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It's long past and who cares now, but on Bush, Gore and 2000 Florida
all should at least know what studies have come up with. It's mixed.

"Bush v. Gore
"Opinion Let us praise Al Gore for saving the country ...
Al Gore gave the world much about much. You to B402, re the internet.. "

So, who really won? What the Bush v. Gore studies showed

By Wade Payson-Denney, CNN
Updated 10:06 AM EDT, Sat October 31, 2015

VIDEO -- Bush v. Gore: The Endless Election 01:24 - Source: CNN
CNN Chief Political Analyst Gloria Borger revisits the 2000 election in a CNN
Special Report, “Bush v. Gore: The Endless Election,” Monday at 9 p.m. ET.

CNN — After the grueling 36-day Florida recount battle, Al Gore finally conceded the presidency to George W. Bush on December 13, 2000.

But the controversy surrounding this unprecedented election and its aftermath did not end there.

Months after the United States Supreme Court delivered its ruling to stop the statewide hand recount in the Sunshine State, media and academic organizations conducted their own studies of the disputed ballots in Florida.

Taken as a whole, the recount studies show Bush would have most likely won the Florida statewide hand
recount of all undervotes. Undervotes are ballots that did not register a vote in the presidential race.

Related gallery When every vote counted: Closest U.S. elections
https://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/11/politics/gallery/closest-us-elections/index.html

This goes against the belief that the U.S. Supreme Court handed the presidency to Bush, or took it away from Gore.

The studies also show that Gore likely would have won a statewide recount of all undervotes and overvotes, which are ballots that included multiple votes for president and were thus not counted at all. However, his legal team never pursued this action.

The studies also support the belief that more voters went to the polls in Florida on Election Day intending to vote for Gore than for Bush.

Even 15 years after the election, partisans on each side cherry-pick various scenarios that would have favored their candidate.

Here’s a detailed look at what the studies found:

https://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/31/politics/bush-gore-2000-election-results-studies/index.html