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Which of the following represent unusual features of the 2000 presidential election results?
Check all of the boxes that apply.
A candidate from a third party nearly won the election.
The winner of the popular vote was not the winner of the Electoral College vote.
The Electoral College vote was extremely close.
A Democratic candidate defeated a Republican candidate.
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Correct answers:
- The winner of the popular vote was not the winner of the Electoral College vote. (True — Al Gore won the popular vote but George W. Bush won the Electoral College.)
- The Electoral College vote was extremely close. (True — the final officially counted margin was 271 to 266.)
Not correct:
- A candidate from a third party nearly won the election. (False — third‑party candidate Ralph Nader got a notable share of votes but did not come close to winning.)
- A Democratic candidate defeated a Republican candidate. (False — the Republican George W. Bush defeated Democrat Al Gore.)
- The winner of the popular vote was not the winner of the Electoral College vote. (True — Al Gore won the popular vote but George W. Bush won the Electoral College.)
- The Electoral College vote was extremely close. (True — the final officially counted margin was 271 to 266.)
Not correct:
- A candidate from a third party nearly won the election. (False — third‑party candidate Ralph Nader got a notable share of votes but did not come close to winning.)
- A Democratic candidate defeated a Republican candidate. (False — the Republican George W. Bush defeated Democrat Al Gore.)
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