R well Michigan's UP is 100% Republican usually and most of the LP is Republican aside from Detroit and some smaller places around the state. 2012's vote for Obama was a free thanking for saving the automotive industry.
thats because even 30 years after reagan left office he is still hailed as a god in the commonwealth of virgina. that legacy was cemented when ollie north ran for senate in 1994
How I wish that will happen again soon, even if the state is drastically trending blue though. But at least Trump proved that a Republican CAN win Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania (and a part of Maine), after those states voted Democrat for so long up until then.
@@rainbowtrout To be fair, California was actually a little more competitive in 2000. And Bush explicitly promised California Republicans that he would make a serious attempt to carry the state. But it's hard not to acknowledge that money could have been better spent in Wisconsin, Oregon or Minnesota.
Charles Sapp .... nope changes trough GOP gerrymandering. With a healthy dose of voter suppression tactics, and laws to stack the deck for themselves. Truly shameful way practicing democracy. If you feel a contest is too close under the current structure or best practices of the day (wanting all citizens to easily access their right to vote); change the rules of the game. And lie about your intentions. Much like taking steroids as an athlete. Redraw district lines, to concentrate the black and low income voters into just 1 or 2 districts (which Dems will win by big margin). While making the remaining districts more white/ republican, thereby winning more districts without actually increasing their support. And pass rules that make it harder for blacks to vote. ie voter photo id laws. Reducing the early voting days, Mainly on Sundays... as many black churches provide busses for parishioners to the voting stations, called (take your souls to the polls, Sundays). For the party of "family values" and the religious right, they behave in a very unchristian manor. Suppressing the rights of others because they are black. Shame on al of you.
I said that liberals think that ELECTORAL COLLEGE never changes, and not house districts. Gerrymandering the house districts one way or the other does not change the electoral college.
I don’t like Bush but it must have been real fulfilling to him to avenge his father’s embarrassing loss to Clinton in ‘92 by defeating his Vice President in the most publicized election of our time.
@@c0co808 then trump smacked them back by defeating hillary clinton then BACK AT IT AGAIN obamas vice president smacked trump winning senate house and presidency
Dan Rather said the same thing. He bragged that CBS had the most accurate projections over the previous 50 years and said that you could count on them to get the calls right because they'd rather be right than first. Interestingly, it wasn't the first time CBS fouled up either. In 1988 they wrongly called Illinois for Dukakis and had to take it back later (ABC did the same thing with Maryland in that same election.)
@@hitmangfx7162 Exactly. Of course, it was little secret by the time of the next presidential campaign, when he reported on those fake documents about Bush's National Guard service.
It's also funny to see how Bill Schneider tried to save face for CNN when they pulled back Florida the first time. If you watch the full clip elsewhere on YT, he said, "We haven't retracted, we're just not ready to confirm it." Just a few minutes, earlier, you could see them pull Florida back on their electoral count (Gore fell from 192 to 167), but only a minute before that one of the anchors said that they were highly confident that Gore had taken the state.
Amazing they saying states that were blow outs for Bush were too close to call then tried that Florida garbage on a state that really was too close to call
They called Florida way too early in the night. The way that state's results trickle out is unique and they should have waited no matter who the winner would have been.
Bryan Criddic they did. Apparantely it stopped about 20000 people from voting in the panhandle who went home. General consensus is Bush wouldve net gained anywhere from 5 to 15 thousand votes. Still wouldve been a close race but not triggered a recount and that whole mess.
They called it before the polls had even closed there - and announced repeatedly for an hour they were closed before they were. The Central Time Zone was still open - the most Republican part of the state. Thousands of people did not show up and vote because they were told their polls were already closed and even told Gore had already won the state (by some networks) while the polls were still open. A lot of people vote in the last hour polls are open - and this was proven to have depressed the vote. If this incorrect announcement had not been made, Bush would have won by several thousand more votes - meaning all of that chaos of recounts of recounts, court battles, etc. would not have occurred.
@@brianwellbrock8431 And not only did it cost Bush thousands of votes in the Panhandle, it might have cost him enough votes in the outstanding states that he would have won the national popular vote AND enough additional electoral votes from Wisconsin, Iowa, New Mexico and Oregon (all of which Gore took by less thab 10K votes) that Florida wouldn't have mattered. Another thing worth noting: Wisconsin, Iowa and Oregon were all carried by Michael Dukakis in 1988, as was West Virignia (which Bush took). I wish we could have seen the butthurt from Democrats when they saw Gore lose in four Dukakis states, but alas, the news media ruined it for everyone. Don't tell me that mistakes by the news media can't be harmful.
@@Deleted1 Doubtful on Washington, but probably true with Wisconsin, Oregon and Iowa. If Bush had carried all four of those states, then Florida wouldn't have mattered; he would've already had enough electoral votes to win. I also wish we could've seen the butthurt by Democrats to see Gore lose four Dukakis states (WV, IA, WI and OR), but alas, the media's recklessness ruined it. The only Dukakis state Bush ended up getting was West Virginia. The early Florida call probably cost Slade Gorton his Senate seat in Washington as well.
@@amaanahmed5744 Well even Presidential wise it was alot closer then nowadays. Also back then SD and ND were dominated by Dems in terms of U.S. House, U.S. Senate, etc.
Democrats like to forget this but Trump winning the Rust Belt was not an anomaly MI,PA,WI,MN have always Been competitive also Fun Fact: this is the first Election where Dem. Blue Rep. Red was accepted as the standard Colors for both party’s by news and the public however it has been used in some degree since 1976!
Obama won Pennsylvania by 20% both times. Obama won Wisconsin by 15. Obama won Michigan by 20. And not to mention Iowa by 11. That’s the deficit that Trump brought the republicans back from.
