U.S. presidential election, 2000

The U.S. presidential election of 2000 was one of the closest elections in U.S. history, decided by only 527 votes in the swing state of Florida. On election night, the media prematurely declared a winner twice based on exit polls before finally conceding that the Florida race was too close to call. It would turn out to be a month before the election was finally certified after numerous court challenges and recounts. Republican candidate George W. Bush won Florida's 25 electoral votes by a razor-thin margin of the popular vote there, and thereby defeated Democratic candidate Al Gore.

References

• The Betrayal of America by Vincent Bugliosi (Thunder's Mouth Press, 2001) ISBN 156025355X
• The Best Democracy Money Can Buy by Greg Palast (Pluto Press, 2002) ISBN 0745318460
• Democracy Counts, The Florida ballot recount project, paper by Dan Keating, The Washington Post
• Vincent Bugliosi, ', (2001) ISBN 156025355X
• Alan M. Dershowitz, Supreme Injustice: How the High Court Hijacked Election 2000, (2001) ISBN 0195148274
• H. Gillman, The Votes That Counted: How the Court Decided the 2000 Presidential Election, (2001) ISBN 0226294080