Discuss the election of 2000, why it was contested, and what it revealed about the American people and the nation
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. The 2000 election was between Al Gore for the Democrats and George W. Bush for the Republicans.
2. Although Gore won the popular vote, the results in Florida, which would decide the election, were unclear. Weeks passed as Florida election officials attempted to ascertain which of the two candidates had received more votes.
3. Florida was the key to the electoral vote, and the Supreme Court stopped the counting with Bush ahead.
4. This was the first presidential election in history to be decided by the Supreme Court and the first in over a century to be decided by anyone other than the voters directly through the electoral college.
5. It revealed a wide political divide and a very fractured country.
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