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Landslide AlThe latest Election 2000 recount from the Washington Post.

"Gore won a majority of the popular vote in 2000, but lost the electoral college vote and therefore the election to Bush." [emphasis added]

—"On Earth Day, Bush V. Gore," by Dan Balz and Dana Milbank, the Washington Post, April 23, 2002.

2000 Presidential Results
Candidate Popular Votes % of Votes Cast
Al Gore 50,996,116 48
George W. Bush 50,456,169 48
Ralph Nader 2,831,066 3
Pat Buchanan 447,798 0

(Source: Washington Post)

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