You're right about the Rust Belt. However, I think 1996 was the first presidential election where the networks all used red for Republican and blue for Democrat. The reason this election is remembered as the start of that is because the map appeared on TV and in print so many times during the Florida recount battle.
@@lornearmstrong7114 True, but those were strong Democratic years nationally. Bush only lost Michigan by 5 points in 2000 and 3 points in 2004. He only lost Wisconsin by about 10,000 votes in 2004 and by only 5,000 votes this time. In fact, he probably would've carried it in this election had Florida not been called for Gore so early and depressed Republican turnout in states where the polls were still open.
2020 to also show that Arizona and Georgia are no longer solidly red states ... Already in 2016 trump had shown signs of weakness in these two states where he underperformed Romney and even Mc Cain, even in Texas he to win painfully with a margin of victory that fell between 2016 and 2020.
@@francoislepatriote3790 They never were solidly red states; Clinton carried Georgia in 1992 and Arizona in 1996. (In fact, there are no solidly red or blue states in the first place, just different shades of purple.) And I would argue that Trump's weakness there was more a reflection on him as a candidate than on the GOP as a whole. With him out of office, it remains to be seen if suburban Republicans continue to punish their party for him.
I was 9 when this happened and was a Bush fan due to my parents. Im still a republican but its crazy how had Tennesse, NH or Fl went a different way we wouldve had a complete different middle east and military presence. This was the last election to where we were not at war or involced militarily in any country as far as drones or boots on the ground.
Partly because in Palm Beach County, home of the infamous butterfly ballot, a bunch of people intended to vote for Gore (and so told exit pollers), but voted for Pat Buchanan instead by punching the ballot wrong
Two reasons: first, the exit polls showed Gore winning in Florida, even though the early raw vote tally favored Bush. (This is also why Alabama wasn't called right away, despite everyone expecting Bush to take it.) Second, everyone knew Florida would be the biggest prize for either candidate and whoever carried it would probably win the election. As such, there was tons of competitive pressure on each network to call the state before the others. This unhealthy pair is what caused the media to call the state as early as they did.
They relied too heavily on exit polls and didn't wait for enough raw data. In the end, CNN had the correct call (Gore deserved to win) but no way can a 1 point race either way be called before 8pm. Reminds me of the FOX call of Arizona in 2020, where they got the result right but no way should it have been called that early.
@@scorpioninpink If current trends continue. It really depends on where politics goes from here - whether the Republicans can keep the Trump "magic" without the Trump controversy with future candidates.
This was the greatest election night coverage team ever along with the best election music ever! Bernard Shaw, Judy Woodruff, Bernard Schneider, and Jeff Greenspan - all on the arguarble the most momentous night in our countrt's history. What a night that was. There was nothing else like it really.
Donald Trump NOPE! West Virginia was the real game changer. If West Virginia voted for Al Gore, he would have been the next president. West Virginia voted Democrat for almost 5+ election before this election,
@@jorbennoten9536 it was crazy right I mean wva new Hampshire either one would have done this k only won new Hampshire by a few thousand Florida would have not mattered at all that was first time. wva went gop
CNN : We project that Al Gore win Florida Later CNN : oop, Florida go back to too close to call Later CNN : we project that Bush win Florida and the presidency Bush supporter :yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay Just a little later : CNN : ahhhh, Florida go back to too close to call I guess many people want to break in CNN's headquarter and teach them that Florida is a swing state and NEVER call it too early!
Same for Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and even Gore's home state of Tennessee. That along with New Hampshire, until Kerry's win there in a losing cause snapped that state's winning streak in 2004, and later with Hillary doing the same in 2016 as well.
For real. Nowadays you'll see they have 97% of the votes counted and 97% of them are for the same candidate and they'll still refuse to call it sometimes it feels like
I wish I can go back in time and tell Gore to campaign a bit in New Hampshire. Because with those 4 measly electoral votes he would've won the whole thing.
There's a lot of truth to that. Gore basically gave up on New Hampshire after the primary and only made one campaign stop there in the general election. Prior to Clinton it had been solidly Republican for president, but by this time had become competitive. It's no guarantee that Gore would've carried the state if he'd campaigned more there, but he almost certainly would've had a better chance. Of course, the media calling Florida early cost Bush more states that would've put him over the top without either Florida or New Hampshire.
That or if Gore had simply won his home state of Tennessee (which his boss did twice with Gore as his running mate), which would have gotten him the presidency too! (L.O.L.!)
@@christianaudette871 I disagree. If you look at the more local races. Some counties that voted for Trump voted for the Dem in the House and Local races. For example Clinton County. Trump won it by a few thousand but the Dem running for U.S. house won it by a couple of thousand. Most counties are close and could be flipped. It's not as red as you think. Its more or less the farmers who have shifted the state red. It can be undone.
@Nicholas Reynolds As an Iowan myself I definitely would have to disagree. Its not some hard red state. I mean look at the election maps of 2008 and 2012 the whole eastern half of the state was blue, even small counties like Jones and Louisa counties that only have 10,000 and 6,000 voters respectively. Both of those are rural yet industrial counties that voted blue. A mere 8 years ago. The same voters are there and we can still appeal to them. As a state we also have been pretty progressive throughout our history. We were the 3rd state to allow gay couples to marry, the very first mosque in America was built in Cedar Rapids (called mother mosque of America), we allowed women to own property before the nation did, we legalized interracial marriage in the 1860's (almost a century before the rest of the country), We de-segregated schools in 1868 (3 years after the civil war and 100+ years before the rest of the country), the University of Iowa was the first public college to allow women into all their programs, Iowa was the first state to allow women to enter the bar, Iowa was the first state to elect a women to a statewide office and Iowa produced the first female lawyer ever to argue in front of a federal court. As a state we have the progressive foundations that many others don't share. We have for the most part been ahead of the curve when it came to social issues. But, recently with Trumps populism it has begun to dwindle. We just have to do a better job of appealing to the hardworking industrial workers and farmers in the east and along the Mississippi River. I don't know which part of Iowa you're from but you clearly don't know much about it. Hopefully you aren't from the North West because that section of Iowa is an anomaly and the political landscape up there is very different than the other 3/4ths of Iowa.
