Bush v. Gore

Examples of Bush v. Gore in the following topics:

• The Election of 1888

  • The first, that of 1824, saw John Quincy Adams elected by the House, the second occurred just 12 years earlier in 1876, while the fourth would occur 112 years later in the year 2000 when Bush v.
  • Gore decided the vote.

• The Disputed Election of 2000

  • Bush, then-governor of Texas, and Democratic candidate and incumbent Vice President Al Gore.
  • Though Gore came in second in the electoral vote, he received 543,895 more popular votes than Bush.
  • Later research showed that by the standards requested by the Gore campaign, Bush would have won the recount.
  • Many Gore supporters claimed Nader split the Democratic vote, tipping the election for Bush.
  • In the highly controversial decision Bush v.

• The George W. Bush Administration

  • Bush, George W.
  • After two vote recounts, Democratic presidential candidate and incumbent Vice President Al Gore filed a lawsuit for a third recount.
  • The Supreme Court's controversial decision in Bush v.
  • Gore resolved the dispute.
  • The Florida Secretary of State certified Bush as the winner of Florida, and Florida's 25 electoral votes gave Bush, the Republican candidate, 271 electoral votes, enough to defeat Al Gore.

• The 1992 Election

  • Bush could solve America’s problems.
  • Senator Al Gore (a Democrat from Tennessee) as his running mate.
  • Selecting fellow Southerner Gore went against the popular strategy of balancing a Southern candidate with a Northern partner.
  • Red denotes states won by Bush/Quayle, Blue denotes those won by Clinton/Gore.
  • Bush in the 1992 presidential election.

• Conclusion: The End of a Century

  • Bush could solve America’s problems.
  • Bush, governor of Texas and eldest son of former president Bush.
  • Bush had the robust support of both the Christian Right and the Republican leadership.
  • Supreme Court, Bush was declared President.
  • Al Gore and Newt Gingrich applaud as US president Clinton waves during the State of the Union address in 1997.

• September 11th and the War on Terror

  • Following the attacks, President Bush's approval rating soared to 90%.
  • The evening of the attacks, President Bush promised the nation that those responsible for the attacks would be brought to justice.
  • The Bush administration stated the Iraq War was part of the War on Terror, something that was later contested.
  • However, it has since been confirmed that no weapons of mass destruction were found, and that the suspicions of the Bush administration were mistaken.
  • It was only in 2006 that the Supreme Court ruled in Hamdan v.

• The Iran-Contra Scandal

  • Bush, who had been vice-president at the time of the affair.
  • Bush, who had been vice-president at the time of the affair.
  • The Republic of Nicaragua v.