Election 2000 Name______
ELECTORAL COLLEGE
•ARTICLE II OF THE US CONSTITUTION:
–The people vote for ______, people chosen to represent their state, on election day.
–# of electors determined by the ______
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–EXAMPLE: PA gets 19 electoral votes (2 SENATORS + 17 REPRESENTATIVES)
–Electors pledge to vote for specific
–The President is not chosen by the popular
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–Candidates who win a majority of electors in each state (50% + 1 Vote) win that entire states’ electoral votes. (EXCEPTIONS: MaineNebraska)
ELECTORS NEEDED TO WIN:
SENATORS (50 X 2)100
REPRESENTATIVES435
WASH. D.C. 3
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538
538 / 2 = 269
270 ELECTORAL VOTES NEEDED TO WIN
ARUGMENTS FOR ELECTORAL COLLEGE:
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ARGUMENTS AGAINST ELECTORAL COLLEGE:
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2000 ELECTION CANDIDATES:
______ / ______ / ______Former Vice President
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-Pro Choice
-Gay Rights
-Separation of Church and Sate
-Campaign focused on his 8 year experience as VP but downplayed his connection to Clinton / Son of former President Bush
Governor of Texas
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•Said he would restore honor and dignity to the White House
•“______
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•Openly religious / ______
–Strongest 3rd party candidate-won 2.74% of the popular vote
–ISSUES/VALUES:
–Consumer advocacy
–The environment rejected both the democrats and the republicans as representatives of corporate interests, and not those of the people.
ELECTION RESULTS:
•On election night (NOV.7) it became clear the election was going to be unusually______.
•Bush took the______, ______and______
•Gore took most of the ______, the______and the______
•Bush had clearly won a total of ______electoral votes, while Gore had clearly won ______votes
(270 VOTES WERE NEEDED TO WIN)
•It became clear that Florida’s 25 electoral votes would decide the election.
•The news stations originally predicted ______ won, then they retracted that and prediction ______won. The election was so close they held a recount.
•The final official Florida count gave the victory to ______by ______votes.
•THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT RULED 4-3 IN FAVOR OF A MANUAL RECOUNT
•Bush’s team went to the Supreme Court to have the recount ______.
•The Supreme Court ruled in his favor. They said the method of recounting was unconstitutional and no legal way could be reestablished in the given time. They declared ______the winner of the 2000 election.
CONTROVERSIES OVER THE 2000 ELECTION :
Conflicts of Interest:
- ______, brother of George W. Bush, was the ______.
- ______, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FLORIDA AND THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE ELECTION PROCEDURES, WAS ALSO BUSH’S CAMPAIGN CHAIRWOMAN
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- Two Justices had interests with Bush
- Two Justices had expressed interest in retiring under a Republican administration.
•Confusing ______used in Palm Beach:
–Produced an unusually high number of votes for 3rd party candidate Pat Buchanan
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•Katherine Harris’s “______”:
–Nearly 1% of Florida’s electorate and nearly 3% of its African American Voters – 96,000 citizens were listed as felons and removed from the voting rolls.
EFFECTS OF THE 2000 ELECTION:
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–Use of modern electronic voting machines:
•Problem=no paper trail!
–Improvements and limits on media predictions and “Calls”
•Once again:______!
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