Did Al Gore win 2000?

[Clintonista2]

Poll question: Did Al Gore win 2000?

I thought that this might be an appropriate poll after last night.

[Captain Hilts]

1. Yes, he did. But he lost his own state and Dems didn't fight for him in Fla as R's did for W. nt

[acmavm]

2. And a 'Supreme' Court with their own agenda didn't help any.

[Captain Hilts]

6. The Rs emptied their offices on Cap. Hill and flew them to Flordia and the Dems didn't. nt

[robbedvoter]

8. The Tennesee results - as suspicious as Florida. As for the fight - I was in the street

protesting, demanding a recount. I was told to go home. By Gore.Who was still 1000 times braver than Kerry/Edwards who silently folded.And stayed silent all these years.
What GOP did - was not "fight" - but truly mount a coup.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. I See Where You Are Going With This

Even if Obama gets one more delegate than Hill in NV every paper and news station showed her winning Nevada by a comfortable margin and at this point with NINETY SEVEN percent of the delegates to be chosen that perception is all that matters...Any argument to the contrary is totally illogical and disingenuous....


Now if Hillary loses a nomination that takes TWO THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED or so delegates by ONE DELEGATE to win that ONE delegate will be a big deal...

[Jai4WKC08]

13. Oh, is that what the OP meant

Duh. Give me another cup of coffee....

Apples and oranges as far as I'm concerned. Bush and the Supremes stole Gore's FL electors. Obama didn't steal anything -- it's just a peculiarity of the caucus system. In light of all that's wrong with caucuses, this apportioning problem is next to nothing.

And besides, one delegate is not gonna matter come convention time.

[stray cat]

4. Obviously a complete and total loss and Clinton rocked!

Oh wait - we're not talking about Obama winning the delegates and Clinton the popular vote? Al Gore? Of course Al Gore won - he won the popular vote!

[H2O Man]

5. both

[robbedvoter]

7. Won. Was robbed. Me too - hence ny handle. (psst: Kerry won too - pass it on!)

[Jai4WKC08]

9. Depends on what the definition of "win" is

Obviously and undisputedly, he won the popular vote.
I'm convinced he should have received the most electoral votes.

But he ain't in the White House, is he?

Whatever Gore, his campaign, all the Democrats in Congress, in the FL legislature, on the FL Supreme Court, and most importantly, citizens across the nation may have done, it wasn't enough.

[Renew Deal]

10. This is my view.

:thumbsup:

[Joe the Revelator]

11. Gore's victory is completely different. He WON with the votes he needed in Florida

The SC wouldn't let us count all of those.

[hayu_lol]

15. Gore won by a considerable margin...

later, when the news media consortium spent over a million dollars recounting the ballots, it was found that indeed, Gore had won the 2000 election.

This was, of course, after the SCOTUS had ruled in Bush's favor. The News Consortium decided that since Bush was in the White House, that they would not publish their results. Said results are in someone's archives hidden away.

As for Gore's losing Tennessee, a day before the election the NRA made a propaganda blitz in Tennessee with the message out there for all to see: Gore will take away your guns. That was enough to lose Tennessee and there was no time for Gore to refute the false charges.

[Fabio]

12. No....more....

Bottomline is I see seven years of disaster that clearly indicate that Gore did not win (less he would be in the whitehouse). Was he cheated? Yes.

[jonnywishbone07]

14. bottom line

everywhere i read it said HILLARY WINS NEVADA!!! you sore losers need to move on.

[Occam Bandage]

16. Depends on what you mean by "win."

In the sense that he got the most votes nationally, and more people attempted to vote for him in Florida than for Bush, he "won."

In the sense that George Bush got more EC votes than Gore did and was thus inaugurated as President, Gore lost.

[rug]

17. Gore did in fact win more votes but Bush had the Superdelegates on the Supreme Court.