2000 United States presidential election

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United States presidential election

The 2000 United States presidential election was a highly contentious race between George W. Bush and Al Gore that culminated in a disputed Florida recount and a landmark Supreme Court decision.

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United States presidential election, 2000 2
George W. Bush 2000 presidential campaign 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States presidential election ⓘ
alsoContestedOffice Vice President of the United States ⓘ
ballotDesignIssue butterfly ballot in Palm Beach County ⓘ
campaignIssue United States Social Security system ⓘ
surface form: Social Security

education policy ⓘ
environmental policy ⓘ
health care ⓘ
tax cuts ⓘ
controversy disputed Florida vote count ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
DemocraticRunningMate Joe Lieberman ⓘ
electionDate 2000-11-07 ⓘ
electoralCollegeSystem decisive in outcome ⓘ
electoralVotesLoser 266 ⓘ
electoralVotesWinner 271 ⓘ
faithlessElectorEffect one District of Columbia elector abstained ⓘ
FloridaElectoralVotes 25 ⓘ
FloridaOutcome officially awarded to George W. Bush ⓘ
hasCandidate Albert Gore, Jr. ⓘ
surface form: Al Gore

George W. Bush ⓘ
incumbentPresident Bill Clinton ⓘ
incumbentPresidentParty Democratic Party ⓘ
keyBattlegroundState Florida ⓘ
legalCase Bush v. Gore ⓘ
longTermImpact reforms to voting systems in several states ⓘ
renewed debate over Electoral College ⓘ
loser Albert Gore, Jr. ⓘ
surface form: Al Gore
mainDemocraticCandidate Albert Gore, Jr. ⓘ
surface form: Al Gore
mainRepublicanCandidate George W. Bush ⓘ
nextElection 2004 United States presidential election ⓘ
notableDebateFormat three presidential debates between Bush and Gore ⓘ
notableThirdPartyCandidate Ralph Nader ⓘ
officeContested President of the United States ⓘ
partOf United States presidential election ⓘ
surface form: United States presidential elections
popularVoteLoser George W. Bush ⓘ
popularVoteMargin about 543,895 votes in favor of Al Gore ⓘ
popularVoteWinner Albert Gore, Jr. ⓘ
surface form: Al Gore
previousElection 1996 United States presidential election ⓘ
RalphNaderParty Green Party of the United States ⓘ
recountLocation Florida ⓘ
RepublicanRunningMate Dick Cheney ⓘ
SupremeCourtDecisionDate 2000-12-12 ⓘ
SupremeCourtEffect halted Florida manual recounts ⓘ
termStartOfWinner 2001-01-20 ⓘ
totalPopularVotesAlGore about 50,999,897 ⓘ
totalPopularVotesGeorgeWBush about 50,456,002 ⓘ
voterTurnoutApprox about 54.2 percent of voting-age population ⓘ
votingTechnologyIssue punch-card ballots ⓘ
winner George W. Bush ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ralph Nader → candidateInElection → 2000 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential election, 2000
George W. Bush → election → 2000 United States presidential election ⓘ
1996 United States presidential election → nextElection → 2000 United States presidential election ⓘ
Mary Cheney → participatedIn → 2000 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential election, 2000
George W. Bush 2004 presidential campaign → precededBy → 2000 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: George W. Bush 2000 presidential campaign
2004 United States presidential election → previousElection → 2000 United States presidential election ⓘ
Bush v. Gore → relatedElection → 2000 United States presidential election ⓘ
Electoral Count Act of 1887 → relevantTo → 2000 United States presidential election ⓘ