President of the United States
November 7, 2000 · general election · 2 candidates with a page
The candidates
Listed alphabetically by surname. Ohio rotates the order candidates appear in by precinct, so no order on this page is the order on a ballot.
- Founded the oil company Arbusto Energy, later renamed Bush Exploration, in 1977; it merged into Spectrum 7 in 1984.
- Managing general partner of the Texas Rangers Major League Baseball team, 1989 to 1998.
- B.A. in history, Yale University, 1968.
9 of 11 sections researched · 16 sources
- Investigative reporter, The Tennessean, Nashville, 1971-1976.
- B.A. cum laude in government, Harvard University, 1969.
- U.S. Army, 1969-1971; served as a military journalist in Vietnam with the 20th Engineer Brigade; honorably discharged.
9 of 11 sections researched · 23 sources
George W. Bush
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
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| elections | researched |
| endorsements | not researched |
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Al Gore
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
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| claims | not researched |
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| elections | researched |
| endorsements | not researched |
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The race in pictures
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Field date | Candidate | Share | Poll |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2000 | Al Gore | 45 | Ohio State University Center for Survey Research, 1,037 likely voters |
| Oct 25, 2000 | George W. Bush | 43 | Ohio State University Center for Survey Research, 1,037 likely voters |
A note on our coverage
Read before the columns: where one candidate has more entries than another, this says which of the two reasons it is.
Donors: 1 for George W. Bush and 0 for Al Gore. The gap is in our research, not in them.
Jump to a candidate
- George W. Bush: Where they stand · What they have said, checked · Record in office · Money
- Al Gore: Where they stand · What they have said, checked · Record in office · Money
Where they stand
Their own words, by issue, with the date, the venue and the link. A paraphrase is marked as one.
Education
George W. Bush
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Called for expanded federal accountability -- mandatory state testing, funding tied to results, and redirecting federal Title I funds away from chronically failing schools -- the template that became the No Child Left Behind Act after he took office.
Source: millercenter.org
Al Gore
None found in the records checked
Federal budget surplus
George W. Bush
None found in the records checked
Al Gore
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Proposed using the projected federal budget surplus to pay down the national debt more rapidly, hastening its elimination, and pledged to place the Social Security and Medicare surpluses in strict, legally protected 'lockboxes' that could not be spent on other programs or tax cuts.
Sources: washingtonpost.com · web.archive.org
Governing philosophy
George W. Bush
compassionate conservatism
Source: bushcenter.org
Al Gore
None found in the records checked
Medicare
George W. Bush
None found in the records checked
Al Gore
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Proposed a voluntary Medicare prescription drug benefit, which his staff estimated would cost about $200 billion over ten years, paired with a Medicare 'lockbox' for the program's payroll-tax revenue.
Sources: washingtonpost.com · web.archive.org
Social Security
George W. Bush
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Proposed letting workers voluntarily invest a portion of their Social Security payroll taxes in personal retirement accounts, a partial-privatization concept contrasted with Gore's plan to dedicate surplus funds to shoring up the existing system.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Al Gore
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Proposed using the entire projected ten-year Social Security surplus, roughly $2.2 trillion, to shore up the program and pay down debt rather than divert it to individual investment accounts, contrasting with Bush's partial-privatization proposal.
Source: ontheissues.org
Taxes
George W. Bush
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Proposed a $1.3 trillion, across-the-board income tax reduction plan, the centerpiece of his domestic agenda, which Gore's campaign attacked as 'fuzzy math.'
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Al Gore
None found in the records checked
What they have said, checked
Newest first. Each check is shown in the checker's own rating word, with their name, the date and the link.
George W. Bush
Not yet researched
Al Gore
Not yet researched
Record in office
Dated actions. Any evaluation of an action is printed with the name of whoever made it and the link.
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Person | Date | Kind | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bush (R) | 1995-01 | office | Governor of Texas |
| Bush (R) | 1995 | action | 1995 (action): As Governor of Texas, increased state education funding roughly 55% to $23.3 billion and implemented standardized testing accountability mea |
| Bush (R) | 1998 | action | 1998 (action): Presided over 152 executions as governor, more than any governor in modern American history to that point; his on-camera comments about the |
| Bush (R) | 1999 | action | 1999 (action): Violent crime in Texas fell about 20% from 1995 to 1999 per Texas Department of Public Safety data during his tenure. |
| Bush (R) | 1999 | action | 1999 (action): His administration expanded the range of offenses for which juveniles could be transferred to adult prisons and lowered to 14 the age at whi |
| Gore (D) | 1977 | office | U.S. House of Representatives (Tennessee) |
| Gore (D) | 1985-01-03 | office | U.S. Senator from Tennessee |
| Gore (D) | 1993-01 | office | Vice President of the United States |
| Gore (D) | 1993 | action | 1993 (action): Led the National Partnership for Reinventing Government starting in 1993, credited over its life with eliminating over 100 federal programs, |
| Gore (D) | 1996-08 | statement | 1996-08 (statement): At the 1996 Democratic convention, pledged to 'pour my heart and soul into the cause of protecting our children from the dangers of smoking' |
| Gore (D) | 1997 | action | 1997 (action): As Vice President, flew to Japan when Kyoto Protocol climate negotiations were near collapse, announced a shift in the U.S. negotiating posi |
| Gore (D) | 1997 | vote | 1997 (vote): The Kyoto Protocol he had helped negotiate was never ratified: the U.S. Senate voted 95-0 (the Byrd-Hagel Resolution, 1997) against ratifyin |
George W. Bush
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1999 · action
Violent crime in Texas fell about 20% from 1995 to 1999 per Texas Department of Public Safety data during his tenure.
