The Bowdoin Orient

November 10, 2000
Volume CXXXII, Number 9

ELECTION 2000
National Election

Popular Vote:

Gore 49,108,134
Bush 48,889,437
Nader 2,685,168

Electoral Vote:

Bush 246 (29 states)
Gore 260 (20 states)
(States not called: Florida, 25 electoral votes, and Oregon, 7 electoral votes)

Florida (66 of 67 counties):

Bush 2,909,814
Gore 2,909,585 (difference of 229, Palm Beach County to recount on Saturday)

Oregon (99% precincts, as of 8:50 p.m. Thursday):

Gore 671,178
Bush 667,803

Complications in Florida:

—After the initial count, Bush led Gore by less than half of a percent (1,784 votes).
—Due to the close outcome, Florida state law required an automatic recount.
—Absentee ballots have not been counted.

Complications in Palm Beach County, Florida:

—Voters complained that the ballot was difficult to decipher.
—Approximately 19,000 ballots were thrown out due to voter error.
—Voters complained of accidentally voting for Buchanan instead of Gore.
—Buchanan received 3,407 votes; the county with the next highest number of votes for Buchanan had 1,010.

States with Close Popular Votes:

Iowa (99% precincts):
Gore 633,969 49%
Bush 628,716 48%
Electoral Votes: 7

Minnesota (99% precincts):
Gore 1,168,091 48%
Bush 1,110,192 46%
Electoral Votes: 10

New Hampshire (100% precincts):
Bush 273,135 48%
Gore 265,853 47%
Electoral Votes: 4

New Mexico (100% precincts):
Gore 267,501 49%
Bush 258,795 47%
Electoral Votes: 5

Tennessee (100% precincts):
Bush 1,056,480 51%
Gore 977,789 48%
Electoral Votes: 11

Wisconsin (100% precincts):
Gore 1,242,115 48%
Bush 1,235,991 48%
Electoral Votes: 11

—Compiled from http://www.cnn.com, as of 1:15 a.m., Friday, November 10