United States presidential election in Florida, 2000 - wikipedia United States presidential election in Florida, 2000 Main article : United States presidential election, 2000 United States presidential election in Florida, 2000 ← 1996 November 7, 2000 2004 → Turnout 70 % Nominee George W. Bush Al Gore Party Republican Democratic Home state Texas Tennessee Running mate Dick Cheney Joe Lieberman Electoral vote 25 0 Popular vote 2,912,790 2,912,253 Percentage 48.847 % 48.838 % County Results Bush 40 - 50 % 50 - 60 % 60 - 70 % 70 - 80 % Gore 40 - 50 % 50 - 60 % 60 - 70 % President before election William Jefferson Clinton Democratic Elected President George Walker Bush Republican The 2000 United States presidential election in Florida took place on November 7, 2000, as part of the nationwide presidential election. Florida, a swing state, had a major recount dispute that took center stage in the election. The outcome of the 2000 United States presidential election was not known for more than a month after balloting because of the extended process of counting and recounting Florida 's presidential ballots. State results tallied on election night gave 246 electoral votes to Republican nominee Texas Governor George W. Bush and 255 to Democratic nominee Vice President Al Gore, with New Mexico ( 5 ), Oregon ( 7 ), and Florida ( 25 ) too close to call that evening. Gore won New Mexico and Oregon over the following few days, but the result in Florida would have been decisive however those two states had voted. After an intense recount process and the United States Supreme Court 's decision in Bush v. Gore, Bush won Florida 's electoral votes by a margin of only 537 votes out of almost six million cast and as a result became the president - elect. The process was extremely divisive, and led to calls for electoral reform in Florida. Contents 1 Background 2 Campaign 3 Recount 4 Final certified results 4.1 Results by county 4.2 By congressional district 5 Electors 6 Film 7 References 8 Bibliography 9 External links 10 Notes Background See also Florida voter file contract Election fairness was a major problem known to Floridians in the 1990s ; for example, the 1997 Miami mayoral election was tainted by scandal. According to The Palm Beach Post, `` State lawmakers decided to weed out felons and other ineligible voters in 1998 after a Miami mayoral election was overturned because votes had been cast by the convicted and the dead. '' This initiative occurred without sufficient protection of voting rights. In particular, from summer 1999 to spring 2000, Florida 's voter list was subject to an unusually high number of problems. `` The state 's highest officials responsible for ensuring efficiency, uniformity, and fairness in the election failed to fulfill their responsibilities. '' The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights found that an `` overall lack of leadership in protecting voting rights was largely responsible for the broad array of problems in Florida during the 2000 election. '' The 2001 book Stupid White Men and other books described efforts made to deny black citizens in Florida the right to vote. As a result of the state 's contract with Database Technologies, `` 173,000 registered voters in Florida were permanently wiped off the voter rolls. '' Even an elections supervisor, Madison County 's, was barred from voting ; she and others `` tried to get the