Texas isn’t a tossup, it’s not even lean R in 2020. It is becoming swing state though and trending left due to the booming suburbs, however there is a large rural population to offset it, and I could stay red longer if Hispanic trends continue to move to the right
Just start it at the 37 minute mark and watch the whole thing to the end. Just the greatest election team and mustic ever. I get the chills every time I watch it. There was nothing else like this night on CNN for a political junky - ever.
I slept over my grandparents house around the time of the election coverage, and I clearly remember watching all of this unfold on TV with them! Those headshot photos of Bush and Gore are ingrained in my memory! haha.
@Presidential Chicken The 2000 election took several weeks to decide with the deciding state not getting called until December. I don't know about you but I don't feel like watching a 5-week-long video.
I love that background music when they call a state; if I was running Election Night coverage on another network I would gladly pay CNN any licensing fee to use it because it's that good.
At the time it was. Between 1960 and 1996 it went red only twice, once in 1972 Nixon's 49 states landslide and once in 1984 Reagan's 49 states landslide. Then democrats started heavily campaigning against coal which turned West Virginia into one of the most republican leaning states.
Ohio and Florida are still important for Republicans to win the presidency. Also, when they call each and every single one of the state, they never feel upset like what I see on 2016 presidential election.
Republicans just had one of the biggest election meltdowns in US history - 2nd possibly only to 1860 when the slaveowners got so assmad that Lincoln won that they started a Civil War. Y'all will never ever get to talk about "liberals" being "snowflakes" ever again :P
@@Debre. You have it totally backwards. Lincoln WAS a Republican, and the Southern slaveowners were all Democrats. It was Democrats who had a meltdown when Lincoln was elected the first GOP president, seceded and started the Civil War. Crack open a history book and you'll see that.
@@hotwax9376 Idk how you've arrived at the conclusion that I am a party switch denier but I'm very much not. Everyone with a basic understanding of US history knows that the parties' platforms used to be more-or-less inverted prior to the Civil Rights Era.
I was actually surprised Bush lost Wisconsin, twice. At least Trump got it in 2016. Had Bush picked Tommy Thompson or Rick Santorum as his VP, I think he would have had a bigger electoral victory.
CAX117 I disagree, I don’t think he’ll be given WI on a silver platter but I think he’s got at least a 65% chance of getting it, however that’s at least... I place his odds (avg) around 85% getting WI again.
Albert Gore shouldn't have distanced himself from William Jefferson Clinton in 2000 and he also should have picked Russ Feingold as his running mate. Not Joseph Lieberman.
It's amazing just how close this election was. Every one remembers Florida, but New Mexico was even closer. New Hampshire was another close one that if Gore won, he didn't even need Florida.
This really is the most pivotal moment of the modern era. Put in Gore instead of Bush and you possibly wipe out 9/11 and you definitely wipe out the Iraq War. No Iraq War would've meant markedly different politics in my country (the UK). Tony Blair wouldn't have been dumped so soon. That would've had knock on effects for Brexit and a host of other major issues.
My father was so happy when Florida was originally called for Gore, only for it to be taken away later than night and Bush given the presidency. I was only 11 years old but i wanted Gore to win.
Because the rich northern virginians used to be republican while the poor west virginians were democrat. It just shows that the democrats may be heading to become the party of the elites
@@iyoutubeperson4336 I mean it'd be just as easy to frame this as "educated Northern Virginians switching to Dem & uneducated WV hillbillies switching to Rep", so these statements are kind of meaningless.
I remember watching this back in 2000 early I thought Bush lost just a few votes in New Hampshire or West Virginia would have been enough to give outboard the White House incredible how close it was $538 votes decided at all in Florida
Everyone expected Bush to win more comfortably. The last weekend DUI revelations hindered Bush's performance, and remember then there was minimal early voting so October Surprises had more impact. There is no doubt Gore should have won the election narrowly. If the butterfly ballot alone hadn't happened, Gore would have taken Florida by less than a percent. Some things I noticed from this video 1) West Virginia was a swing state and Gore losing was somewhat of a surprise and attributed to gun control. Now WV is a R+40 at the presidential leve 2) California used to be a Democratic state, but only by about 10%. Now that's close to 30% for Dems. 3) This election was the beginning of the South going from a region where moderate Democrat could win to being almost unwinnable by any Democrat.
It is still kinda controversial if he would have won. Because of the early Florida call, MANY republicans didn’t go to the polls in Oregon, Iowa, New Mexico and Wisconsin - all of these states have been won by Gore by less than a percent. Also, if the Florida call didn’t happen, many more republicans from the FL panhandle would go to the polls.
The same people who continue to foolishly scapegoat Ralph Nader for Dubya's win in 2000 are the same people who have now embraced Dubya if only because W denounced TFG.
All Gore had to do was win his homestate TN we all know he was DC but TN was huge, NH, AR he carried just 1 of those crucial states he got elected US Supreme Court screwed that man
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Throwback to when Virginia was considered a Republican stronghold state
And when Wisconsin and Michigan were considered Democratic strongholds
R well Michigan's UP is 100% Republican usually and most of the LP is Republican aside from Detroit and some smaller places around the state. 2012's vote for Obama was a free thanking for saving the automotive industry.
