Presidency of George W. Bush

Historical Context Note

Lucas Paul Richert (University of Saskatchewan)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.4: American (US) Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Christopher Hugh Gair (University of Glasgow), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Kerry Myler (Newman University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

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Changes of government, elections and reigns

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Date of occurrence 2001-03-04

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United States (Location)

George W. Bush was elected to the office of the presidency after a protracted and acrimonious legal battle over electoral college votes in Florida. George Bush lost the general election to Democrat Al Gore. However, after the US Supreme Court awarded Florida's 25 electoral college votes to George Bush, he had enough to beat Gore. The final tally was 271 electoral college votes to 266. Thereafter, Gore conceded defeat. Amid a climate of war, George Bush defeated Democratic senator John Kerry four years later

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Citation: Richert, Lucas Paul. "Presidency of George W. Bush". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 October 2008 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=5501, accessed 26 November 2024.]

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