The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) is now available!
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https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeatThe 54th episode in a very long series about the American presidential elections from 1788 to the present. In 2000, it's one of the closest elections ever as the Supreme Court has to step in to end the madness. Oh, and we didn't find out the winner for over a month after Election Day. #mrbeat #presidentialelectionsinamericanhistory #elections
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http://www.countingthevotes.com/2000The 54th Presidential election in American history took place on November 7, 19- I mean, 2000. (The Year 2000) It was the first election I could finally vote in! And boy, was it a messed up one. We wouldn’t even know who won until over a month later.
As Bill Clinton left office, the economy was strong, and he had a fairly high approval rating. Sure, there was the whole impeachment thing due to the whole Monica Lewinsky thing. Oh yeah, and there was Vince Foster’s suicide, Whitewater, Travelgate, Filegate, and so forth and so on, but many argue the United States was preparing to enter the 21st century stronger than ever before. Because of this, the Democratic Party went with Clinton’s Vice President, Al Gore, to be their nominee for President. His only real opponent trying to get the nomination was Bill Bradley, the former Senator from New Jersey and former professional basketball player. But Bradley withdrew in March, so it was Gore, with Joe Lieberman, a Senator from Connecticut, as his running mate. Lieberman was the first Jewish candidate on a major political party presidential ticket.
The Republican Party originally had many candidates trying for the nomination, but most of them didn’t stand much of a chance against George W. Bush, the popular governor of Texas and son of George H.W. Bush. Bush’s main opponent in the primaries was John McCain, a Senator from Arizona and war hero who was tortured as a POW in the Vietnam War. However, after a poor showing on Super Tuesday, the day when there are a bunch of primary elections at once across the country, McCain dropped out. One guy who stuck around until right before the convention was Alan Keyes, a former diplomat to the Reagan administration. He just kept fighting. And one thing that is absolutely true, that I actually quite admire, is that Alan Keyes remains the only presidential candidate in history to ever jump into a mosh pit on the campaign trail. Michael Moore jokingly gave him his endorsement after he featured the historic moment on his show “The Awful Truth.�
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