There is quite a bit of controversy surrounding the 2000 presidential election. There is evidence to support that Al Gore would have actually won the election if it had been fair to both the parties. This is not to say that the outcome was necessarily George W. Bush's fault, but that the final outcome was improperly and unfairly influenced in his direction. The nation was kept in suspense for almost an entire month to know the outcome of the election and who would be the next president of the United States of America. George W. Bush, losing the popular vote, managed to win the electoral votes by giving him victory through legal technicalities and inadequate equipment. The series of events following the election quickly demonstrated that there were problems. Instead of properly investigating the matter, a snap decision was made that predicted huge implications on the outcome of the 2000 presidential election. The American economy saw a massive expansion in the 1990s. The Democratic Party was strong, led by Democratic President Bill Clinton and Democratic Vice President Al Gore. Clinton had served his two terms in office, so he could not run for a third term. Vice President Gore was favored to conduct the election and also to receive the Democratic nomination. Gore was able to count on the strong economy of the 1990s to support his run for office, which in some ways could be attributed to the Clinton administration. According to HW Brands in his book American Dreams, “the first rule of American politics is that voters reward sitting presidents for prosperity”1 which is exactly what Clinton and Gore gave to the people. However, Gore would have to overcome the scandals of the Clinton administration to win the popular vote. This, considered not too big... middle of the paper... a person with different values ​​and opinions could have been at the helm of the United States clearly shows how important it is that future presidential elections are fair and that we as a society can determine the real winner. Works Cited Alan Agresti and Brett Presnell, “Misvotes, Undervotes and Overvotes: The 2000 Presidential Election in Florida,” Statistical Science, 17, no. 4 (2002): 436-40, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3182765 Bishin Benjamin, Daniel Stevens, and Christian Wilson, "Character Counts? Honesty and Fairness in Election 2000," The Public Opinion Quarterly, 70, NO . 2 (2006): 235-48, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3843961Brands HW American Dreams, (New York: Penguin Books, 2010), 341-43.Posner Richard, “The 2000 Presidential Election: A Statistical and Legal Analysis,” Supreme Court Economic Review, 12 (2004): 1-40, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3655316