Bush v. Gore

Examples of Bush v. Gore in the following topics:

• The Election of 1888

  • The first, that of 1824, saw John Quincy Adams elected by the House, the second occurred just 12 years earlier in 1876, while the fourth would occur 112 years later in the year 2000 when Bush v.
  • Gore decided the vote.

• The Disputed Election of 2000

  • Bush, then-governor of Texas, and Democratic candidate and incumbent Vice President Al Gore.
  • Though Gore came in second in the electoral vote, he received 543,895 more popular votes than Bush.
  • Later research showed that by the standards requested by the Gore campaign, Bush would have won the recount.
  • Many Gore supporters claimed Nader split the Democratic vote, tipping the election for Bush.
  • In the highly controversial decision Bush v.

• Two Judicial Revolutions: The Rehnquist Court and the Roberts Court

  • In 2000, Rehnquist wrote a concurring opinion in Bush v.
  • Gore, the case that effectively ended the presidential election controversy in Florida, that the Equal Protection Clause barred a standard-less manual recount of the votes as ordered by the Florida Supreme Court.
  • Bush, who had previously nominated him to replace Sandra Day O'Connor.

• The George W. Bush Administration

  • Bush, George W.
  • After two vote recounts, Democratic presidential candidate and incumbent Vice President Al Gore filed a lawsuit for a third recount.
  • The Supreme Court's controversial decision in Bush v.
  • Gore resolved the dispute.
  • The Florida Secretary of State certified Bush as the winner of Florida, and Florida's 25 electoral votes gave Bush, the Republican candidate, 271 electoral votes, enough to defeat Al Gore.

• The 1992 Election

  • Bush could solve America’s problems.
  • Senator Al Gore (a Democrat from Tennessee) as his running mate.
  • Selecting fellow Southerner Gore went against the popular strategy of balancing a Southern candidate with a Northern partner.
  • Red denotes states won by Bush/Quayle, Blue denotes those won by Clinton/Gore.
  • Bush in the 1992 presidential election.

• The Impact of Minor Parties

  • During the 2000 election, Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader took votes away from Democrat Al Gore, a situation that some people felt contributed to the victory of Republican George W.
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  • This was at issue during the 2000 election when Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader took votes away from Democrat Al Gore, a situation that some felt contributed to the victory of Republican George W.
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  • Ralph Nader, the Green Party candidate, is accused of "stealing" votes away from Al Gore, a Democrat, in the 2000 election.

• Conclusion: The End of a Century

  • Bush could solve America’s problems.
  • Bush, governor of Texas and eldest son of former president Bush.
  • Bush had the robust support of both the Christian Right and the Republican leadership.
  • Supreme Court, Bush was declared President.
  • Al Gore and Newt Gingrich applaud as US president Clinton waves during the State of the Union address in 1997.

• The Republican Party

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  • Bush and George W.
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  • Bush and blue for Democrat Al Gore.
  • Bush, and George W.

• The Candidates

  • Bush and Democrat Al Gore during the 2000 presidential election influenced public perceptions.
  • Bush was depicted as being unintelligent by news organizations that compiled lists of his gaffes and malapropisms.
  • Gore was construed as being dishonest for allegedly claiming that he invented the Internet.

• The 12th Amendment

  • Bush (alongside running-mate Dick Cheney) and Al Gore (alongside Joe Lieberman), because it was alleged that Bush and Cheney were both inhabitants of Texas and that the Texas electors therefore violated the Twelfth Amendment in casting their ballots for both.
  • Bush's residency was unquestioned, as he was Governor of Texas at the time.