Show all steps: Bookmark Chapter 8, Problem 25DP ON FIODIGI The Dramatic U.S. Presidential Election of 2000. The U.S. presidential election of November 7, 2000, was one of the closest in history. As returns were counted on election night it became clear that the outcome in the state of Florida would determine the next president. At one point in the evening, television networks projected that the state was carried by the Democratic nominee, Al Gore, but a retraction of the projection followed a few hours later. Then, early in the morning of November 8, the networks projected that the Republican nominee, George W. Bush, had carried Florida and won the presidency. Gore called Bush to concede. While en route to his concession speech, though, the Florida count changed rapidly in his favor. The networks once again reversed their projection, and Gore called Bush to retract his concession. When the roughly 6 million Florida votes had been counted, Bush was shown to be leading by only 1,738, and the narrow margin triggered an automatic recount. The recount, completed in the evening of November 9, showed Bush's lead to be less than 400 Meanwhile, angry Democratic voters in Palm Beach County complained that a confusing "butterfly" lay-out ballot caused them to accidentally vote for the Reform Party candidate Pat 8.22, listed presidential candidates Buchanan instead of Gore. The ballot, as illustrated in Disp on both a left-hand and a right-hand page. Voters were to register their vote by punching the circle Confusing ballot in Palm Beach County, Florida DISPLAY 8.22 REPUBLICAN) GEORGE W. BUSH-President DICK CHENEY-Vice President 3- (REFORM PAT BUCHANAN-President EZOLA FOSTER-Vice President +4 (DEMOCRATIC AL GORE-President JOE LIBERMAN-Vice President 5 (SOCIALIST) DAVID MCREYNOLDS-President MARY CAL HOLIS-Vice President ELECTORS for PRESIDENT 6 LIBERTARIAN) HARRY BROWNE-President 7 ART OLIVER-Vice President and VICE PRESIDENT