December  2000

I was not too fond of this year’s presidential election. I feel that it was completed in a very disorganized way. I also don’t think that the situation with counting the votes in Florida was handled properly. I think that the votes in Florida should have been recounted. It would not be fair to the other parties if they didn’t get the exact amount. One vote can decide our future.

Electing a president is a very important aspect of American life. It is the election that concludes who will be running America. This person will be making decisions affecting all citizens.

I think that television media influenced the outcome of this election. I think that this is so because television media made assumptions of who would be our president. They started interviewing people right when they came out of the voting booth. At 9:00 p.m. we were to tally up the votes and announce who won. The media decided to say whom they believed won at 7:45 p.m. This influenced people not to vote because they thought that we already had a president. If it weren’t for the media we would have had a better election.

The Supreme Court in Florida also played a role in this election. They settled the disputes between Gore and Bush. Also the National Supreme Court ruled out the decision of the Florida Supreme Court answer. A Supreme Court is a group of people who decides whether laws comply with the Constitution. Along with the Supreme Court lawyers were also needed in this election. Gore and Bush had lawyers to defend themselves for their disagreements about how this election went about.