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US Electoral Politics

422 events in this timeline

Open-Content investigative project managed by Derek, blackmax, KarenWehrstein

This is the home page for the US Electoral Politics investigative project, one of several grassroots investigations being hosted on the History Commons website. The data published as part of this investigation has been collected, organized, and published by members of the public who are registered users of this website.

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  1. 2000-03-06 March 6, 2000: New York Times Decries Recent ‘Issue Ads’ by Group Sympathetic to Bush Campaign, Says Ads Are Symptomatic of Dysfunctional Campaign Finance Laws
  2. 2000-03-07 March 7, 2000: McCain Campaign Files Complaints over Bush Campaign Ads, Says Ads Violate Campaign Finance Law
  3. 2000-11-01 November 1, 2000 and After: Bush Campaign Preparing to Defy Electoral College if Gore Wins Electoral Tally, Loses Popular Vote
  4. 2000-11-07 7:00 a.m. November 7, 2000 and After: Palm Beach County Voters Complain of Confusing Ballots
  5. 2000-11-07 November 7, 2000: 93 Percent of Florida’s African-American Voters Cast Votes for Gore; Many Not Counted
  6. 2000-11-07 November 7, 2000: Florida Denies Thousands of African-Americans Their Vote
  7. 2000-11-07 Early Afternoon, November 7, 2000: Florida NAACP Official Receives Reports that African-American Registered Voters Not on Voting Rolls
  8. 2000-11-07 November 7, 2000: Two Heavily Democratic Precincts in Florida County Fail to Register Votes for President in Large Numbers
  9. 2000-11-07 November 7-8, 2000: Fox News Election Anchor and Bush Cousin Pre-Emptively Calls Election for Bush, Influencing Future Coverage
  10. 2000-11-07 11:30 a.m. November 7, 2000: African-American Voters in Florida County Blocked from Reaching Polling Places by Police Roadblocks
  11. 2000-11-07 7:50 p.m., November 7, 2000: AP, Networks Project Gore Winner of Florida, Making Him Projected Winner of Presidential Election
  12. 2000-11-07 After 7:50 p.m. November 7, 2000: Supreme Court Justice on Projected Gore Victory: ‘This Is Terrible’
  13. 2000-11-07 9:30 p.m. November 7, 2000: Early Projections of Gore Win in Florida Retracted, State Reverts to ‘Too Close to Call’ Status
  14. 2000-11-08 After 3:30 a.m. November 8, 2000: Bush Campaign Message: Bush Has Won Florida
  15. 2000-11-08 Morning, November 8, 2000: Bush Asserts Victory in Florida
  16. 2000-11-08 November 8, 2000: Republicans Tell News Audiences Gore Should End Recount Battle
  17. 2000-11-08 Evening, November 8, 2000: NBC Political Commentator Calls Recount Process a ‘Crisis’, Warns Gore to End Process Quickly or Be Dubbed ‘a Whiner’
  18. 2000-11-08 November 8, 2000: Democratic Senator Backs Away from Endorsing Gore Recount Request
  19. 2000-11-08 November 8-9, 2000: Many Democrats Blame Nader for Costing Gore Critical Votes
  20. 2000-11-08 Morning, November 8, 2000: Liberal Columnist: Gore Should Have ‘Courage to Step Aside’ and Concede Election
  21. 2000-11-08 2:15 a.m. November 8, 2000: Fox News, Other Networks Project Bush as Winner of Florida, US Presidency
  22. 2000-11-08 2:30 a.m. - 3:15 a.m. November 8, 2000: Gore Briefly Concedes Election
  23. 2000-11-08 3:30 a.m. November 8, 2000: Gore Retracts Concession
  24. 2000-11-08 After 3:30 a.m. November 8, 2000 and After: Bush Campaign Prepares Florida Secretary of State for Election Controversy
