Foreword
The repercussions of the 2000 presidential election — one of the closest in history — have continued through the 2004 campaign season. In 2000, then Texas Governor George W. Bush won 271 electoral votes; Vice President Al Gore garnered 266. Yet for the first time in over a century, a President was elected despite losing the popular vote. The election took more than a month to resolve, beginning with two premature declarations of a "winner" on election night and an extremely close result in Florida. That State’s 25 electoral votes ultimately decided the outcome by a razor thin margin, certified…
