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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

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