state to rectify the problem, but their pleas fell on deaf ears. '' CAMPAIGN Elections in Florida Federal government Presidential elections 1848 1852 1856 1860 1872 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 2000 2008 2012 2016 Presidential primaries Democratic 1932 1936 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 2000 2008 2012 2016 Republican 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1988 1992 1992 2000 2008 2012 2016 U.S. Senate elections 1932 1934 1938 1940 1944 1946 1950 1952 1956 1958 1962 1964 1968 1964 1968 1970 1976 1980 1982 1986 1988 1992 1994 1998 2000 2006 2012 2016 2018 U.S. House elections 2000 2002 2006 5th 8th 9th 16th 2008 2012 2014 2016 2018 Special elections 18th district, 1989 13th district, 2014 19th district, 2014 State government Gubernatorial elections 1845 1849 1853 1857 1861 1868 1872 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1966 1970 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018 Attorney General elections 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018 Chief Financial Officer elections 2002 2006 2014 2018 Agriculture Commissioner of Florida 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018 Ballot measures Florida Amendment 2 ( 2008 ) Florida Amendment 2 ( 2014 ) Florida Amendment 1 ( 2016 ) Florida Amendment 2 ( 2016 ) Florida Amendment 4 ( 2018 ) Other elections 2006 Jacksonville Mayoral elections 2003 2007 2011 2015 Miami Mayoral elections 2009 2013 2017 Miami - Dade County Mayoral elections 2011 2012 2016 Orange County Mayoral elections 2014 2018 Orlando Mayoral elections 2012 2015 St. Petersburg Mayoral elections 2013 2017 Tampa Mayoral elections 2011 2015 Government Initially Florida had been considered fertile territory for Republicans. It was governed by Jeb Bush, a staunch conservative and George W. Bush 's brother. Nonetheless Republicans put significant advertising resources into the state, and later polls indicated that the state was very much in play as late as September 2000. Some late momentum for Gore and his Jewish running mate Joe Lieberman may have come from southern Florida 's significant Jewish population. Voters from reliably Democratic states in the Northeast had also been migrating to Florida since the 1950s. The state 's electorate was becoming more diverse in general, with growing Asian and Hispanic immigrant populations. Meanwhile, there was heavy backlash in the Cuban - American population against Democrats during the Elian Gonzalez dispute, during which Janet Reno, President Bill Clinton 's Attorney General, ordered the six - year - old Cuban refugee to be returned to Cuba. The Democrats ' share of the Cuban - American vote dropped dramatically after 1996. In late October, one poll found that Gore was leading Bush and third parties by 44 -- 42 -- 4 among registered voters and 46 -- 42 -- 4 among likely voters, but that poll had a margin of error of four percentage points, making the race too close to call. On election day itself, the extent of the mix - ups in the electoral rolls was such that `` in a number of precincts in Florida 's inner cities, the polling locations were heavily fortified with police ''. Recount Main article : Florida election recount Final certified results The final official Florida count gave the victory to Bush by 537 votes, making it by percentage not only the tightest race of the campaign ( New Mexico was decided