Electoral College: Examining the 2000 US Presidential Election Results

This presentation examines the Electoral College, focusing on the controversial 2000 US presidential election. It begins by introducing the Electoral College and its purpose, then delves into the details of the 2000 election, including the candidates (Bush and Gore) and the outcome. The presentation ...Read More

ELECTORAL COLLEGE-
GOOD OR BAD?
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Introduction
• Electoral College was created for protecting the citizens of
United States against the mob rule (Richman, Chattha &
Earnest, 2014).
• Mob rule is the rule of government by mob or mass of
people.
• This presentation shall elaborate on picking up an election
and analysing its outcome
• The election shall be the one where the outcome of the vote
of Electoral College differed from that of the popular vote
• The chosen election is the 2000 U.S. presidential election
• It shall present arguments in favour of the use of Electoral
College.

The 2000 presidential election
• The U.S’s presidential election of
2000 was held on 7th November,
2000 (Miller, 2014).
• There were six participants in the
election- Pat Buchanan,
George W. Bush, Al Gore,
Ralph Nader, Dick Cheney and
Joseph Lieberman.
• It was a contest between George
W. Bush (Republic Candidate) and
Al Gore (Democratic Candiate).
• Bill Clinton was vacating the
position after serving two terms.

Results of the U.S. Presidential Election 2000

• George W. Bush was the first ever president who lose the
national popular vote since the year 1888 (Neale & Nolan,
2014).
• The election was certified by 5conservative justices of
Supreme Court (Cobb, 2019).
• Bush got the opportunity of reshaping his agenda and the
coalitional strategy in the Congress for reflecting the new
political realities
Result

Bush v. Gore- a controversial case
• It was a controversial case as the 5-4 vote was along the
lines of partisan (Brands, 2014)
• This means that justices appointed by the Republican
presidents ruled in the favour of Bush and that appointed
by the Democratic presidents ruled in favour of Gore.
• Also, Jeb Bush, the governor of Florida was the brother of
George W. Bush
• AI Gore conceded the 2000 election to George Bush but
he disagreed with the ruling of US Supreme Court.

The New President
• Geroge W. Bush became 43rd President of United States
of America.

Final Thoughts
• I believe that the judgement is a fair one.
• In Florida, the duty of determining the intention of votes is
designated to country canvassing boards (Hale, Montjoy *
Brown, 2015).
• Choosing balloting systems too fall to the counties that
are free for selecting among many different options with
different accuracy.

Conclusion
• 2000 U.S. presidential election showed that Gore had won
the popular vote but failed to win the electoral votes.
• The case of Bush vs. Gore went to Supreme Court
• However, judiciary cannot shy away from the controversial
ruling when they become important and so I believe that
the Supreme Court has taken right actions that it felt is
necessary.

References:
• Brands, H. (2014). What good is grand strategy?: Power and purpose in
American statecraft from Harry S. Truman to George W. Bush. Cornell
University Press.
• Cobb, W. N. W. (2019). Political Science Today. CQ Press.
• Hale, K., Montjoy, R., & Brown, M. (2015). Understanding Election
Administration Systems. In Administering Elections (pp. 1-26). Palgrave
Macmillan, New York.
• Kang, M. S., & Shepherd, J. M. (2016). The long shadow of Bush v.
Gore: judicial partisanship in election cases. Stan. L. Rev., 68, 1411.
• Miller, N. R. (2014). The house size effect and the referendum paradox in
US presidential elections. Electoral Studies, 35, 265-271.
• Neale, T. H., & Nolan, A. (2014). The National Popular Vote Initiative:
Direct Election of the President by Interstate Compact.
• Richman, J. T., Chattha, G. A., & Earnest, D. C. (2014). Do non-citizens
vote in US elections?. Electoral Studies, 36, 149-157.

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