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The year 2000 election for the [[President of the United States]] was |
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* [[U.S. Presidential Election, 2000]] |
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one of the closest, and longest, presidential elections in the history |
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of the United States. In the end, [[George W. Bush]] was elected |
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president, and [[Albert Arnold Gore]] came in second. |
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=== Republican Primary === |
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There were six candidates in most of the [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] debates: [[Gary Bauer]], George W. Bush, |
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[[Steve Forbes]], [[Orrin Hatch]], [[Alan Keyes]], and [[John McCain]]. Other |
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candidates who campaigned, but dropped out before any debating or |
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balloting include [[Lamar Alexander]], [[Elizabeth Dole]], [[John Kasich]], and former Vice President [[Dan Quayle]]. |
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Bauer and Hatch campaigned on a traditional Republican platform of |
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opposition to legalized [[abortion]] and reduction in [[U.S. taxes]]. |
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Keyes had a far more conservative, platform, calling for the |
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elimination of all federal taxes except tariff. Steve Forbes |
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campaigned on making the federal income tax non-graduated, an idea he |
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called the [[flat tax]]. Bush's campaign focused on ideas of |
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[[compassionate conservatism]], including an emphasis on a federal |
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role in education, while <nowiki>McCain</nowiki> focused almost exclusively on |
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[[campaign finance reform]]. |
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<nowiki>John McCain's</nowiki> candidacy drew the most press coverage, and the greatest |
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popular excitement. Many Republicans complained that Democrats and |
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other non-Republicans enrolled in the party for the express purpose of |
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voting for <nowiki>McCain</nowiki>, thus skewing the results. |
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Hatch dropped out of the race after the Iowa Caucus, in which he |
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received less than 1% of the vote. |
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[http://www.thegreenpapers.com/PCC/IA-R.html]. In the first primary, |
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held in [[New Hampshire]], <nowiki>McCain</nowiki> won 48% of the vote to George Bush's |
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30%, Steve Forbes' 12%, and Alan Keyes' 6%, and Gary Bauer's 1% [http://fecweb1.fec.gov/pages/2000presprim.htm]. Gary |
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Bauer dropped out of the race shortly thereafter. |
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''Keep going form here...'' |
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=== Democratic Primary === |
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There were two main candidates for the [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] nomination: [[Bill Bradley]] and [[Al Gore]]. |
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''Keep going from here...'' |
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=== Minor Party Candidates === |
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There were five other candidates on the majority of state ballots: |
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[[Harry Browne]] (Libertarian, 50 states), [[Pat Buchanan]] (Reform, |
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49), [[Ralph Nader]] (Green, 44) [[Howard Phillips]] (Conservative, |
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41), and [[John Hagelin]] (Natural Law, 38). |
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=== Results === |
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''Please fill in'' |
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=== Recounts === |
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Resources: |
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* http://www.thegreenpapers.com/PCC/ChAll.html |
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* http://fecweb1.fec.gov/pages/2000presprim.htm |
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* http://fecweb1.fec.gov/pubrec/2000presgeresults.htm |
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/Talk |
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