by 363 votes but has a much smaller population, with those 363 votes representing a 0.061 % margin whereas the 537 votes in Florida were just 0.009 % ), but the closest in any United States presidential election ever. Most of the reduction in the recount came from Miami - Dade county alone. Federal official vote for the state of Florida ( 25 electoral votes ) Presidential candidate and running mate Vote total % Party George Walker Bush -- Richard Bruce Cheney 2,912,790 48.847 % Republican Albert Arnold Gore Jr. -- Joseph Isadore Lieberman 2,912,253 48.838 % Democratic Ralph Nader -- Winona LaDuke 97,488 1.635 % Green Patrick J. Buchanan -- Ezola B. Foster 17,484 0.293 % Reform Harry Browne -- Art Olivier 16,415 0.275 % Libertarian John Hagelin -- Nat Goldhaber 2,281 0.038 % Natural Law Monica Moorehead -- Gloria La Riva 1,804 0.030 % Workers World Howard Phillips -- Curtis Frazier 1,371 0.023 % Constitution David McReynolds -- Mary Cal Hollis 622 0.010 % Socialist James Harris -- Margaret Trowe 562 0.009 % Socialist Workers Write - ins 36 0.000 % Total 5,963,110 Sources : Florida was the second of the 50 states ( after Louisiana ) to report its official results to the federal government ( in a Certificate of Ascertainment submitted to the National Archivist, the manner prescribed for presidential elections ). As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last election in which the Democratic candidate won Pasco County or Hernando County. It was also the first time the Democratic candidate won Orange County since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944. Results by county George Walker Bush Republican Albert Arnold Gore Jr. Democratic Ralph Nader Green Patrick J. Buchanan Reform Various candidates Other parties Margin Total votes cast County # % # % # % # % # % # % # Alachua 34,135 39.80 % 47,380 55.25 % 3,228 3.76 % 263 0.31 % 751 0.88 % - 13,245 - 15.44 % 85,757 Baker 5,611 68.80 % 2,392 29.33 % 53 0.65 % 73 0.90 % 26 0.32 % 3,219 39.47 % 8,155 Bay 38,682 65.70 % 18,873 32.06 % 830 1.41 % 248 0.42 % 243 0.41 % 19,809 33.65 % 58,876 Bradford 5,416 62.43 % 3,075 35.45 % 84 0.97 % 65 0.75 % 35 0.40 % 2,341 26.99 % 8,675 Brevard 115,253 52.75 % 97,341 44.55 % 4,471 2.05 % 571 0.26 % 852 0.39 % 17,912 8.20 % 218,488 Broward 177,939 30.93 % 387,760 67.41 % 7,105 1.24 % 795 0.14 % 1,640 0.29 % - 209,821 - 36.48 % 575,239 Calhoun 2,873 55.52 % 2,156 41.66 % 39 0.75 % 90 1.74 % 17 0.33 % 717 13.86 % 5,175 Charlotte 35,428 52.96 % 29,646 44.31 % 1,462 2.19 % 182 0.27 % 182 0.27 % 5,782 8.64 % 66,900 Citrus 29,801 52.06 % 25,531 44.60 % 1,383 2.42 % 270 0.47 % 263 0.46 % 4,270 7.46 % 57,248 Clay 41,903 72.80 % 14,668 25.48 % 565 0.98 % 186 0.32 % 237 0.41 % 27,235 47.32 % 57,559 Collier 60,467 65.58 % 29,939 32.47 % 1,405 1.52 % 122 0.13 % 269 0.29 % 30,528 33.11 % 92,202 Columbia 10,968 59.24 % 7,049 38.07 % 258 1.39 % 89 0.48 % 150 0.81 % 3,919 21.17 % 18,514 Desoto 4,256 54.48 % 3,321 42.51 % 157 2.01 % 36 0.46 % 42 0.54 % 935 11.97 % 7,812 Dixie 2,697 57.79 % 1,827 39.15 % 75 1.61 % 29 0.62 % 39 0.84 % 870 18.64 % 4,667 Duval 152,460 57.49 % 108,039 40.74 % 2,762 1.04 % 653 0.25 % 1,267 0.48 % 44,421 16.75 % 265,181 Escambia 73,171 62.62 % 40,990 35.08 % 1,733 1.48 % 502 0.43 % 460 0.39 % 32,181 27.54 % 116,856 Flagler 12,618 46.53 % 13,897 51.25 % 435 1.60 % 83 0.31 % 83 0.31 % - 1,279 - 4.72 % 27,116 Franklin 2,454 52.83 % 2,047 44.07 % 85 1.83 % 33 0.71 % 26 0.56 % 407 8.76 % 4,645 Gadsden 4,770 32.38 % 9,736 66.09 % 139 0.94 % 38 0.26 % 48 0.33 % - 4,966 - 33.71 % 14,731 Gilchrist 3,300 61.17 % 1,910 35.40 % 97 1.80 % 29 0.54 % 59 1.09 % 1,390 25.76 % 5,395 Glades 1,841 54.71 % 1,442 42.85 % 56 1.66 % 9 0.27 % 17 0.51 % 399 11.86 % 3,365 Gulf 3,553 57.79 % 2,398 39.00 % 86 1.40 % 71 1.15 % 40 0.65 % 1,155 18.79 % 6,148 Hamilton 2,147 54.14 % 1,723 43.44 % 37 0.93 % 23 0.58 % 36 0.91 % 424 10.69 % 3,966 Hardee 3,765 60.38 % 2,342 37.56 % 75 1.20 % 30 0.48 % 24 0.38 % 1,423 22.82 % 6,236 Hendry 4,747 58.32 % 3,240 39.81 % 104 1.28 % 22 0.27 % 26 0.32 % 1,507 18.52 % 8,139 Hernando 30,658 47.00 % 32,648 50.05 % 1,501 2.30 % 243 0.37 % 186 0.29 % - 1,990 - 3.05 % 65,236 Highlands 20,207 57.48 % 14,169 40.31 % 545 1.55 % 127 0.36 % 104 0.30 % 6,038 17.18 % 35,152 Hillsborough 180,794 50.17 % 169,576 47.06 % 7,496 2.08 % 847 0.24 % 1,641 0.46 % 11,218 3.11 % 360,354 Holmes 5,012 67.77 % 2,177 29.43 % 94 1.27 % 76 1.03 % 37 0.50 % 2,835 38.33 % 7,396 Indian River 28,639 57.71 % 19,769 39.84 % 950 1.91 % 105 0.21 % 164 0.33 % 8,870 17.87 % 49,627 Jackson 9,139 56.06 % 6,870 42.14 % 138 0.85 % 102 0.63 % 54 0.33 % 2,269 13.92 % 16,303 Jefferson 2,478 43.91 % 3,041 53.89 % 76 1.35 % 29 0.51 % 19 0.34 % - 563 - 9.98 % 5,643 Lafayette 1,670 66.67 % 789 31.50 % 26 1.04 % 10 0.40 % 10 0.40 % 881 35.17 % 2,505 Lake 50,010 56.44 % 36,571 41.27 % 1,460 1.65 % 289 0.33 % 281 0.32 % 13,439 15.17 % 88,611 Lee 106,151 57.57 % 73,571 39.90 % 3,588 1.95 % 305 0.17 % 785 0.43 % 32,580 17.67 % 184,400 Leon 39,073 37.88 % 61,444 59.57 % 1,934 1.87 % 282 0.27 % 421 0.41 % - 22,371 - 21.69 % 103,154 Levy 6,863 53.91 % 5,398 42.40 % 285 2.24 % 67 0.53 % 117 0.92 % 1,465 11.51 % 12,730 Liberty 1,317 54.65 % 1,017 42.20 % 19 0.79 % 39 1.62 % 18 0.75 % 300 12.45 % 2,410 Madison 3,038 49.29 % 3,015 48.92 % 54 0.88 % 29 0.47 % 27 0.44 % 23 0.37 % 6,163 Manatee 58,023 52.58 % 49,226 44.61 % 2,494 2.26 % 271 0.25 % 330 0.30 % 8,797 7.97 % 110,344 Marion 55,146 53.55 % 44,674 43.39 % 1,810 1.76 % 563 0.55 % 778 0.76 % 10,472 10.17 % 102,971 Martin 33,972 54.78 % 26,621 42.93 % 1,118 1.80 % 112 0.18 % 193 0.31 % 7,351 11.85 % 62,016 Miami - Dade 289,574 46.29 % 328,867 52.57 % 5,355 0.86 % 560 0.09 % 1,196 0.19 % - 39,293 - 6.28 % 625,552 Monroe 16,063 47.39 % 16,487 48.64 % 1,090 3.22 % 47 0.14 % 208 0.61 % - 424 - 1.25 % 33,895 Nassau 16,408 68.98 % 6,955 29.24 % 253 1.06 % 90 0.38 % 81 0.34 % 9,453 39.74 % 23,787 Okaloosa 52,186 73.69 % 16,989 23.99 % 988 1.40 % 268 0.38 % 388 0.55 % 35,197 49.70 % 70,819 Okeechobee 5,057 51.32 % 4,589 46.57 % 131 1.33 % 43 0.44 % 34 0.35 % 468 4.75 % 9,854 Orange 134,531 48.02 % 140,236 50.06 % 3,879 1.38 % 446 0.16 % 1,063 0.38 % - 5,705 - 2.04 % 280,155 Osceola 26,237 47.11 % 28,187 50.61 % 733 1.32 % 145 0.26 % 388 0.70 % - 1,950 - 3.50 % 55,690 Palm Beach 152,964 35.31 % 269,754 62.27 % 5,566 1.28 % 3,411 0.79 % 1,527 0.35 % - 116,790 - 26.96 % 433,222 Pasco 68,607 48.05 % 69,576 48.73 % 3,394 2.38 % 570 0.40 % 622 0.44 % - 969 - 0.68 % 142,769 Pinellas 184,849 46.38 % 200,657 50.35 % 10,023 2.52 % 1,013 0.25 % 1,984 0.50 % - 15,808 - 3.97 % 398,526 Polk 90,310 53.56 % 75,207 44.60 % 2,059 1.22 % 533 0.32 % 520 0.31 % 15,103 8.96 % 168,629 Putnam 13,457 51.29 % 12,107 46.14 % 379 1.44 % 148 0.56 % 148 0.56 % 1,350 5.15 % 26,239 Santa Rosa 36,339 72.10 % 12,818 25.43 % 726 1.44 % 311 0.62 % 208 