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Despite George W. Bush being declared the victor in the 2000 presidential election by the Supreme Court, he lost the popular vote to his Democratic opponent, Albert Gore. Bush narrowly won the electoral vote; only the SCOTUS's decision on Florida's 'Hanging Chad' issue that disqualified enough Democratic votes that gave Florida's electoral votes to Bush enabled him to win in the Electoral College.
George Bush became president because of the vote in the electoral college, despite not winning a plurality of the popular vote
Despite George W. Bush being declared the victor in the 2000 presidential election by the Supreme Court, he lost the popular vote to his Democratic opponent, Albert Gore. Bush narrowly won the electoral vote; only the SCOTUS's decision on Florida's 'Hanging Chad' issue that disqualified enough Democratic votes that gave Florida's electoral votes to Bush enabled him to win in the Electoral College.
The Electoral College is what really decides the presidency. Sadly, the Popular vote is only supposed to persuade your electoral college representative to vote for the dominant side, but in some cases that does not happen
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Florida State University College of Medicine was created in 2000.
Florida International University College of Law was created in 2000.
George W. Bush won the 2000 presidential election defeating Albert Gore, Jr. In the 2000 presidential election George W. Bush received 271 (50.5%) electoral votes and Albert Gore, Jr. received 266 (49.5%) electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Gore 50,996,582 (50.3%) and Bush 50,456,062 (49.7%). Green Party candidate Ralph Nader won 2,882,955 popular votes. Nader did not receive any electoral votes. Florida's electoral votes ended up determining who was president in 2000. 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 and Al Gore 2,912,253.
Voters directly elect their congressman and senators, who form the legislative branch. The person who wins the most votes in a state wins the election. Voters do not technically elect the president. The president is chosen by the electoral college. People vote in the presidential election and their votes are tallied by the states. Each state has a certain number of electoral votes. If 51% of the people of Florida, then all of Florida's electoral college votes go for that person. At the end of election day, all the votes are tallied in each state, and the electoral college votes numbers are added up. Whoever wins the majority of the electoral college wins. This means that even if a candidate wins the majority of votes, as Al Gore did in 2000, he can still lose in the electoral college and lose the presidency.