What was the vote difference in the 2000 presidential election?

Ultimately, Bush won 271 electoral votes, one vote more than the 270-to-win majority, despite Gore receiving 543,895 more votes (a margin of 0.52% of all votes cast).

What percentage of the electorate voted in 2000?

… and voter turnout remains up among registered voters. Most people who are registered to vote actually vote. Among people who were registered to vote for the November 2000 Presidential elec- tion, 86 percent reported they voted, up from 82 percent in the 1996 election.

What was the popular vote in 2004?

Democratic Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts won his party’s nomination after defeating Senator John Edwards and several other candidates in the 2004 Democratic presidential primaries. In the general election, Bush won 286 of the 538 electoral votes and 50.7 percent of the popular vote.

Who was the Governor of Florida in 2000?

Gore was referring to the fact that Florida’s governor at the time was Jeb Bush, Bush’s younger brother. Further fueling the fire: Katherine Harris, Florida’s secretary of state, charged with overseeing an impartial election, was a Republican who served as co-chair of Florida’s Bush for President election committee.

What was the outcome of the Florida recount in 2000?

According to a massive months-long study commissioned by eight news organizations in 2001, George W. Bush probably still would have won even if the U.S. Supreme Court had allowed a limited statewide recount to go forward as ordered by Florida’s highest court.

Is there a recount of the votes in Florida?

Another recount of all Florida votes — including both under- and overvotes — is still in the works under the eye of a consortium of media organizations, including The Associated Press, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and CNN.

Where did most overvotes take place in Florida?

Additionally, this Florida election produced many more “overvotes” than usual, especially in predominantly African-American precincts in Duval County (Jacksonville), where some 21,000 ballots had multiple markings, such as two or more choices for president.