0.41 % 23,521 46.67 % 50,402 Sarasota 83,117 51.63 % 72,869 45.27 % 4,071 2.53 % 305 0.19 % 615 0.38 % 10,248 6.37 % 160,977 Seminole 75,790 55.00 % 59,227 42.98 % 1,949 1.41 % 195 0.14 % 644 0.47 % 16,563 12.02 % 137,805 St. Johns 39,564 65.10 % 19,509 32.10 % 1,217 2.00 % 229 0.38 % 252 0.41 % 20,055 33.00 % 60,771 St. Lucie 34,705 44.50 % 41,560 53.29 % 1,368 1.75 % 124 0.16 % 233 0.30 % - 6,855 - 8.79 % 77,990 Sumter 12,127 54.48 % 9,637 43.29 % 306 1.37 % 114 0.51 % 77 0.35 % 2,490 11.19 % 22,261 Suwannee 8,009 64.27 % 4,076 32.71 % 180 1.44 % 108 0.87 % 88 0.71 % 3,933 31.56 % 12,461 Taylor 4,058 59.59 % 2,649 38.90 % 59 0.87 % 27 0.40 % 17 0.25 % 1,409 20.69 % 6,810 Union 2,332 60.95 % 1,407 36.77 % 33 0.86 % 37 0.97 % 17 0.44 % 925 24.18 % 3,826 Volusia 82,368 44.84 % 97,313 52.98 % 2,910 1.58 % 498 0.27 % 585 0.32 % - 14,945 - 8.14 % 183,674 Wakulla 4,512 52.54 % 3,838 44.70 % 149 1.74 % 46 0.54 % 42 0.49 % 674 7.85 % 8,587 Walton 12,186 66.51 % 5,643 30.80 % 265 1.45 % 120 0.65 % 109 0.59 % 6,543 35.71 % 18,323 Washington 4,995 62.24 % 2,798 34.86 % 93 1.16 % 88 1.10 % 52 0.65 % 2,197 27.37 % 8,026 Totals 2,912,790 48.85 % 2,912,253 48.84 % 97,488 1.63 % 17,484 0.29 % 23,095 0.39 % 537 0.01 % 5,963,110 By congressional District Bush won fifteen of twenty - three congressional districts. District Bush Gore Representative 1st 69 % 31 % Joe Scarborough 2nd 53 % 47 % Allen Boyd 3rd 35 % 65 % Corrine Brown 4th 66 % 34 % Tillie K. Fowler Ander Crenshaw 5th 54 % 46 % Karen Thurman 6th 58 % 42 % Cliff Stearns 7th 54 % 46 % John Mica 8th 54 % 46 % Bill McCollum Ric Keller 9th 54 % 46 % Michael Bilirakis 10th 49 % 51 % Bill Young 11th 39 % 61 % Jim Davis 12th 55 % 45 % Charles Canady Adam Putnam 13th 56 % 44 % Dan Miller 14th 61 % 39 % Porter Goss 15th 57 % 43 % Dave Weldon 16th 53 % 47 % Mark Foley 17th 15 % 85 % Carrie Meek 18th 57 % 43 % Ileana Ros - Lehtinen 19th 27 % 73 % Robert Wexler 20th 31 % 69 % Peter Deutsch 21st 58 % 42 % Lincoln Diaz - Balart 22nd 48 % 52 % E. Clay Shaw Jr. 23rd 20 % 80 % Alcee Hastings Electors Main article : List of United States presidential electors, 2000 Technically the voters of Florida cast their ballots for electors : representatives to the Electoral College. In 2000 Florida was allocated 25 electors because it had 23 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write - in votes must submit a list of 25 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the most votes in the state is awarded all 25 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector. The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 18, 2000 to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols. The following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All were pledged to and voted for George W. Bush and Dick Cheney : Alred S. Austin Deborah L. Brooks Armando Codina Maria De La Milera Sandra M. Faulkner Thomas C. Feeney III Feliciano M. Foyo Jeanne Barber Godwin Dawn Guzzetta Cynthia M. Handley Adam W. Herbert Al Hoffman Glenda E. Hood Carole Jean Jordan Charles W. Kane Mel Martinez John M. McKay Dorsey C. Miller Berta J. Moralejo H. Gary Morse Marsha Nippert Darryl K. Sharpton Tom Slade John Thrasher Robert L. Woody Film Fahrenheit 9 / 11 Recount is a made - for - TV political drama about the 2000 US Presidential election. The show was written by Danny Strong, directed by Jay Roach, and produced by Kevin Spacey ( who also