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Why Gorge W Bush won the 2000 election  

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Why Gorge W Bush won the 2000 election It was a close race to begin with. Gore and bush shared several policies that where on major issues such as the death penalty and gun law. Also It was a time of uncertainty with no major enemy to fight against for ten years the two candidates having very little foreign policy policies. The main reason why Bush won in the year 2000 is because of how close the two candidates where in the Florida election. Up until the Florida votes had been counting Gore was winning with 266 Electoral College votes. Bush then grabbed the 25 votes of Florida's Electoral College reps and subsequently won the election with 274 Electoral College votes. How ever Bush was only ahead with 500 votes this then triggered a recount in several counties through out the state which where sanctioned by the State Supreme Court. After almost a...

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