Government Sem. 2

2000 Elections

Nov 7, 2000

George Bush goes agains Al Gore for the 2000 elections. George represents the democrats and Al represents the republicans.

Almost a Winner

Nov 8, 2000

Gore was declared winner of Florida, but the call was a close one. Bush ended up with the lead and Gore called Bush to say he concedes the election. Around 3 in the morning Gore is notified that Bush is only ahead by less than 1,000 votes. He retracts his concession and leaves to go talk to supporters. The presidency is yet again undecided.

Recount

Nov 9, 2000

Gore has the county's of Florida recount their votes and in the end Bush leads Gore by 362 votes in an unofficial recount made by the press.

Florida's final recount

Nov 14, 2000

In the end Bush leads Gore by 300 votes when all the recounts from the 67 counties returned.

Finally

Dec 18, 2000

Electors have to cast and seal their votes and Bush got 271 votes and Gore had recieved 266 electoral votes. One of Gore's voters hadn't voted.

Sworn

Jan 20, 2001

Bush is sworn into Presidency.