida with a popular vote, but Bush won the Electoral votes during the December election.
Bush won the election in 2000 when they ran against each other for President.
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.
The electoral collage is a very hard thing to understand. First, the electors, the people of the electoral collage is to vote for who ever wins the popular election in that state. Bush won the election because the diffence between Gore and Bush votes were farther apart than in the states that Gore won. This means that it was closer in states that Bush got.
Al Gore gained the most votes, however George Bush won the electoral contest
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.