In light of the 2000 presidential election, much debate has recently risen about the method we use to elect our president. Al Gore, the candidate who had the most indivdual votes from the people across the country, ended up losing the election to George W. Bush. How did this happen? It occurred because he had fewer electoral votes, and because the president of the United States is not elected based on popular vote, but rather elected …showed first 75 words of 593 total…

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