| Al Gore for President 2000 | |
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| Campaign | 2000 Democratic primaries 2000 U.S. presidential election |
| Candidate | Al Gore 45th Vice President of the United States (1993–2001) Joe Lieberman U.S. Senator from Connecticut (1989–2013) |
| Affiliation | Democratic Party |
| Status | Announced: June 16, 1999 Presumptive nominee: March 14, 2000 Official nominee: August 17, 2000 Election day: November 7, 2000 Projected defeat: December 12, 2000 Formally conceded: December 13, 2000 |
| Headquarters | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Key people | Donna Brazile, campaign manager William M. Daley, campaign chairman |
| Slogan | Leadership for the New Millennium Prosperity for America's Families[1] Prosperity and Progress |
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| www.gorelieberman.com (Archived – October 29, 2000) | |
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The 2000 presidential campaign of Al Gore, the 45th vice president of the United States under President Bill Clinton, began when he announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States in Carthage, Tennessee, on June 16, 1999. Gore became the Democratic nominee for the 2000 presidential election on August 17, 2000.
On November 7, 2000, projections indicated that Gore's opponent, then-Governor of Texas George W. Bush, the Republican candidate, had narrowly won the election. Gore won the national popular vote but lost the Electoral College vote after a legal battle over disputed vote counts in the state of Florida. Bush won the state of Florida in the initial count and also in each subsequent recount at the time. While a NORC study of uncounted ballots released on November 12, 2001, found that with a full statewide hand recount, Gore may have won Florida under revised vote standards (depending on which standard was used, his margin of victory would have varied from 60 to 171 votes),[2] under rules devised by the Florida Supreme Court and accepted by the Gore campaign at the time, Bush would likely have won the recount.[3]
The legal dispute was ultimately resolved by the Supreme Court of the United States in a 5–4 decision. Bush won the election by 537 votes in Florida, and won the electoral college vote of 271 to 266. One elector pledged to Gore did not cast an electoral vote; Gore received 267 pledged electors. The election was one of the most controversial in American history.[4][5]
- ^ "The Living Room Candidate - Commercials - 2000 - Successful Leader".
- ^ Schwarz, Jon (November 10, 2018). "Democrats Should Remember Al Gore Won Florida in 2000 — but Lost the Presidency With a Pre-emptive Surrender". The Intercept. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ^ "Bush Wins, Gore wins – depending on how ballots are added up". Chicago Tribune. November 13, 2001.
- ^ "Al Gore". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved October 13, 2007.
- ^ "George W. Bush, et al., Petitioners v. Albert Gore, Jr., et al., 531 U.S. 98 (2000)". Archived from the original on October 15, 2007. Retrieved October 13, 2007.