Nguyen Thanh Dat

Section 26.1 Activity: The Presidential Election of 2000 (10 points)

The election of 2000 became one of the most controversial presidential elections of all time. The
focus was not only on the election results but also on the electoral map itself.

This activity will be turned in for credit at the end of Lesson 10. It will be graded on the
following criterion:

 Interpretation of the political map from the election of 2000 (10 points)

Step 1: Examine the Electoral Map

Examine the electoral map of 2000 and what the political breakdown means to modern politics.

http://www.100bestwebsites.org/alt/evmaps/electoral-maps.htm

Step 2: Interpret the Electoral Map

Using the map, answer the following questions:

1. The winner needed 270 electoral votes. Who won the electoral vote for the election of
2000? What were the numbers?
 George W. Bush won the electoral vote for the election of 2000 with 271 votes.

2. Who won the popular vote for the election of 2000? What percentage of the population
went for each candidate?

Al Gore won the popular vote for the election of 2000. George W. Bush got 47.9% of the
population, which was 50,456,002 votes, and Al Gore got 48.4% of population, which was
50,999,897 votes.

3. List three observations based up these facts and the 2000 electoral map
- George W. Bush is an example of how electoral votes determines the final result of the
election. He got less popular votes, but he still won the election due to the electoral votes.
- Bush’s votes and Gore’s votes were very close. Both in electoral votes and population
votes.
- Most states won by the republican were in the center and the East.