Even Dole carried it. Those deep blue counties in the north actually were colored red until 2008.
thats because even 30 years after reagan left office he is still hailed as a god in the commonwealth of virgina. that legacy was cemented when ollie north ran for senate in 1994
How I wish that will happen again soon, even if the state is drastically trending blue though. But at least Trump proved that a Republican CAN win Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania (and a part of Maine), after those states voted Democrat for so long up until then.
Crazy how Bush was campaigning in New Jersey, Illinois and even California. Such a different map now.
Brian Wellbrock Virginia as well now that is almost solid democrat territory
It was crazy back then to waste money in CA. Rove did it again in 04, too.
@@rainbowtrout To be fair, California was actually a little more competitive in 2000. And Bush explicitly promised California Republicans that he would make a serious attempt to carry the state. But it's hard not to acknowledge that money could have been better spent in Wisconsin, Oregon or Minnesota.
Funny how they mistakenly called Florida too early
@@brettsinger9565 pennsylvania
Back when Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri and Tennessee were Bellwethers.
According to the liberals, the electoral college NEVER changes.
Charles Sapp .... nope changes trough GOP gerrymandering. With a healthy dose of voter suppression tactics, and laws to stack the deck for themselves. Truly shameful way practicing democracy. If you feel a contest is too close under the current structure or best practices of the day (wanting all citizens to easily access their right to vote); change the rules of the game. And lie about your intentions. Much like taking steroids as an athlete.
Redraw district lines, to concentrate the black and low income voters into just 1 or 2 districts (which Dems will win by big margin). While making the remaining districts more white/ republican, thereby winning more districts without actually increasing their support. And pass rules that make it harder for blacks to vote. ie voter photo id laws. Reducing the early voting days, Mainly on Sundays... as many black churches provide busses for parishioners to the voting stations, called (take your souls to the polls, Sundays). For the party of "family values" and the religious right, they behave in a very unchristian manor. Suppressing the rights of others because they are black. Shame on al of you.
I said that liberals think that ELECTORAL COLLEGE never changes, and not house districts. Gerrymandering the house districts one way or the other does not change the electoral college.
Kevin Smashes Not true.
Back when CNN had actual journalists
Damn, Al Gore didn't even need Florida, he just needed New Hampshire where he lost by less than 3k votes.
It’s funny bc nh voted for kerry 4 years later
@@colinhawkins4656 Trump lost nh by 2k votes.
@@eliasziad7864 ya ik I’m just saying if nh voted like they did in 2004 gore would of won
Nh and maine could be red
@@youpretty5343 No
So odd not hearing Wolf Blitzer's "We have a major projection" with that CNN music
I don't think CNN has used that music since 2000. Their current music is OK, but you can just hear the suspense in this one.
I don’t like Bush but it must have been real fulfilling to him to avenge his father’s embarrassing loss to Clinton in ‘92 by defeating his Vice President in the most publicized election of our time.
And Obama avenged Gore by smacking the Republicans
@Sonic Phil You don't even want to get me started with how bad Biden is. Broken foot limping old man with dementia.
Bush cheated tho
@@c0co808 then trump smacked them back by defeating hillary clinton then BACK AT IT AGAIN obamas vice president smacked trump winning senate house and presidency
@@dantej6619 ikr
"We're being cautious enough that we know what we're doing"...OMG...
4:14
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Dan Rather said the same thing. He bragged that CBS had the most accurate projections over the previous 50 years and said that you could count on them to get the calls right because they'd rather be right than first. Interestingly, it wasn't the first time CBS fouled up either. In 1988 they wrongly called Illinois for Dukakis and had to take it back later (ABC did the same thing with Maryland in that same election.)
@@hitmangfx7162 Exactly. Of course, it was little secret by the time of the next presidential campaign, when he reported on those fake documents about Bush's National Guard service.
It's also funny to see how Bill Schneider tried to save face for CNN when they pulled back Florida the first time. If you watch the full clip elsewhere on YT, he said, "We haven't retracted, we're just not ready to confirm it." Just a few minutes, earlier, you could see them pull Florida back on their electoral count (Gore fell from 192 to 167), but only a minute before that one of the anchors said that they were highly confident that Gore had taken the state.
Amazing they saying states that were blow outs for Bush were too close to call then tried that Florida garbage on a state that really was too close to call
5:55 aged like milk in the next few hours.
They called Florida way too early in the night. The way that state's results trickle out is unique and they should have waited no matter who the winner would have been.
Bryan Criddic they did. Apparantely it stopped about 20000 people from voting in the panhandle who went home. General consensus is Bush wouldve net gained anywhere from 5 to 15 thousand votes. Still wouldve been a close race but not triggered a recount and that whole mess.
They called it before the polls had even closed there - and announced repeatedly for an hour they were closed before they were. The Central Time Zone was still open - the most Republican part of the state. Thousands of people did not show up and vote because they were told their polls were already closed and even told Gore had already won the state (by some networks) while the polls were still open. A lot of people vote in the last hour polls are open - and this was proven to have depressed the vote. If this incorrect announcement had not been made, Bush would have won by several thousand more votes - meaning all of that chaos of recounts of recounts, court battles, etc. would not have occurred.
The race was called 10 minutes before the polls in the Panhandle closed.
