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title: "2000 U.S. Presidential Election"
year: 2000
country: "United States"
canonical: "https://recap.at/2000/2000-us-election"
slug: "2000-us-election"
recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "2000-11-07"
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# 2000 U.S. Presidential Election

> Bush v. Gore Supreme Court decision controversially awarded Florida's electoral votes to George W. Bush, exposing fragilities in American electoral law.

## Summary

Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 7, 2000. The Republican ticket of Texas governor George W. Bush and former secretary of defense Dick Cheney narrowly defeated the Democratic ticket of incumbent vice president Al Gore and Connecticut junior senator Joe Lieberman. It was the fourth of five U.S. presidential elections, and the first since 1888 in which the winning candidate lost the popular vote, and is considered one of the closest U.S. presidential elections in history, with long-standing controversy about the result.

## Sources

- [2000 U.S. Presidential Election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election) - Wikipedia

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Canonical: https://recap.at/2000/2000-us-election