Bush v. Gore
The presidential election that took place on November 7, 2000, was so close that no one knew for more than a month who had won the election of 2000 the Governor of Texas George W. Bush or Vice President Al Gore. By the end of the night, Bush had won 246 electoral votes Gore had won 260. The number of electoral votes needed to win the election is 270. Florida had twenty five electoral votes that were needed to win the election.
Here is a little background about on Albert Arnold Gore Jr. Gore was born on March 31, 1948 in Washington, D.C. he is the second of two children, and resides in Nashville, Tennessee. Gore married Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson (Tipper) and to their union four children were born. Gore was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976, through 1982 and the U.S. Senate in 1984 and 1990. He was inaugurated as the 45th Vice President of the United States on January 20, 1993, and served eight years.
Here is a little background on George Walker Bush. Bush was born on July 6 1946 in New Haven Connecticut he is the eldest of six children. George W. Bush was a popular student at Yale, becoming president of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and also playing rugby. For Bush, grades took a back seat to Yale’s social life. Before
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On December 13, 2000 Al Gore gave his concession speech. During his speech he offered to meet with President elect George W. Bush to start to heal the divisions of the campaign and the bitter battle for the electoral votes. While he strongly disagree with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision he accepted the final outcome. President elect George Bush recognized the country had been through a trying time and it will take both of them working together to bring the country back together. Bush Presidency in the essence of compassionate conservatism and he vowed to work for all of the citizens of the United