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Date: 3/9/15
Activity: 2000 Election
Warm Up: How did Bill Clinton’s Impeachment impact the 2000 election?
Homework: *Study Guide due
Tomorrow 3/10
*UNIT TEST Wednesday 3/11
*Foreign Policy Vocab due Thursday
Welcome to Contemporary U.S. and World HistoryWelcome to Contemporary U.S. and World History
Pg Assignment Date
15Conservative Tide
Continues2/26
16 Bush PPT Notes 2/26
17 Clinton’s Presidency 2/26
18 Clinton’s Impeachment 2/26
19 Election 2000 PPT Notes 3/2
20Unit 6 (Domestic) Study
Guide3/2
21 Foreign Policy Vocab 3/9
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THE 2000 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
QUESTION TO KEEP IN MIND:
SHOULD THE U.S. DO AWAY WITH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND GO TO A POPULAR VOTE IN SELECTING PRESIDENTS?
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THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE• ARTICLE II OF THE US CONSTITUTION:
– THE PEOPLE VOTE FOR “ELECTORS,” PEOPLE CHOSEN TO REPRESENT THEIR STATE, ON ELECTION DAY
– # OF ELECTORS DETERMINED BY THE # OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS (2) FOR EACH STATE
– EXAMPLE: PA GETS 20 ELECTORAL VOTES (2 SENATORS + 18 REPRESENTATIVES)
– ELECTORS PLEDGE TO VOTE FOR SPECIFIC CANDIDATES
– THE PRESIDENT IS NOT CHOSEN BY POPULAR VOTE
• WINNER TAKES ALL:– CANDIDATES WHO WIN A MAJORITY OF ELECTORS IN
EACH STATE (50% + 1 VOTE) WIN THAT ENTIRE STATES’ ELECTORAL VOTES (EXCEPT MAINE & NEBRASKA)
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ELECTORS NEEDED TO WIN
• SENATORS (50 X 2) 100• REPRESENTATIVES 435• WASH. D.C. 3
___538
538 / 2 = 269
270 ELECTORAL VOTES NEEDED TO WIN
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THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
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ARGUMENTS FOR ELECTORAL COLLEGE• REQUIRES WIDESPREAD POPULAR SUPPORT TO
WIN (AVOIDS SECTIONALISM):– CANNOT WIN BASED ON HEAVY CONCENTRATION OF
VOTES IN A FEW AREAS– PREVENTS FOCUS ON LARGE CITIES AT THE EXPENSE
OF RURAL AREAS• MAINTAINS FEDERAL CHARACTER OF U.S.:
– ELECTIONS COME DOWN TO DECISIONS OF EACH STATE– PREVENTS A MASSIVE CENTRALIZED GOVERNMENT
• ENHANCES STATUS OF MINORITY GROUPS:– MINORITIES CAN PROVIDE THE CRITICAL VOTES NEEDED
FOR A CANDIDATE TO WIN– ENCOURAGES CANDIDATES TO COURT A WIDE VARIETY
OF MINORITIES AND SPECIAL INTERESTS• ENCOURAGES STABILITY THROUGH THE TWO-
PARTY SYSTEM:– DIFFICULT FOR THIRD PARTIES TO WIN– PREVENTS PRESIDENCY FROM CONTROL BY REGIONAL
MINORITIES WITHOUT BROADBASE NATIONAL SUPPORT
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ARGUMENTS AGAINST ELECTORAL COLLEGE
• PROPORTIONALLY MORE INFLUENCE FOR SMALLER POPULATION STATES:– DUE TO EVERY STATE HAVING 2 SENATORS– TENDS TO FAVOR REPUBLICANS WHO HISTORICALLY DO BETTER IN
LESS POPULOUS STATES• CAUSES TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO BE PAID TO KEY “SWING
STATES”:– CAUSES CANDIDATES TO CONCENTRATE ON STATES WITHOUT A
CLEAR FAVORITE– EXAMPLES: PENNSYLVANIA & FLORIDA
• A CANDIDATE CAN WIN MORE POPULAR VOTES BUT STILL LOSE THE ELECTION:– THIS HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES IN U.S. HISTORY (1824, 1876, 1888,
2000)– CANDIDATE CAN WIN BY SMALL MARGIN IN A FEW OF THE LARGEST
STATES OVER A CANDIDATE WHO WINS BY LARGE MARGINS IN THE REST OF THE STATES
• DISADVANTAGE FOR THIRD PARTIES:– RARELY WILL BE ABLE TO GET A MAJORITY IN A STATE TO GET
ELECTORAL VOTES
