On November 26, 2000, Republican candidate George W. Bush is certified the winner of Florida's electoral votes, giving him enough electoral votes to defeat Democrat Al Gore Jr. for the US presidency, despite losing the popular vote.
Quote Of The Day
"It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting." Tom Stoppard, Jumpers
Image Of The Day
Official photograph portrait of former U.S. President George W. Bush. White house photo by Eric Draper. This image was released by the United States Department of Defense with the ID 030114-O-0000D-001_screen (next). This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org