The nation begins 2001 almost exactly split in every political category between Republicans and Democrats but both parties put together are not a majority. Vice President Al Gore won the popular vote in the U.S. by more than 500,000 votes. Bush won the vote count. And Gore accepts that result. Bush won more American land than Gore by a 5-1 margin.
Internet maps show the county by county vote in red and blue.
Gore won the West Coast, the northeast, and the upper Midwest. Bush won the South, the mountain west and the lower Midwest. You can travel from the Texas Gulf Coast to the Canadian border in a swath hundreds of miles wide and never touch a county Gore won. But you can t get to the Pacific Ocean without crossing a Gore county. If you thought the election was hotly contested but at least it was finally over, think again.