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In reply to the discussion: I remember in 2000 when Leiberman sat there and let Cheney [View all]Autumn
(45,120 posts)18. Does not matter. When the ballots were finally gone through and were counted in 2001 Gore had won.
Al Gore, not George Bush, should be sitting in the White House today as the newly elected president of the United States, two new independent probes of the disputed Florida election contest have confirmed.
The first survey, conducted on behalf of the Washington Post, shows that Mr Gore had a nearly three-to-one majority among 56,000 Florida voters whose November 7 ballot papers were discounted because they contained more than one punched hole.
The second and separate survey, conducted on behalf of the Palm Beach Post, shows that Mr Gore had a majority of 682 votes among the discounted "dimpled" ballots in Palm Beach county.
In each case, if the newly examined votes had been allowed to count in the November election, Mr Gore would have won Florida's 21 electoral college votes by a narrow majority and he, not Mr Bush, would be the president. Instead, Mr Bush officially carried Florida by 537 votes after recounts were stopped.
The first survey, conducted on behalf of the Washington Post, shows that Mr Gore had a nearly three-to-one majority among 56,000 Florida voters whose November 7 ballot papers were discounted because they contained more than one punched hole.
The second and separate survey, conducted on behalf of the Palm Beach Post, shows that Mr Gore had a majority of 682 votes among the discounted "dimpled" ballots in Palm Beach county.
In each case, if the newly examined votes had been allowed to count in the November election, Mr Gore would have won Florida's 21 electoral college votes by a narrow majority and he, not Mr Bush, would be the president. Instead, Mr Bush officially carried Florida by 537 votes after recounts were stopped.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/jan/29/uselections2000.usa
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It wasn't as though we didn't know who Lieberman was when he won his Senate seat in 1988.
Omnipresent
Mar 28
#28
When the votes were finaly gone through and counted after 9/11 Al Gore had won Florida and the presidency.
Autumn
Mar 27
#5
Does not matter. When the ballots were finally gone through and were counted in 2001 Gore had won.
Autumn
Mar 27
#18
It was all about Joe wanting to look presidential, for his own run to the White House.
dem4decades
Mar 27
#7
I often think how different the world would be if George W Bush had not become the President.
walkingman
Mar 27
#11
All of the Florida votes in heavily democratic voting counties were never counted!
GoreWon2000
Mar 28
#37