  25. 2000-11-08 3:57 a.m. - 4:15 a.m. November 8, 2000: Networks Again Classify Florida as ‘Too Close to Call’
  26. 2000-11-08 Early Morning, November 8, 2000: Presidential Election Too Close to Call; Florida Orders Machine Recount
  27. 2000-11-08 Evening, November 8, 2000: Republican, Democratic Lawmakers Spar over Palm Beach ‘Butterfly Ballot’ on CNN; Palm Beach Elections Supervisor Angered at Democrat’s Criticisms and Claims
  28. 2000-11-08 Mid-Morning, November 8, 2000: Gore, Bush Campaigns Send ‘Quick Response’ Teams to Florida to Handle Election Conflict; Serious Problems Reported
  29. 2000-11-09 5:00 p.m. November 9, 2000: Florida Recounts Continue; Official Tallies May Not Be Available for Days
  30. 2000-11-09 November 9, 2000: ’Butterfly Ballot’ Confused Florida County Voters into Casting Presidential Votes for Third-Party Candidate, Lawsuit Filed
  31. 2000-11-09 November 9, 2000: Presidential Campaigns Handle Post-Election Affairs Differently
  32. 2000-11-09 November 9, 2000: Gore Campaign Asks for Recount of Four Florida Counties, Bush Accuses Gore of ‘Cherry-Picking’ Counties for Recounts
  33. 2000-11-09 November 9, 2000: US Presidential Election Still Undecided; Gore Has Slim Popular, Electoral Vote Leads
  34. 2000-11-09 November 9, 2000: Editorial Attempts to Calm Voters Uneasy Due to Florida Recounts
  35. 2000-11-09 November 9, 2000: News Providers Offer Explanations, Admissions of Error in Wake of Election-Night Errors
  36. 2000-11-09 11:35 p.m. November 9, 2000: ABC Lets Bush Aides Dominate Hour-Long ‘Analysis’ of Florida Election Situation
  37. 2000-11-09 12:20 a.m. November 9, 2000: Gore Campaign Aide Writes Memo Summarizing Election Discrepancies in Palm Beach County
  38. 2000-11-10 November 10, 2000: New York Times Says Gore Consideration of Legal Recourses in Florida Election ‘Worrying,’ Asks Gore to Let Results Stand
  39. 2000-11-10 November 10, 2000: Florida Machine Recount Completed in 66 of 67 Counties, Gore Campaign Requests Recounts in Four Disputed Counties; ‘Undervotes’ at Heart of Question
  40. 2000-11-10 November 10, 2000: Oregon Called for Gore; New Mexico Reverts to ‘Too Close to Call’
  41. 2000-11-10 November 10, 2000: Post Slams Gore Campaign for Considering Legal Remedies in Florida Recount
  42. 2000-11-10 November 10, 2000: Presidential Biographer Falsifies History in Saying that Gore, Like Nixon, Should Concede Election
  43. 2000-11-11 November 11-13, 2000: Florida Court Rejects Bush Campaign Request to Stop Manual Recounts
  44. 2000-11-11 November 11, 2000: Former Republican Senator Advises Gore to Concede: Asking for Recounts ‘Bad for Country’
  45. 2000-11-11 November 11-12, 2000: Two Florida Counties Announce Recounts
  46. 2000-11-12 November 12, 2000: Fox News Host Accuses Gore of Turning Election into ‘Legal Circus,’ Taking Final Decision from Voters and Giving it to Lawyers
  47. 2000-11-12 November 12, 2000: Democrats Intend to Sue Florida County Elections Supervisor for Allowing GOP Ballot Tampering
  48. 2000-11-12 November 12, 2000: Conservative Columnist Lambasts Gore Campaign’s Call for Recounts
  49. 2000-11-13 Evening, November 13, 2000: Florida County, Facing Deadline, Rejects Manual Ballot Recount
  50. 2000-11-13 4:00 p.m. November 13, 2000: Gore Asks that Time Be Spent to Determine Rightful Florida Winner