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Al Gore
2000 Democratic candidate for President of the United States
Last office	Vice President of the United States 1993–2001

Al Gore's presidential campaign, 2000 details Mr. Gore's effort to win the presidency. In the 2000 election, Gore won the national popular vote, but lost the electoral college vote, after a bitter legal battle over disputed vote counts in the state of Florida. George W. Bush won the election on the electoral college vote of 271 to 266; one elector pledged to Gore did not cast an electoral vote, Gore received 267 pledged electors. The election was one of the most controversial in American history. ^[1][2] This article is about the former Vice President of the United States. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... This article is about the political process. ... This article is about Electoral Colleges in general. ... This article is about the U.S. State of Florida. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the forty-third and current President of the United States of America, originally inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ...

Campaign and election

Gore's daughter, Karenna Gore Schiff, worked on her father's campaign during the election as Youth Outreach Chair.^[3] Together with her father's former Harvard roommate Tommy Lee Jones,^[4] Schiff officially nominated Gore as the Democratic presidential candidate during the 2000 Democratic National Convention. ^[5] She also introduced her father during the launching of his campaign.^[6] Al Gore with wife, Tipper, along with their children and son-in-law, Dr. Andrew Schiff (sitting next to Karenna). ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and director. ... The 2000 National Convention of the U.S. Democratic Party nominated Vice President Al Gore for President and Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman as his Vice President. ...

Platform

In his 1988 Presidential campaign, Gore ran as, "a Southern centrist, [who] opposed federal funding for abortion. He favored a moment of silence for prayer in the schools and voted against banning the interstate sale of handguns."^[7] Over a decade later, after eight years as Vice President, Gore's policies had changed dramatically for the 2000 campaign. According to an article by PBS, Gore Al Gore campaigned for President of the United States as a Democrat twice. ... A vice president is an officer in government or business who is next in rank below a president. ... Not to be confused with Public Broadcasting Services in Malta. ...

promised to appoint pro-choice judges with more liberal leanings. Gore appointees are more likely to support gay rights and maintain a separation between religion and government [...] Gore has vowed to maintain a firm distinction between Church and State, and doesn't focus on religion as a major issue. However, Gore has promoted government partnerships with faith-based groups. His running mate, Senator Joe Lieberman, is an observant Jew and often talks about increasing the role of religion in public life [...] During Gore's eight years as vice president, the Clinton administration appointed 150 homosexuals to government posts. Al Gore says wants to lift the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military, which was supported by President Clinton. Gore has also promised to work toward expanding gay rights, and supports legislation such as the Hate Crime Prevention Act that would broaden the definition of hate crimes to include crimes committed against gay people. ^[8]

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Florida recount and Bush v. Gore

On election night, news networks first called Florida for Gore, later retracted the projection, and then called Florida for Bush, before finally retracting that projection as well. ^[9]Florida Secretary of State Republican Katherine Harris eventually certified the Florida count.^[10] This led to the Florida election recount, a move to further examine the Florida results. The Florida recount was stopped a few weeks later by the Supreme Court of the United States. In the ruling, Bush v. Gore, the Florida recount was called unconstitutional and that no constitutionally valid recount could be completed by the December 12 deadline, effectively ending the recounts. This 7-2 vote ruled that the standards the Florida Supreme Court provided for a recount as unconstitutional due to violations of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and further ruled 5-4 that no constitutionally valid recount could be completed by the December 12 deadline. This case ordered an end to recounting underway in selected Florida counties, effectively giving George W. Bush a 534 vote victory in Florida and consequently Florida's 25 electoral votes and the Presidency.^[11] The results of the decision led to Gore winning the popular vote by approximately 500,000 votes nationwide, but receiving 266(1 DC Elector abstained)electoral votes to Bush's 271 .^[12] The Secretary of State of Florida is a constitutional officer of the state government of Florida, established by the original 1838 state constitution. ... GOP redirects here. ... For other persons named Katherine Harris, see Katherine Harris (disambiguation). ... This article is about the U.S. State of Florida. ... The Florida Recount of 2000 was a period of vote re-counting that occurred following the unclear results of the 2000 US presidential election. ... The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS[1]) is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. ... Holding In the circumstances of this case, any manual recount of votes seeking to meet the December 12 “safe harbor” deadline would be unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. ... is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Amendment XIV (the Fourteenth Amendment) of the United States Constitution is one of the post-Civil War amendments and includes the due process and equal protection clauses (Section 1). ... is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the forty-third and current President of the United States of America, originally inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... The United States Electoral College is the electoral college which chooses the President and Vice President of the United States at the conclusion of each Presidential election. ... The word Presidency is often used to describe the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation. ... This article is about the political process. ...

Gore strongly disagreed with the Court's decision, but decided "for the sake of our unity as a people and the strength of our democracy, I offer my concession."^[13] In the introduction to his global warming presentation, Gore later jokingly introduced himself as "the former next President of the United States".^[14] Gore became the fourth candidate in American history to win the popular vote but lose the electoral vote.^[15] Sarcasm is the making of remarks intended to mock the person referred to (who is normally the person addressed), a situation or thing. ... This article is about the political process. ...

Aftermath

Theories

There were a number of theories connected to Gore's loss. Gore, according to a 2002 NPR article, attributed it to "the economic downturn and stock market slide that began earlier that year."^[16] His running mate, Joe Lieberman, criticized Gore for adopting a populist theme, stating that he had objected to Gore's "people vs. the powerful" message, as he believed that it was not the best strategy for a Democratic win (Lieberman also stated that he would still endorse Gore if he decided to run for the 2004 election).^[17] Other critics attributed Gore's loss in part to Green Party candidate Ralph Nader who garnered 2.7 % of the vote, enough of whose votes which they argued might have otherwise gone to Gore to swing the result.^{[18] [19]} NPR logo For other meanings of NPR see NPR (disambiguation) National Public Radio (NPR) is a private, not-for-profit corporation that sells programming to member radio stations; together they are a loosely organized public radio network in the United States. ... Joseph Isadore Joe Lieberman (born February 24, 1942) is a United States Senator from Connecticut. ... Look up Populism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A Green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of Green politics. ... Ralph Nader (born February 27, 1934) is an American attorney, author, lecturer, political activist, and candidate for President of the United States in five elections. ...

Television appearances

A few years later, Gore began to make a number of television appearances in which he displayed a willingness to poke fun at himself, such as in episodes of Futurama and Saturday Night Live.^[20][21] Some argued that this was evidence that he was "presenting a whole new side of himself" to contradict the perception of a persona "often associated with stiffness and caution." There was further speculation that it was indicative of a 2004 presidential run. ^[20] This article is about the television series. ... SNL redirects here. ...

HBO film

The election is the subject of a 2008 made-for-TV movie directed by Jay Roach, produced by, and starring Kevin Spacey called Recount. It premiered on the HBO cable network on May 25, 2008. “Telefilm” redirects here. ... Jay Roach (born 1957 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American film director and producer whose credits include the Austin Powers movies, and the hit comedies Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers starring Robert DeNiro and Ben Stiller. ... Kevin Spacey (born July 26, 1959) is an Academy Award-winning American actor (film and stage) and director. ... For other uses, see HBO (disambiguation). ...

See also

• United States presidential election, 2000

The United States presidential election of 2000 was a contest between the Democratic candidate Al Gore versus the Republican candidate of George W. Bush. ...

References

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External links

• Election 2000 - NPR
• Bush V. Gore

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