United States presidential election, 2000
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| United States presidential election, 2000 |
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| November 7, 2000 | ||||
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| Nominee | George W. Bush | Al Gore | ||
| Party | Republican | Democrat | ||
| Home state | Texas | Tennessee | ||
| Running mate | Dick Cheney | Joe Lieberman | ||
| Electoral vote | 271 | 266 | ||
| States won | 30 | 20+DC | ||
| Popular vote | 50,456,002 | 50,999,897 | ||
| Percentage | 47.9% | 48.4% | ||
 Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Bush/Cheney(30), Blue denotes those won by Gore/Lieberman(20+DC). |
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The United States presidential election of 2000 was a contest between Democratic candidate Al Gore, then-Vice President, and Republican candidate George W. Bush, then-governor of Texas and son of former president George H. W. Bush (1989-1993). Bill Clinton, the incumbent President, had been in office for two terms , the most allowed by the Twenty-second Amendment. Bush narrowly won the November 7 election, with 271 electoral votes to Gore's 266. There was a disagreement over who won Florida's 25 electoral votes, the recount that happened there, and the uncommon event that the winner got fewer popular votes than the loser.[1]
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