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2000- Bush vs.Gore: Kayla Kapen, Dan Oleynik, and Kate Voigt Bill Clinton was in his 2nd term from 1997-2000. His vice president was Al Gore. Clinton was the 1st Democratic president reelected into office since Franklin D. Roosevelt. He initiated a health care reform but that failed early in his second term so he focused on other things. Some examples are that the welfare system was reformed and a massive federal budget deficit was turned into a surplus.In those years, the Clinton administration expanded international trade. They also intervened militarily to end "ethnic cleansing" in Bosnia. One thing that sticks out during the Clinton years was the affair that was broken out in 1998. He was having an affair with a White House aide named Monica Lewinsky. This resulted in Clinton's impeachment from the White House by the House of Representatives in 1999. A trial in the Senate found Clinton not guilty of the charges against him. Clinton later issued a public appology for his conduct and promised to keep working as hard as he could for the American people. At the end of his term he left with surprisingly high approval ratings. Al Gore and Joe Lieberman George W. Bush and Dick Cheney Green: Ralph Nadar and Winona LaDuke Bush was chosen as the primary leader for the Republican party beating John McCain who was a senator from Arizona. There were a total of 4,335 delegates. In Bush's acceptance speech, he criticized the eight years of the Clinton administration as weak on defense and miltary topics, high taxes, and high pollution. He attacked the adminstration's military policies claiming that the American troops weren't ready to fight. He also claimed that Clinton's adminsistration didn't lead the country. He spoke on the last day of the convention. The convention was in Philladelphia. Bush's platform before the 9/11 attack didn't change too much from what it was originally going to be. For the economy, he promised that everybody would get a tax break. The education policy was called "No Child Left Behind" and that policy included madatory national testing and some support for school vouchers. The policy also included that teachers are required to have a degree specific to the subject that they would be teaching. Democratic Convention: August 14-17, 2000 Gore recieved just about 100% of the delegate votes and Lieberman recieved 100% of the delegate votes. In Gore's acceptance speech, he focused on the future of America and saying that it was a new time and a new beggining and time for a new president. He also focused on the issues that the country was facing including the problems with the education system. The convention was in Los Angeles. Gore's platform included banning partial-birth abortions, except for maternal health and he wanted a new security adgenda based on global problems. Al Gore's views: Education: .believed that every school should be connected to the internet .he wanted to improve classrooms and recruit teachers
 * Date of the Election:** November 7th, 2000
 * Who was in the White House at the time of the election?** Bill Clinton was in his 2nd term as president during the election
 * What issues/events occurred in the past four years previous to the election that influenced this current election?**
 * Candidates for each party:** Democratic: Republican:
 * Describe the conventions for each party:** Republican Convention: July 31-Aug 3, 2000
 * What were the major issues that the campaign and candidates focused upon:**

Social Security: .believed that the claims of social security going bankrupt are misleading .He wanted to strengthen benefits for widows Religion: .voluntary prayer in school is ok as long as teachers aren't involved .He supported the Hyde Park Declaration of "Third Way" centrism

Welfare and Poverty: .He wanted to reduce child poverty via tax credits & minimum wage .Invest in urban redevelopment and "Empowerment zones"

Health Care: .He wanted to let the FDA regulate cigarettes and fight teen smoking .Get generic drugs to market quickly and cheaply

George Bush's views: Energy and oil: .He wanted to do more exploration, more nuclear, and energy research .Replenish energy supplies with new domestic coal and & pipelines

Foreign Policy: .He wanted to keep sanctions against Cuba .He believed that Africa was important but not a priority

Jobs: .He believed that food shouldn't be used as a diplomatic weapon because it would hurt farmers .His farm policy required that there would be insurance, emergency relief, and antitrust

Immigration: .He welcomed Latinos and believed that immigration wasn't a problem to be solved .He respected all languages but wanted all children to be taught English

Technology: .He believed that a tax ban keeps the Internet growing and affordable .He didn't want "virtual people" in the Census because he wanted real numbers

The election was on November 7, 2000 but the results of the election weren't known until more than a month afterwards because of the constant recounting of the Florida presidential ballot. The governor of Florida was George Bush's brother Jeb so there were many concerns about the fairness and accuracy about the voting in Florida. Jeb Bush was leading some of Gore's advocates to make several allegations of impropriety. After several weeks of debate, Bush won Florida by only 573 votes. The Democratic party requested that disputed ballots in three heabily Democratic counties were counted by hand. During the process, George Bush hired former Secretary of State James Baker to oversee the legal process. The Gore campaign hired Bill Clinton's Secretary of State Warren Christopher. Several court rulings went with both ways that either Bush won or Gore won.
 * Describe the overall results:**

**Electoral College Votes**



**Electoral Vote Count**


 * What was the significance of this election?**
 * Dan:** The significance of this election is that it was the first time that a candidate had won the public vote (Al Gore), but lost the electoral vote. Because of this occurrence, the election went to George W. Bush who won with a close election of 271 electoral college votes while Gore won with 267 votes. This was the closest election of all time. This was also the first time that a Republican has won without Vermont.
 * Kayla:** I think that this election is significant because of the fact that it took over a month to finally figure out who the president was after the actual election. Al Gore had won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote because of Florida. Bush won 271 votes and Gore won 267 votes. Since Jeb Bush was the governor of Florida and George Bush's brother, it made somewhat of an impact on the voting. But this was the closest election in U.S. history.
 * Katie:** As Dan mentioned above, this is the first time that a candidate won popular vote but lost electoral. This even truly showed the massive gap between the two. This was also one of the closest Electoral College votes, with only a 4 vote lead when George Bush, Governor of Texas up to this point, because president. Bush beat Gore in the total number of states won by them 31 to 19, giving the Republican Party the first landslide victory since 1988 with his father George H.W. Bush

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