Presidential Election results, 1960 v. 2000:
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Presidential Election results, 1960 v. 2000, Margin of Victory: in both races, the margin was razor-thin; although Gore's margin was higher in absolute terms (number of votes), since many more people voted, the margin of victory (as a percentage of total votes cast) was virtually identical:
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Difference: |
% of popular vote: |
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Bush-Gore Difference: |
201,178 |
0.198% |
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Kennedy-Nixon Difference: |
118,574 |
0.174% |
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Difference: |
82,604 |
0.024% |
2000 v. 1960 Election Results, Gore v. Kennedy: Although Gore received more votes, he received 1.5% less votes as a percentage of total votes cast; he was over a million and a half votes shy of having the same percentage as Kennedy.
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Popular Votes: |
% of total votes: |
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Gore |
49,390,808 |
48.5% |
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Kennedy |
34,226,731 |
50.1% |
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Difference: |
15,164,077 |
-1.5% |
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Additional Votes Gore Would Need to Get the Same Popular Vote Percentage As Kennedy |
1,567,370 |
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2000 Election Results: It was a tie, with less than a 0.2% difference separating Bush from Gore. Since the margin of error is much greater than 0.2%, no popular vote victor can be declared (statistically speaking). However, Bush won 30 states and the majority of electoral votes, so according to the rules of the game as laid out in the Constitution, he won.
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Electoral Votes: |
Popular Votes: |
% of Total Votes: |
Difference: |
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Bush |
271 |
49,189,630 |
48.3% |
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Gore |
260 |
49,390,808 |
48.5% |
201,178 (0.198%) |
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Buchanan |
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444,862 |
0.4% |
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Nader |
2,714,518 |
2.7% |
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TOTAL: |
101,739,818 |
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1960 Election Results: Another tie, with less than a 0.2% difference separating Kennedy from Nixon. Since the margin of error is much greater than 0.2%, no popular vote victor can be declared (statistically speaking). However, in this popular election tie, the Democrats won the electoral votes needed to take the Presidency.
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Electoral Votes: |
Popular Votes: |
% of Total Votes: |
Difference: |
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Kennedy |
303 |
34,226,731 |
50.09% |
118,574 (0.174%) |
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Nixon |
219 |
34,108,157 |
49.91% |
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Byrd |
15 |
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0.8% |
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Total Votes Cast: |
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68,334,888 |
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Military Ballots Received, Counted, and Rejected in Florida, 2000: Military voters suffered the highest rate of disenfranchisement of any group. No recount proposal included them.
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Received: |
3733 |
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Counted: |
2206 |
59.1% |
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Rejected: |
1527 |
40.9% |