in the last election, here is how new voters, first time voters broke down between barack obama and john mccain in florida. barack obama won that group by 19 points and now this year in florida, thanks in part to the republican voter suppression law, there will be 81,000 fewer of these voters and that s by the end of march. might those numbers might a difference as to who is elected president this time around. i george walker bush swear. in 2000 it was 537 votes and thanks to ou close it was, the smaller number of votes that really counted and that was five votes. the five to four bush v gore supreme court decision. it was a stunning decision, right?
it harder to register to vote. they have been made illegal in florida. in the last election, here is how new voters, first time voters broke down between barack obama and john mccain in florida. barack obama won that group by 19 points and now this year in florida, thanks in part to the republican voter suppression law, there will be 81,000 fewer of these voters and that s by the end of march. might those numbers might a difference as to who is elected president this time around. i george walker bush swear. in 2000 it was 537 votes and thanks to ou close it was, the smaller number of votes that really counted and that was five votes. the five to four bush v gore
after recounts and the republican so called brooks brother riot to interfere with recounts, after the lawsuit that went to the supreme court, ultimately what got recorded as the final result in florida was george w. bush winning the state by 537 votes. that s it. a nonpartisan independent count of all the votes cast statewide in florida in that election found that al gore got more votes. the independent, nonpartisan count cast statewide gave george w. bush between 60 and 171 fewer votes than al gore. instead of that count becoming the results of america s florida election that year and therefore america s presidential election, that result just became a footnote to the presidency of george w. bush. we don t talk about it much anymore. i m not sure how clear it is whether or not america is at peace with that election result in 2000.
19 points and now this year in florida, thanks in part to the republican voter suppression law, there will be 81,000 fewer of these voters and that s by the end of march. might those numbers might a difference as to who is elected president this time around. i george walker bush swear. in 2000 it was 537 votes and thanks to ou close it was, the smaller number of votes that really counted and that was five votes. the five to four bush v gore supreme court decision. it was a stunning decision, right? all the liberals voted for the
it sort of overtook us quickly there after. if you re not at peace with it, if you think that george w. bush stole florida in 2000 and stole the presidency, it s clear in hindsight and at the time that florida could not have been stolen had the voting result in florida not been so close. i don t say that to relitigate the last 12 years of american politics but rather to underscore how close it was. that one really important number. the number votes between these two guys 537 votes. when florida republicans took over in 2010, they changed florida law to make it much more difficult to vote in florida and much more difficult to register to vote there. last week the group rocked the vote launched the register young people to vote all over the country. rock the vote is very