Source: britannica.com
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1999 · action
His administration expanded the range of offenses for which juveniles could be transferred to adult prisons and lowered to 14 the age at which children could be tried as adults.
Source: rollingstone.com
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1998 · action
Presided over 152 executions as governor, more than any governor in modern American history to that point; his on-camera comments about the 1998 execution of Karla Faye Tucker drew particular controversy.
Sister Helen Prejean, death-penalty opponent:
gave cursory attention to clemency petitions
· the sourceSources: npr.org · rollingstone.com
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1995 · action
As Governor of Texas, increased state education funding roughly 55% to $23.3 billion and implemented standardized testing accountability measures for students and teachers, along with support for charter schools and bilingual education.
Source: britannica.com
Al Gore
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1997 · vote
The Kyoto Protocol he had helped negotiate was never ratified: the U.S. Senate voted 95-0 (the Byrd-Hagel Resolution, 1997) against ratifying any climate treaty that did not bind developing nations equally, and the Clinton administration never formally submitted Kyoto to the Senate for ratification.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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1997 · action
As Vice President, flew to Japan when Kyoto Protocol climate negotiations were near collapse, announced a shift in the U.S. negotiating position, and personally lobbied delegations, producing the Kyoto Protocol, the first climate agreement to set legally binding emission-reduction commitments for industrialized countries.
Sources: clintonwhitehouse2.archives.gov · en.wikipedia.org
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August 1996 · statement
At the 1996 Democratic convention, pledged to 'pour my heart and soul into the cause of protecting our children from the dangers of smoking' after his sister's 1984 death from lung cancer; reporting afterward established that he had continued to receive an annual lease payment from his tobacco property for a few years after her death, that his parents grew tobacco on the family farm for several years after it, and that he accepted $9,990 from tobacco-industry political action committees between 1985 and 1990.
Sources: baltimoresun.com · greensboro.com
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1993 · action
Led the National Partnership for Reinventing Government starting in 1993, credited over its life with eliminating over 100 federal programs, cutting the federal workforce by more than 250,000 positions, and consolidating hundreds of agency sub-units.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Money
Totals and donors exactly as filed with the FEC or the Ohio Secretary of State, each figure with its filing link.
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Status |
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| None found in the records checked |
George W. Bush
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| From | To | Dollars | Share of total | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raised | Spent | 193,000,000 | 98.1% | |
| Raised | Not in the filed totals (derived) | 3,800,000 | 1.9% | Derived: raised exceeds spent plus cash on hand in this filing; the difference is not itemized in the totals filed. |
Totals as filed
FEC, as of December 2000: raised $196,800,000, spent $193,000,000.
Source: publicintegrity.org
Top donors, as filed
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Enron (officers, directors and employees, cumulative career total) · $550,025 · campaign committee
Energy company
Source: publicintegrity.org
Outside spending
None found in the records checked
In-state share
Not yet researched
Al Gore
The numbers behind this figure, as a table
| Status |
|---|
| None found in the records checked |
Totals as filed
FEC, as of December 2000: raised .
Sources: fec.gov · abcnews.go.com · fec.gov
Top donors, as filed
None found in the records checked
Outside spending
None found in the records checked
In-state share
Not yet researched
The result
George W. Bush · certified 2000-12-12 · turnout 63.73
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| George W. Bush | 2,351,209 | 50.0% |
| Al Gore | 2,186,190 | 46.5% |
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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Quick answers
When was the 2000 President of the United States election in Ohio?
The election for President of the United States was held on November 7, 2000.
Who ran for President of the United States in 2000?
On the ballot for President of the United States, in surname order: George W. Bush (Republican), Al Gore (Democratic).
Who won the 2000 President of the United States election?
George W. Bush won the election for President of the United States. Results as certified: George W. Bush 50.0%, Al Gore 46.5%.
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