April 06, 2016 (vol. 125, iss. 104) • Page Image 13
…More than 50 million Americans cast ballots in the 2000 presidential elec- tion, and by a margin of 543,895 votes, Democrat Al Gore emerged victorious in the popular vote contest. But it didn’t matter. Gore’s half-million-vote advan- tage meant nothing in the Electoral College, where Republican George W. Bush prevailed, 271 to 266, winning the first of his two terms as president. The 2000 election, to many vot- ers, seemed convoluted...…