On December 12, 2000, the Supreme Court ended a Florida vote recount in the presidential election contest between George W. Bush and Al Gore. This court case ended the ballot recount in Florida and determined the 2000 Presidential election in favor of George W. Bush.
In this case, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed an order from the Florida Supreme Court for a selective manual recount of that state’s Presidential election ballots. The 5-4 decision effectively awarded Florida’s votes in the Electoral College—and thus the Presidency—to Republican candidate George W. Bush.
While George W. Bush was declared the winner of the 2000 Presidential Electoral College vote, Al Gore won the popular vote by 543,895 votes.
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