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In reply to the discussion: Well, Look Who Just Got Dragged Into Trump's Criminal Nightmare [View all]Meadowoak
(5,545 posts)39. Both, if the USSC hadn't gotten involved, Florida would gone
To Al Gore by over a million votes. I believe it was the Miami Herald newspaper that finished the count. Bush and Gore were tied at 269 electoral votes. With 270 needed to win.
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There was only one "wafer thin" election that I can recall. It occurred in 2000 when Al Gore lost
allegorical oracle
Aug 2022
#12
I thought the Herald said Bush would have narrowly won the recount under most standards.
carpetbagger
Aug 2022
#40