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SWING STATE ATTENTION GIVEN BY KERRY AND BUSH IN 2004
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POPULAR VS. ELECTORAL VOTES
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THE CANDIDATES• AL GORE:
– FORMER VICE PRESIDENT
– DEMOCRAT• PRO CHOICE• GAY RIGHTS• SEPARATION OF
CHURCH AND STATE
– CAMPAIGN FOCUSED ON HIS 8 YEAR EXPERIENCE AS VP, BUT DOWNPLAYED HIS CONNECTION TO CLINTON (LEWINSKY SCANDAL)
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THE CANDIDATES
• GEORGE W. BUSH:– SON OF FORMER
PRESIDENT BUSH– GOVERNOR OF
TEXAS– REPUBLICAN
• SAID HE WOULD RESTORE HONOR AND DIGNITY TO THE WHITE HOUSE
• “COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATIVE”
• OPENLY RELIGIOUS
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THE CANDIDATES• RALPH NADER:
– GREEN PARTY– STRONGEST 3RD
PARTY CANDIDATE-WON 2.74% OF THE POPULAR VOTE
– ISSUES/VALUES:• CONSUMER
ADVOCACY• THE ENVIRONMENT• REJECTED BOTH THE
DEMS AND THE REPS AS REPRESENTATIVES OF CORPORATE INTERESTS, AND NOT THOSE OF THE PEOPLE
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2000 THE ELECTION RESULTS
• ON ELECTION NIGHT (NOV.7) IT BECAME CLEAR THE ELECTION WAS GOING TO BE UNUSUALLY CLOSE
• BUSH TOOK THE SOUTHERN STATES, THE RURAL MIDWEST AND THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATES
• GORE TOOK MOST OF THE NORTHEAST, THE UPPER MIDWEST AND THE PACIFIC COAST STATES
• BUSH HAD CLEARLY WON A TOTAL OF 246 ELECTORAL VOTES, WHILE GORE HAD CLEARLY WON 255 VOTES (270 VOTES WERE NEEDED TO WIN)
• IT BECAME CLEAR THAT FLORIDA’S 25 ELECTORAL VOTES WOULD DECIDE THE ELECTION
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THE ELECTION RESULTS IN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
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THE POPULAR VOTE
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FLORIDA RECOUNT? (1)
• AT APPROXIMATELY 7:50 P.M. EASTERN STANDARD TIME, 10 MINUTES BEFORE THE POLLS CLOSED IN THE LARGELY REPUBLICAN FLORIDA PANHANDLE, SOME TELEVISION NEWS NETWORKS DECLARED THAT GORE HAD CARRIED FLORIDA
• HOWEVER, IN THE ACTUAL VOTE TALLY BUSH BEGAN TO TAKE A WIDE LEAD EARLY IN FLORIDA, AND BY 10 P.M. EST THE NETWORKS HAD RETRACTED THEIR PREDICTION OF A GORE VICTORY AND PLACED FLORIDA BACK INTO THE "UNDECIDED" COLUMN
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FLORIDA RECOUNT? (2)
• AT 2:30 AM, WITH 85% OF THE VOTES COUNTED IN FLORIDA AND BUSH LEADING GORE BY MORE THAN 100,000 VOTES, THE NETWORKS DECLARED THAT BUSH HAD CARRIED FLORIDA
• HOWEVER, MOST OF THE REMAINING VOTES TO BE COUNTED IN FLORIDA WERE LOCATED IN THREE HEAVILY DEMOCRATIC COUNTIES - BROWARD, MIAMI-DADE, AND PALM BEACH - AND AS THEIR VOTES WERE REPORTED GORE BEGAN TO GAIN ON BUSH
• BY 4:30 AM, AFTER ALL VOTES WERE COUNTED, GORE HAD NARROWED BUSH'S MARGIN TO JUST OVER 2,000 VOTES, AND THE NETWORKS RETRACTED THEIR PREDICTIONS THAT BUSH HAD WON FLORIDA
• GORE, WHO HAD PRIVATELY CONCEDED THE ELECTION TO BUSH, NOW WITHDREW HIS CONCESSION AND ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD WAIT FOR A RECOUNT IN FLORIDA BEFORE ANY FURTHER ACTION
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FLORIDA RECOUNT? (3)
• FLORIDA STATE LAW PROVIDED FOR AN AUTOMATIC RECOUNT DUE TO THE SMALL MARGINS
• THERE WERE GENERAL CONCERNS ABOUT THE FAIRNESS AND ACCURACY OF THE VOTING PROCESS, ESPECIALLY SINCE A SMALL CHANGE IN THE VOTE COUNT COULD CHANGE THE RESULT
• THE FINAL OFFICIAL FLORIDA COUNT GAVE THE VICTORY TO BUSH BY 537 VOTES
• THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT RULED 4-3 IN FAVOR OF A MANUAL RECOUNT
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COUNTING VOTES BY HAND
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BUSH VS. GORE• AFTER TRYING TO STOP THE
RECOUNT IN FLORIDA’S SUPREME COURT, BUSH’S LAWYERS TOOK THEIR ARGUMENT TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT
• ON DECEMBER 9TH THE SUPREME COURT RULED THAT THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT'S METHOD FOR RECOUNTING BALLOTS WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
• ON DECEMBER 12TH THE COURT HELD THAT NO ALTERNATIVE METHOD COULD BE ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE TIME LIMITS ESTABLISHED BY THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE
• THE RULING STOPPED THE RECOUNT AND BUSH WAS DECLARED THE PRESIDENT-ELECT; AT THE TIME BUSH’S LEAD WAS ONLY 154 VOTES
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CONTROVERSIES (1)• CONFLICTS OF INTEREST:
– JEB BUSH, BROTHER OF GEORGE W. BUSH, WAS THE GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA
– KATHERINE HARRIS, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FLORIDA AND THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE ELECTION PROCEDURES, WAS ALSO BUSH’S CAMPAIGN CHAIRWOMAN
– THE SUPREME COURT:• CLARENCE THOMAS' WIFE SERVED ON THE BUSH
TRANSITIONAL TEAM, TO FIND CANDIDATES FOR EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFFICES
• ANTONIN SCALIA HAD TWO SONS WHO WERE CONNECTED WITH LAW FIRMS REPRESENTING BUSH
• WILLIAM REHNQUIST AND SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR HAD EXPRESSED INTEREST IN RETIRING UNDER A REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION - REHNQUIST DIED AND O’CONNOR RETIRED AFTER BUSH BECAME PRESIDENT
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CONTROVERSIES (2)• CONFUSING BUTTERFLY BALLOTS USED IN PALM
BEACH:– PRODUCED AN UNUSUALLY HIGH NUMBER OF
VOTES FOR 3RD PARTY CANDIDATE PAT BUCHANAN
• HANGING CHADS
• KATHERINE HARRIS’ “SCRUB LIST”:– NEARLY 1% OF FLORIDA'S ELECTORATE AND
NEARLY 3% OF ITS AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS - 96,000 CITIZENS WERE LISTED AS FELONS AND REMOVED FROM THE VOTING ROLLS
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PALM BEACH’S BUTTERFLY BALLOT
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JEB BUSH & KATHERINE HARRIS
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EFFECTS
• ELECTION REFORM EFFORTS:– USE OF MODERN ELECTRONIC VOTING
MACHINES:• PROBLEM=NO PAPER TRAIL!
– IMPROVEMENTS AND LIMITS ON MEDIA PREDICTIONS & “CALLS”
• ONCE AGAIN: DISTRUST OF GOVERNMENT!
• People really began to question the validity of our voting system.
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IN CONCLUSION: WHAT IF?• BASED ON THE RESULTS IN FLORIDA, IT IS
CLEAR THIS ELECTION COULD HAVE GONE EITHER WAY:– INCONCLUSIVE MEDIA STUDIES:
• FOUR CONCLUDED THAT GORE WOULD HAVE WON THE ELECTION IF A FULL RECOUNT WAS TAKEN
• THREE SIDED WITH BUSH• IRONICALLY, UNDER RECOUNT RULES REQUESTED BY
GORE, BUSH WOULD HAVE WON; UNDER RULES REQUESTED BY BUSH, GORE WOULD HAVE WON!
• LINGERING QUESTIONS:– HOW WOULD THE GORE PRESIDENCY HAVE
BEEN DIFFERENT?– HOW MUCH DOES THE POPULAR VOTE MATTER?– WHAT IS THE BEST VOTING METHOD?
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ASSIGNMENT
SHOULD THE U.S. DO AWAY WITH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE AND GO TO A POPULAR VOTE IN SELECTING PRESIDENTS? WHY OR WHY NOT?
WRITE ONE FULL SIDE OF A SHEET OF PAPER (MINIMUM) IN ANSWERING THIS QUESTION.