George bush v. Gore In a democratic system every citizen has a chance to participate in politics and make a difference, or do they? Not too long after the founding fathers established the Constitution of the United States the Supreme Court was established to be the ultimate court of justice. For lon...

On November 7, 2000, American voters went to the polls to elect the 43rd president of the United States. Ritualistically, the nation watched that evening for the election returns. The tallies for Democrat Albert Gore and Republican George W. Bush teetered in the makings of a dead heat. It soon be...

An Extraordinary Moment in Our DemocracySince the beginning of politics, never has our country seen such a close presidential election. It has been almost two weeks since the election and there is still so much controversy going on in Florida, the state that will more than likely determine the winn...

Our nation is currently suffering from social, economical, as well as political injustice and its greatly impacting Americans of every social class. From the lower to the upper class and from the white to the blacks, we are all greatly affected by it. Many people can agree that injustice is unfair a...

"Why should Americans exercise their right to vote?" Why should we vote? Is it really worth our time? The answer is "YES". People say that one vote won't change the outcome, but take a look at Florida! Right now, the election of our president is in the people of...

Unless you have been hibernating in a cave somewhere off the coast of Madagascar for the past six and a half months, you know about and have experienced the historical year 2000 presidential election. Since day one there has been mass coverage not only of the candidates, but also of their families,...

Al Gore Won FloridaNovember 7, 2000. Over a hundred million people turned out to vote for our nation's president. The election was decided by 537. Twenty-five controversial electoral votes were given to George Bush, and thus giving him the presidency. I am here to inform that there is statistic...

The Ten Most Wanted This past presidential election was one the most historic events that our young country has ever seen. There have been disputed elections before but none have been brought to the State Supreme Courts or the Federal Supreme Courts. So much controversy surrounding an el...

The Gore versus Bush post-election was infinitely more exciting and significant than the actual contest. Who would have thought that such a boring and manipulated competition would culminate in an American style, Supreme Court-certified coup d'etat. It was seriously a coup. Som...

The 2000 Presidential election between Vice-President Al Gore and Texas Governor George W. Bush was and still is a close campaign. This race has still not ended due to the closeness in the state of Florida primarily and the state of Oregon. Florida which contains 25 electoral college vote...

Why the Gore/Bush Election is such a mess Right now, America is in a time of uncertainty about this election. The race between Al Gore and George W. Bush is the closest presidential race the country has seen in its history. With an election this close, many controversial issues have also risen f...

Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michel Moore was very interesting as far as the facts that were brought up. Many things that were said about bush election that I did not know before, for example the fact that not one of the senators from the house signed a petition to recount the ballots from Florida. But even t...

Campaign Strategy As you have already know, the president is not chosen by the people directly like most all other political offices are. The president is chosen by a group of 538 electors from all fifty states and the District of Columbia who cast their votes for president. The candidate who rec...

Opinion of Election 2000"It is finally over", probably the most common statement you would hear if you asked any U.S. citizen their thoughts on the presidential election of 2000. This election was definitely the closest of any presidential election recorded in history and believe me when I tell you ...

1. How elect a US President? The rules of US Constitution specifies that a president must be elected every four years. Candidates must be at least 35 years old and a US citizen born in the USA. American politicians say the way they elect their president is one of the most open and democratic pr...

The strongest arguments for this statement are that about 10% of people own 90% of the wealth in the US, as the definition of elitism states "The view that the United States is essentially run by a tiny elite (composed of wealthy or well-connected individuals ) who control public policy through...

September 11th was by far the largest intelligence failure in United States history. In 1996, the Philippines warned the FBI of terrorists thinking about taking flight school. Later that year, Somalia offered to turn Osama Bin Laden over to Saudi Arabian authorities, but they declined and he got o...

Fahrenheit 9/11 is a film that politically attacks the President of the United States. Michael Moore focused on what have been concealed based on credible reports. The film started with the 2000 U.S. Presidential Elections wherein Bush "supposedly won" against Al Gore and moved forward to ...

OUR NEW PRESIDENT The election is to close to call who would be our new president. The presidential election was one of the wildest and closest in U.S. history. On November 7, all of America was expecting a new president. It turns out that Florida had to do another recount because there had s...

Bush's Views Social Issues • Against abortion and gay marriages • Tried to pass a ban on gay marriage and abortion • Feels that abortion is murder against children • The president endorsed a constitutional amendment that would restrict marriages to 2 people of opp...

America, Home of the Competitive Accusing American society of being too competitive is a broad allegation, though competition is no doubt an essential part of our daily lives. It is evident in the law-making authorities of our country, in addition to state and local leaders. It is apparent in eve...

There are many events in United Stated history that prove democracy had worked in this country. I researched five different examples in American history where the American people got what they wanted. The five things I choose to discuss are the fight for woman's voting rights, Civil rights move...

The Age of Reason: Rousseau and Voltaire Although Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Voltaire are two of the most well known French philisophes, they had a strong hatred towards each other. Rousseau believed to focus on the important principles of freedom, which during The French Revolution the state is...

Though the candidates of the third party have little to no chance of winning a presidential election, they are of great importance when it comes to which of the standard two parties, Democratic and Republican, will win the election. Several factors come into place for a third party to influence an ...

The Electorial College has caused a lot of controversy over the past several years. For example, our most recent presidential election whichput Vice President Al Gore up against the Governor of Texas, George W. Bush. This election went down to the wire. It w...