On November 7, 2000, American voters went to the polls to elect the 43rd president of the United States. Ritualistically, the nation watched that evening for the election returns. The tallies for Democrat Albert Gore and Republican George W. Bush teetered in the makings of a dead heat. It soon be...

More coverage than O.J. More coverage than Diana. More than Oklahoma City, and more coverage than even Monica Lewinsky. You guessed it, Election 2000, and the media loved every minute of it. Savoring the proverbial field-day, U.S. journalists greatly assisted in dividing the country, destroying the ...

The Election that Turned on the Lightbulb in America The election process has finally ended, and out from the dust, a new president comes forward. Like an old Western movie, the battle between two foes has prompted a new method of handling the town's affairs. As a result of the electio...

Al Gore Won FloridaNovember 7, 2000. Over a hundred million people turned out to vote for our nation's president. The election was decided by 537. Twenty-five controversial electoral votes were given to George Bush, and thus giving him the presidency. I am here to inform that there is statistic...

The Ten Most Wanted This past presidential election was one the most historic events that our young country has ever seen. There have been disputed elections before but none have been brought to the State Supreme Courts or the Federal Supreme Courts. So much controversy surrounding an el...

The Gore versus Bush post-election was infinitely more exciting and significant than the actual contest. Who would have thought that such a boring and manipulated competition would culminate in an American style, Supreme Court-certified coup d'etat. It was seriously a coup. Som...

The 2000 Presidential election between Vice-President Al Gore and Texas Governor George W. Bush was and still is a close campaign. This race has still not ended due to the closeness in the state of Florida primarily and the state of Oregon. Florida which contains 25 electoral college vote...

Why the Gore/Bush Election is such a mess Right now, America is in a time of uncertainty about this election. The race between Al Gore and George W. Bush is the closest presidential race the country has seen in its history. With an election this close, many controversial issues have also risen f...

Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michel Moore was very interesting as far as the facts that were brought up. Many things that were said about bush election that I did not know before, for example the fact that not one of the senators from the house signed a petition to recount the ballots from Florida. But even t...

Campaign Strategy As you have already know, the president is not chosen by the people directly like most all other political offices are. The president is chosen by a group of 538 electors from all fifty states and the District of Columbia who cast their votes for president. The candidate who rec...

James Monroe was the fifth president of the United States (1817-1825) and the last of the so-called Virginia dynasty of U.S. presidents. Monroe was president during the Era of Good Feelings. He gave lots of good impressions on people. One lady said about him: "He is tall and well formed. His d...

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe have contributed to the establishment of a stable democratic society. First, George Washington played a significant role in history, because he was the first president of the United States. He set many precedents during his years in office...

Opinion of Election 2000"It is finally over", probably the most common statement you would hear if you asked any U.S. citizen their thoughts on the presidential election of 2000. This election was definitely the closest of any presidential election recorded in history and believe me when I tell you ...

1. How elect a US President? The rules of US Constitution specifies that a president must be elected every four years. Candidates must be at least 35 years old and a US citizen born in the USA. American politicians say the way they elect their president is one of the most open and democratic pr...

Problems With Teen Smoking in America Teen smoking is a serious problem in the United States because the tobacco industry targets teenagers with their persuasive advertising. We see often in public places, teenagers who are standing around, smoking cigarettes. Recently, there has been legislation th...

The novel, The Brethren, written by John Grisham takes place primarily in a minimum security federal prison in Florida. The time period is modern day. The prison is called Trumble. It is full of harmless criminals, crooks, lawyers, embezzlers, judges, and drug dealers. There are no barbed wire fe...

Cuba-Cuba is the largest island in the west Indies. It is south of Florida and east of Yucatan peninsula. The island of Cuba is about 760 mi. (1225 km.), from Cabo De San Antonio to Cabo Maisi. The total area is about 44,218 mi.(114,524 sq. km).GODS CREATIONLand and ResourcesAbout !/4 of Cuba is mou...

The strongest arguments for this statement are that about 10% of people own 90% of the wealth in the US, as the definition of elitism states "The view that the United States is essentially run by a tiny elite (composed of wealthy or well-connected individuals ) who control public policy through...

The Electoral College has the power to vote for whoever they see fit for the presidency position, even if they are voting for the candidate with the least amount of votes. Still, most of the Electors do vote for the popular vote. The Framers of the U.S. Constitution created the Electoral College in ...

An interest group is an organized group of individuals who share common objectives and who actively attempt to influence policymakers in all three branches of the government and at all levels. Encompassing primarily corporations, other business associations, citizen groups, unions, and professional ...

OUR NEW PRESIDENT The election is to close to call who would be our new president. The presidential election was one of the wildest and closest in U.S. history. On November 7, all of America was expecting a new president. It turns out that Florida had to do another recount because there had s...

Bush's Views Social Issues • Against abortion and gay marriages • Tried to pass a ban on gay marriage and abortion • Feels that abortion is murder against children • The president endorsed a constitutional amendment that would restrict marriages to 2 people of opp...

The Electoral College has been used to elect the President since the beginnings of the United States. In the two hundred some odd years of history, there have been instances when the college did not work. There have been many ideas that have floated around about fixing the problem with the elect...

The electoral-college system of electing the president and vice-president originated from the constitution of the United States, which was written over 200 years ago in 1787. A lot has changed in the United States since 1787. I believe that the electoral college system is outadated and needs to be ...

Changes in the Foreign Service Since February 8, President Clinton has appointed nine foreign ambassadors. The countries included in these appointments are Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, Australia, Bangladesh, Poland, Kyrgz Republic, Mongolia, and Laos. These individuals have degrees from Yale, Harva...