The president of the United States is elected by a complicated system known as the Electoral College. This system has been the subject of numerous criticisms throughout its history. In principle, people object that the election of the president is not based on the total number of individual voters who supported the candidate, known as the popular vote, and instead is based on electoral votes, which are assigned to each state based on population. Issues with the system were highlighted during the 2000 election, which pitted Governor George W. Bush against Vice President Al Gore. This election was so close that one state, Florida, became the deciding factor in the election. Read about how the Electoral College affected the 2000 election, and then review the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court case. According to the first resource, how did the Electoral College vote compare with the popular vote in the 2000 election? How might this illustrate an issue of the Electoral College?



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