Officials may have been biased in favor of their party as they undertook the task of recounting the ballots.
John F. Kennedy won the 1960 presidential election defeating Richard Nixon. In the 1960 presidential election Florida cast its 10 electoral votes for Richard Nixon. George Bush won the 1988 presidential election defeating Michael Dukakis. In the 1988 presidential election Florida cast its 21 electoral votes for George Bush. William Clinton won the 1992 presidential election defeating incumbent President George Bush. In the 1992 presidential election Florida cast its 25 electoral votes for George Bush.
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Florida. Florida, decided by a mere 537 votes, was the closest state of the 2000 presidential election, and it gave George Bush his win.
Florida
Florida cast its 25 electoral votes for George W. Bush in the 2000 election. The 2000 presidential election popular vote totals in Florida were George W. Bush 2,912,790, Al Gore 2,912,253 and Ralph Nader 97,488.
the two sets of election returns submitted by florida, south carolina ,and lousiana
Florida (4), Louisiana (8), South Carolina (7) and Oregon (3) had a total of 22 electoral votes in 1876 presidential election.
The controversial presidential victory of George W. Bush in the 2000 presidential election was largely attributed to the state of Florida. There were issues with the voting count in Florida, particularly with the infamous "hanging chads" on punch-card ballots and allegations of voter suppression. The election results in Florida were extremely close, ultimately leading to a legal battle and the decision of the Supreme Court in Bush v. Gore to end the recount, giving Bush the victory in Florida and thus the presidency.
The big dispute occurred over the vote count in Florida. The election was very close and the Florida vote was critical. The governor was Bush's brother and the Secretary of State who certified the vote was a Republican, so the Democrats were suspicious. One topic that made the papers were the "hanging chad" ballots. In some places people voted by punching out holes in IBM cards but some cards were not totally punched out and so did not register in the counting machine.
Florida was the key state in 2000 where the vote was close and subject to controversial recounts.
FL had 27 votes in 2008.
The 2000 presidential election finally ended with the exact vote count in the state of Florida. The final margin of victory was extremely close, with George W. Bush winning the state by just 537 votes. This slim margin ultimately decided the outcome of the entire election.