stars in the film ). It premiered on HBO on May 25, 2008, and the DVD was released on August 19, 2008. Orwell Rolls in His Grave References Jump up ^ State and Wire Reports, `` State voter rolls : Election official finds more than 50,000 felons, 18,000 dead registered '', Panama City News Herald, 19 August, 1998. Jump up ^ Scott Hiaasen, Gary Kane, and Elliot Jaspin, `` Felon Purge Sacrificed Innocent Voters '', Palm Beach Post, 27 May, 2001, https://archive.commondreams.org/scriptfiles/headlines01/0527-03.htm ^ Jump up to : U.S. Commission on Civil Rights ( June 2001 ). Voting Irregularities in Florida During the 2000 Presidential Election ( Report ). Government of the United States. ^ Jump up to : Moore, M. ( 2001 ). Stupid White Men. Penguin Books. p. 6. Jump up ^ Marks, Peter ( September 20, 2000 ). `` THE 2000 CAMPAIGN : THE AD CAMPAIGN ; In Sign Florida Is Now in Play, Bush Increases Buying There ''. The New York Times. Retrieved May 26, 2010. Jump up ^ `` Did the Jewish Vote Cost Gore the Election ? ''. Mitchellbard.com. Retrieved 2018 - 03 - 30. Jump up ^ Rosenbaum, David E. ( October 26, 2000 ). `` THE 2000 CAMPAIGN : THE VOTERS ; Independents and the Elderly Lift Gore in Florida, Poll Says ''. The New York Times. Jump up ^ 2000 official presidential general election results Archived August 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ Elections, Division of. `` November 7, 2000 General Election ''. results.elections.myflorida.com. Retrieved 2017 - 06 - 11. Jump up ^ Sullivan, Robert David ; ' How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century ' ; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review ; June 29, 2016 Jump up ^ Menendez, Albert J. ; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868 - 2004, p. 164 - 165 ISBN 0786422173 Jump up ^ `` Presidential Results by Congressional District, 2000 - 2008 ''. Swing State Project. 2008 - 12 - 15. Retrieved 2018 - 03 - 30. Jump up ^ `` 2000 Post-Election Timeline of Events ''. Uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2018 - 03 - 30. Jump up ^ `` 2000 ''. President Elect. 2012 - 11 - 06. Retrieved 2018 - 03 - 30. Bibliography Ceaser, James W. ; Busch, Andrew ( 2001 ). The Perfect Tie : The True Story of the 2000 Presidential Election. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 0 - 7425 - 0836 - 6. Keating, Dan and Balz, Dan. ' Florida Recounts Would Have Favored Bush But Study Finds Gore Might Have Won Statewide Tally of All Uncounted Ballots. ' The Washington Post, published Nov. 12, 2001. See also Category : Books about the United States presidential election, 2000 External links Bush v. Gore Presidential Election Law The Butterfly Ballot Controversy, West Palm Beach, and its impact on the election Notes Jump up ^ The previous closest statewide presidential elections were two in Maryland, that in 1832 being decided by just four votes or 0.01044 percent and that of 1904 by just fifty - one votes or 0.02274 percent. Next closest were two elections in California, that of 1912 being decided by 0.02567 % or 174 votes, and that of 1892 -- which gave Grover Cleveland the presidency -- by 0.0545234 % or 147 votes. State Results of the 2000 United States presidential election Candidates George W. 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Question: who finally determined the winner of the 2000 presidential election
Answer: the United States Supreme Court