Bryan ismyname CNN trying to influence voters again
@@brianwellbrock8431 And not only did it cost Bush thousands of votes in the Panhandle, it might have cost him enough votes in the outstanding states that he would have won the national popular vote AND enough additional electoral votes from Wisconsin, Iowa, New Mexico and Oregon (all of which Gore took by less thab 10K votes) that Florida wouldn't have mattered. Another thing worth noting: Wisconsin, Iowa and Oregon were all carried by Michael Dukakis in 1988, as was West Virignia (which Bush took). I wish we could have seen the butthurt from Democrats when they saw Gore lose in four Dukakis states, but alas, the news media ruined it for everyone. Don't tell me that mistakes by the news media can't be harmful.
So, they didn't call Florida once for Ralph Nader?
Gore BARELY won New Mexico too and they called it way to early
They actually took back that declaration days after the election.
Bush probably would've carried it had they not called Florida way too early for Gore and depressed GOP turnout in the final hours of voting in NM.
@@hotwax9376 Same thing with Wisconisn, Oregon, Washington and iowa
@@Deleted1 Doubtful on Washington, but probably true with Wisconsin, Oregon and Iowa. If Bush had carried all four of those states, then Florida wouldn't have mattered; he would've already had enough electoral votes to win. I also wish we could've seen the butthurt by Democrats to see Gore lose four Dukakis states (WV, IA, WI and OR), but alas, the media's recklessness ruined it. The only Dukakis state Bush ended up getting was West Virginia. The early Florida call probably cost Slade Gorton his Senate seat in Washington as well.
@@Deleted1 i kinda wish gore lost oregon, iowa, wisconsin, new mexico then bush wouldve won it outright
Back when West Virginia and Hawaii were swings states and Virginia was a solid red state. Times change fast
Not to mention TN, AR, SD, ND, MO, LA were all swing states.
@@AP-57 Nah SD and ND were usualy always very republican. They were never really swing states
@@amaanahmed5744 Well even Presidential wise it was alot closer then nowadays. Also back then SD and ND were dominated by Dems in terms of U.S. House, U.S. Senate, etc.
Hawaii wasnt a swing state 😂😂😂😂
@@lornearmstrong7114 used to be n the 1960s and 1970s
Democrats like to forget this but Trump winning the Rust Belt was not an anomaly MI,PA,WI,MN have always Been competitive also Fun Fact: this is the first Election where Dem. Blue Rep. Red was accepted as the standard Colors for both party’s by news and the public however it has been used in some degree since 1976!
Obama won Pennsylvania by 20% both times. Obama won Wisconsin by 15. Obama won Michigan by 20. And not to mention Iowa by 11. That’s the deficit that Trump brought the republicans back from.
You're right about the Rust Belt. However, I think 1996 was the first presidential election where the networks all used red for Republican and blue for Democrat. The reason this election is remembered as the start of that is because the map appeared on TV and in print so many times during the Florida recount battle.
@@lornearmstrong7114 True, but those were strong Democratic years nationally. Bush only lost Michigan by 5 points in 2000 and 3 points in 2004. He only lost Wisconsin by about 10,000 votes in 2004 and by only 5,000 votes this time. In fact, he probably would've carried it in this election had Florida not been called for Gore so early and depressed Republican turnout in states where the polls were still open.
2020 to also show that Arizona and Georgia are no longer solidly red states ... Already in 2016 trump had shown signs of weakness in these two states where he underperformed Romney and even Mc Cain, even in Texas he to win painfully with a margin of victory that fell between 2016 and 2020.
@@francoislepatriote3790 They never were solidly red states; Clinton carried Georgia in 1992 and Arizona in 1996. (In fact, there are no solidly red or blue states in the first place, just different shades of purple.) And I would argue that Trump's weakness there was more a reflection on him as a candidate than on the GOP as a whole. With him out of office, it remains to be seen if suburban Republicans continue to punish their party for him.
I was 9 when this happened and was a Bush fan due to my parents. Im still a republican but its crazy how had Tennesse, NH or Fl went a different way we wouldve had a complete different middle east and military presence. This was the last election to where we were not at war or involced militarily in any country as far as drones or boots on the ground.
Brian Wellbrock
@@galegibbs4998 why does your comment have likes? All you said was the commenters name.
@@oilman4341 he gave himself a like
@Oliver Buestan He had only one like when I wrote my comment
@@Ryan-dq9sl He has 3 now.
why on earth would they call florida so early
Partly because in Palm Beach County, home of the infamous butterfly ballot, a bunch of people intended to vote for Gore (and so told exit pollers), but voted for Pat Buchanan instead by punching the ballot wrong
Because it's CNN...
@@devilsadvocacy you hit the nail on the head
Two reasons: first, the exit polls showed Gore winning in Florida, even though the early raw vote tally favored Bush. (This is also why Alabama wasn't called right away, despite everyone expecting Bush to take it.) Second, everyone knew Florida would be the biggest prize for either candidate and whoever carried it would probably win the election. As such, there was tons of competitive pressure on each network to call the state before the others. This unhealthy pair is what caused the media to call the state as early as they did.
They relied too heavily on exit polls and didn't wait for enough raw data. In the end, CNN had the correct call (Gore deserved to win) but no way can a 1 point race either way be called before 8pm. Reminds me of the FOX call of Arizona in 2020, where they got the result right but no way should it have been called that early.
Back when Kentucky was a bellwether state lol.
Bill Clinton carried it twice, albeit very narrowly.
As of this most recent election Ohio has also lost its bellwether status
@@kasunex1772 So now it is Pennsylvania then that is a Bellweather state.
@@scorpioninpink If current trends continue. It really depends on where politics goes from here - whether the Republicans can keep the Trump "magic" without the Trump controversy with future candidates.
@@kasunex1772 DeSantis maybe?
This was the greatest election night coverage team ever along with the best election music ever! Bernard Shaw, Judy Woodruff, Bernard Schneider, and Jeff Greenspan - all on the arguarble the most momentous night in our countrt's history. What a night that was. There was nothing else like it really.
