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Originally Posted by CIR_Dream2007
^ Gore winning the popular vote is a lot more important than winning Tennessee.
Defend Nader all you want, but he spoiled the election for Gore. A small percentage of Nader voters was all it took to swing Florida and New Hampshire. And Nader kept insinuating that Gore and Bush were no different from one another, which we found out 8 years later is far from the truth.
By the way, it was the Supreme Court that stopped the recount.
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you are right about the Supreme court stopping the recount, but it was still Katherine Harris fault.
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On January 27, the Palm Beach Post completed a recount of 4,513 uncounted votes in Palm Beach and reported a net gain of 682 votes for Gore. Combined with the 49 votes from Miami-Dade, Katherine Harris would have had to certify a Gore victory by 194 votes.But this argument is largely pointless, because Katherine Harris refused to wait for those recounts. As a result, the election ended up in the hands of the Florida Supreme Court and then the U.S. supreme court
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With or without Nader, Gore won Florida, but like i said before he couldnt even win his home state of Tennessee which was a big disappointment. Even if he won the popular vote what matters are the electoral votes
. (I actually dont agree with the system). Gore is different now because he's not involved into politics anymore so of course there is a lot of difference between him and Bush.