Movie Review: The 2000 Election

Based on the 2000 election between president Bush and Gore, it’s hard to say if it was legitimate since it could’ve gone either way. After watching the movie, I think the election wasn’t legitimate because the recount that was initiated never finished. The reason that the voting had some problems was because Bush had things going his way while Gore perished. Once the election was over, it seems controversy spiked that Bush was handed the presidency or simply taken away from Gore. But it was unfair that the recount didn’t actually finish potentially ruining Gore’s chances to win. For instance, the Florida vote recount was very close as Bush tallied 2,887,426 votes and Gore with 2,876,620 votes. That made a 10,806 difference which made Gore just
shy of winning the votes against Bush. In addition, not everyone voted like the undervotes which are ballots not registered in the presidential race. This explains why I think the election wasn’t fair as from a general view, either president could of won from the Florida recount.