Wish I was alive during this time, too bad I was born 5 years after this
Trick Tide if u r an election political junky, there nay never again be a nail biting consequential night like this one.
All gore needed was Tennessee, New Hampshire or Missouri and Florida wouldn’t have mattered at all.
Donald Trump NOPE! West Virginia was the real game changer. If West Virginia voted for Al Gore, he would have been the next president. West Virginia voted Democrat for almost 5+ election before this election,
Or wva
With new hampshire alone he would've won
@@jorbennoten9536 it was crazy right I mean wva new Hampshire either one would have done this k only won new Hampshire by a few thousand Florida would have not mattered at all that was first time. wva went gop
@@jorbennoten9536 you would have thought TN would have went Gore's way
CNN : We project that Al Gore win Florida
Later
CNN : oop, Florida go back to too close to call
Later
CNN : we project that Bush win Florida and the presidency
Bush supporter :yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
Just a little later :
CNN : ahhhh, Florida go back to too close to call
I guess many people want to break in CNN's headquarter and teach them that Florida is a swing state and NEVER call it too early!
All news networks made the same mistake
@@tricktide8283 Because they all forgot that Florida spans two time zones.
Also, Florida has two time zones, so some areas close before others. Oops.
@@denelson83 I believe it was a coordinated effort, since calling it early would discourage some republican voters in the pan handle from voting.
That’s what happens when you watch fake news
WhOs WaTChinG in 2021???!
I'm posting this at 12:00 on January 1st 2021, Happy New Year to all that see this!
Posting this on January 1st, 2022 at 12. Crazy thats it’s been an entire year!
how did i remember to do this again on January 1st 2023
why do i do this bro this is so random, January 1st 2024
13:48 Fun Fact: Rudy Giuliani was supposed to be the republican candidate against Hillary. But he dropped out due to family health problems.
Yeah
Like not being killed
He wins, someone else is mayor of NYC during 9/11, the alternate history from this election is crazy.
Imagine being al gore when Florida was declared for him then became too close to call then flipped to bush
Crazy to think that Kentucky could be described as a "bellweather" state!
And West Virginia being a "predominantly Democratic state" in a Presidential election!
@@Vivek-zw3ex statewide, it was democratic until 2015.
Same for Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and even Gore's home state of Tennessee. That along with New Hampshire, until Kerry's win there in a losing cause snapped that state's winning streak in 2004, and later with Hillary doing the same in 2016 as well.
Talk 'bout coverage! So proper, so classy and so well executed. God bless CNN.
Sadly they are not like this anymore
That CNN is long gone.
This cnn is dead.
No wonder they're so cautious to call states early nowadays
For real. Nowadays you'll see they have 97% of the votes counted and 97% of them are for the same candidate and they'll still refuse to call it sometimes it feels like
Someone tell that to Fox in 2020 with Arizona 💀
6:00 And so it begins...
I wish I can go back in time and tell Gore to campaign a bit in New Hampshire. Because with those 4 measly electoral votes he would've won the whole thing.
Or if he one the popular vote with Atleast 48.8 percent
There's a lot of truth to that. Gore basically gave up on New Hampshire after the primary and only made one campaign stop there in the general election. Prior to Clinton it had been solidly Republican for president, but by this time had become competitive. It's no guarantee that Gore would've carried the state if he'd campaigned more there, but he almost certainly would've had a better chance. Of course, the media calling Florida early cost Bush more states that would've put him over the top without either Florida or New Hampshire.
@@c0co808 he did win the popular vote...
@I'm a dog lol He said if Gore got at least 48.8% of the popular vote..
That or if Gore had simply won his home state of Tennessee (which his boss did twice with Gore as his running mate), which would have gotten him the presidency too! (L.O.L.!)
Crazy how different the map was not so long ago. New Hampshire, Virginia etc... Also, Al you had one job and couldn't win ur HOME STATE!? Bruh
New Hampshire is still a swing state.
Back when Iowa was a liberal state.
It’s always been a swing state, it’s just that white voters are insecure so they voted for trump, it will be closer next election
@@plutoisaplanet6781 I honestly disagree, I think Iowa and Ohio are pretty much likely red states now
@@christianaudette871 I disagree. If you look at the more local races. Some counties that voted for Trump voted for the Dem in the House and Local races. For example Clinton County. Trump won it by a few thousand but the Dem running for U.S. house won it by a couple of thousand. Most counties are close and could be flipped. It's not as red as you think. Its more or less the farmers who have shifted the state red. It can be undone.
@Nicholas Reynolds Iowa voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012, and has historically been very liberal. In recent years, it has become more conservative.
@Nicholas Reynolds As an Iowan myself I definitely would have to disagree. Its not some hard red state. I mean look at the election maps of 2008 and 2012 the whole eastern half of the state was blue, even small counties like Jones and Louisa counties that only have 10,000 and 6,000 voters respectively. Both of those are rural yet industrial counties that voted blue. A mere 8 years ago. The same voters are there and we can still appeal to them. As a state we also have been pretty progressive throughout our history. We were the 3rd state to allow gay couples to marry, the very first mosque in America was built in Cedar Rapids (called mother mosque of America), we allowed women to own property before the nation did, we legalized interracial marriage in the 1860's (almost a century before the rest of the country), We de-segregated schools in 1868 (3 years after the civil war and 100+ years before the rest of the country), the University of Iowa was the first public college to allow women into all their programs, Iowa was the first state to allow women to enter the bar, Iowa was the first state to elect a women to a statewide office and Iowa produced the first female lawyer ever to argue in front of a federal court. As a state we have the progressive foundations that many others don't share. We have for the most part been ahead of the curve when it came to social issues. But, recently with Trumps populism it has begun to dwindle. We just have to do a better job of appealing to the hardworking industrial workers and farmers in the east and along the Mississippi River. I don't know which part of Iowa you're from but you clearly don't know much about it. Hopefully you aren't from the North West because that section of Iowa is an anomaly and the political landscape up there is very different than the other 3/4ths of Iowa.
flashbacks to when arkansas wasn't one of the first states to go red, and texas wasn't a tossup
Texas isn’t a tossup, it’s not even lean R in 2020. It is becoming swing state though and trending left due to the booming suburbs, however there is a large rural population to offset it, and I could stay red longer if Hispanic trends continue to move to the right
Yes, Hispanics ARE moving to the right, but when there’s like, 2000000 people moving to your state per year, it’s def going blue.
And now it voted +14% republican @@elih4707
@@elih4707That didn't age well
Back to when my state of West Virginia was a "strongly Democratic" state. 😂
Trev Jones I am happy that West Virginia is a stronghold Republican.
@@Joshua-Samarita So am I, my friend! 😊
Oof West Virginia
What happened in West Virginia, we'll never know. Oh right, the Democrats started campaigning against coal.
@@brettsinger9565 even before they did that they voted republicans, wv is filled with hicks, it was a matter of time before it went red
5:56 oh yea that aged.... terribly
37:44 ayy Pence in Indiana
The Pence man with the Pence Plan
Yup
Wow
Tennessee, Alabama, West Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, Florida all too close to call. Al Gore the southern democrat candidate.
And?
Just wow what a night
Just start it at the 37 minute mark and watch the whole thing to the end. Just the greatest election team and mustic ever. I get the chills every time I watch it. There was nothing else like this night on CNN for a political junky - ever.
I slept over my grandparents house around the time of the election coverage, and I clearly remember watching all of this unfold on TV with them! Those headshot photos of Bush and Gore are ingrained in my memory! haha.
I'm so glad this is edited and not shown in real time.
@Presidential Chicken The 2000 election took several weeks to decide with the deciding state not getting called until December. I don't know about you but I don't feel like watching a 5-week-long video.
God did they call Florida early
I love that background music when they call a state; if I was running Election Night coverage on another network I would gladly pay CNN any licensing fee to use it because it's that good.
Back When California was a swing state.
Really?
It wasn’t a swing state tho in 2000
Oregon surprised me even more. Al Gore won it by less than 1 percent.
@@BabySonicGTtrue, I commented this when I was less familiar with the history of Amerikan presidential elections
Why,, Too close to call" is a winner of every single election? 😂
Back when CNN was watchable.
Right Choices USA yes it was actually balanced
Idk that Florida call though
"West Virginia, Which is a predominately Democratic State"
CNN- 2000
At the time it was. Between 1960 and 1996 it went red only twice, once in 1972 Nixon's 49 states landslide and once in 1984 Reagan's 49 states landslide. Then democrats started heavily campaigning against coal which turned West Virginia into one of the most republican leaning states.
@@JohnSmith-eh2xu damn
I miss when Colorado used to vote red. Wild how things can change politically in just a few decades
This was a pretty *gory* election
Ba dum tsss
Ohio and Florida are still important for Republicans to win the presidency. Also, when they call each and every single one of the state, they never feel upset like what I see on 2016 presidential election.
This didn’t age well lol
Yet Trump got them both and still lost this time.
Republicans just had one of the biggest election meltdowns in US history - 2nd possibly only to 1860 when the slaveowners got so assmad that Lincoln won that they started a Civil War. Y'all will never ever get to talk about "liberals" being "snowflakes" ever again :P
@@Debre. You have it totally backwards. Lincoln WAS a Republican, and the Southern slaveowners were all Democrats. It was Democrats who had a meltdown when Lincoln was elected the first GOP president, seceded and started the Civil War. Crack open a history book and you'll see that.
@@hotwax9376 Idk how you've arrived at the conclusion that I am a party switch denier but I'm very much not. Everyone with a basic understanding of US history knows that the parties' platforms used to be more-or-less inverted prior to the Civil Rights Era.
If Gore won New Hampshire, then Florida wouldn't have mattered. Nor that faithless elector in D.C. that didn't vote for him.
True
Because John Kerry should be Vice Presidential nominee
The edges are blue, the middle is red, and everyone is mad at Florida
I was actually surprised Bush lost Wisconsin, twice. At least Trump got it in 2016. Had Bush picked Tommy Thompson or Rick Santorum as his VP, I think he would have had a bigger electoral victory.
CAX117 I disagree, I don’t think he’ll be given WI on a silver platter but I think he’s got at least a 65% chance of getting it, however that’s at least... I place his odds (avg) around 85% getting WI again.
Hard Work1994 wrong he will win at least one of the three rust belt states either PA, Michigan or Wisconsin
Tommy Thompson lost a Senate race in 2012, Santorum in 2006 by a really large margin against Casey Jr.
IN 0:28 R
KY 0:38 R
SC 2:18 R
VT 2:26 D
VA 3:51 R
why
@@grengren1359 don’t know
Albert Gore shouldn't have distanced himself from William Jefferson Clinton in 2000 and he also should have picked Russ Feingold as his running mate. Not Joseph Lieberman.
It's amazing just how close this election was. Every one remembers Florida, but New Mexico was even closer. New Hampshire was another close one that if Gore won, he didn't even need Florida.
This really is the most pivotal moment of the modern era. Put in Gore instead of Bush and you possibly wipe out 9/11 and you definitely wipe out the Iraq War. No Iraq War would've meant markedly different politics in my country (the UK). Tony Blair wouldn't have been dumped so soon. That would've had knock on effects for Brexit and a host of other major issues.
The first US election I actually remember taking place
Wow, RIP Bernard Shaw 1940-2022.
"West Virginia is a reliably Democratic state". How the times have changed
7:07 they recorded this in a potato
If gore won his “home” state of Tennessee he would’ve won
Nah, He just needed New Hampshire 😅
Judy Woodruff seemed very upset whenever George W Bush won a state and really happy whenever she called one for Gore......hmmmm. That's curious...
Who's here for 2020, count is on, 4 days..........
Notice that VP Pence is mentioned at 33:07 - down below: a victory against a rock 😂
My father was so happy when Florida was originally called for Gore, only for it to be taken away later than night and Bush given the presidency. I was only 11 years old but i wanted Gore to win.
6:03 woho in the backround?
Remember when California was competive and when Texas was safe republican. Oh how the times have changed
No doubt the closest election ever!
1876, 1880 and 1916 crying in the background
2:30 falcons fans are mad
"we cant take another election like this one". fast forward to 2020.
You missed Arkansas call 😢
Alex Baseball4 Read the description
33:07 mike pence
Red Virginia, blue West Virginia, and bellwether Kentucky. Boy how times have changed.
It's so crazy seeing VA as a Republican stronghold.
Looks like virgina and West Virginia switched
Because the rich northern virginians used to be republican while the poor west virginians were democrat. It just shows that the democrats may be heading to become the party of the elites
@@iyoutubeperson4336 I guess the elites are corrupt than
@@peanutbuttercstarz6431 yep
@@iyoutubeperson4336 I mean it'd be just as easy to frame this as "educated Northern Virginians switching to Dem & uneducated WV hillbillies switching to Rep", so these statements are kind of meaningless.
@@Debre. i mean, rich people are more likely to go to college so my analogy stands
5:21 That is COMPLETELY wrong in 2021 lol
First election I voted in.
I remember watching this back in 2000 early I thought Bush lost just a few votes in New Hampshire or West Virginia would have been enough to give outboard the White House incredible how close it was $538 votes decided at all in Florida
Florida got called so early for Gore 😂
That map is sooo different 20 years later
Not. You should see 20 years earlier. 1980.
2:29 Falcons fans just got a wartime flashback
If Gore would have won west Virginia he would have won 271 to 267 west.va all ways voted Democrat
Same could’ve been said about New Hampshire
@@tricktide8283 wva decided it all
So did nh
Florida too
Tennessee as well if gore had thought about his home state more he’d have been president he only campaigned in Tennessee in the last few weeks
It’s weird now that Ohio lost its bellwether status
What's a bellwether
@@youpretty5343 a state that predicts the next president
@@That.Political.Guy-- like a swing state?
@@youpretty5343 yes
@@That.Political.Guy-- you a female?
Who wins?
Bush won! He won Florida very narrowly! Wisconsin and Oregon both went to Gore!
@@lehuynguyen1175 he really won Wisconsin but voter fraud cost him.
@@chrisharwood5448 Actually, Gore won all 50 states but Republican voter fraud cost him 271 electoral votes.
@@Debre.having an opponent costing him 271 electoral votes
Every state was a swing state in this election 😂😂
New Hampshire was the 🔑.
Crazy how Gore's second state called was Florida
Everyone expected Bush to win more comfortably. The last weekend DUI revelations hindered Bush's performance, and remember then there was minimal early voting so October Surprises had more impact.
There is no doubt Gore should have won the election narrowly. If the butterfly ballot alone hadn't happened, Gore would have taken Florida by less than a percent.
Some things I noticed from this video
1) West Virginia was a swing state and Gore losing was somewhat of a surprise and attributed to gun control. Now WV is a R+40 at the presidential leve
2) California used to be a Democratic state, but only by about 10%. Now that's close to 30% for Dems.
3) This election was the beginning of the South going from a region where moderate Democrat could win to being almost unwinnable by any Democrat.
It is still kinda controversial if he would have won. Because of the early Florida call, MANY republicans didn’t go to the polls in Oregon, Iowa, New Mexico and Wisconsin - all of these states have been won by Gore by less than a percent. Also, if the Florida call didn’t happen, many more republicans from the FL panhandle would go to the polls.
@@vojta4045 Bush would have won FL by a more decisive amount if FL had not been called wrong.
If Virginia, Colorado, Nevada, and NH would have voted as they are more trending blue now a days Gore wouldn't have needed FL or OH.
Funny that this actually happened in 2020.
@@scespinosab it’s kinda strange that it happened that way.
@@scespinosab it also happened in 2016
Back when my state of Arizona was a republican stronghold 😔😢
I know and now it's gonna be a swing state for atleast a few more cycles
Forget Florida, why was OREGON so close?
37:23 2020 election has entered the chat
New Hampshire was pivotal. Without it, Florida didn't matter and NH was very close.
are there senate calls from 2000 here
NC "too close to call" yet went for Bush by over 12. Lol.
"CNN 0:00:00 Nov 07 00"
What's that text called?
This is when New Jersey went Democrat for the third straight time at the time when Philadelphia hosted the Republican National Convention that summer.
Virginia used to be a very Republican stronghold state.. Its a different map now.
Why are there 537 comments? Mine makes 538. Weird!
The same people who continue to foolishly scapegoat Ralph Nader for Dubya's win in 2000 are the same people who have now embraced Dubya if only because W denounced TFG.
There's no calling of Missouri in the video…
How did Gore lose Tennessee
All Gore had to do was win his homestate TN we all know he was DC but TN was huge, NH, AR he carried just 1 of those crucial states he got elected US Supreme Court screwed that man