Florida 2000. The following table gives the results of the 2000 presidential election in Florida, which ultimately determined the overall winner. What was Bush\'s margin of victory? Calculate the percentages of the total vote that went to Bush and Gore. Polls suggested that most Nader voters preferred Gore to Bush, while most Buchanan voters preferred Bush to Gore. Suppose that Nader and Buchanan had both dropped out of the election, and Nader voters split their votes 60% to Gore and 40% to Bush while Buchanan voters split 60% to Bush and 40% to Buchanan. What would the vote totals and outcome haw been? Solution BUSH\'s victory margin = 537 votes Total % of votes = 97.69 % (b) Now No. of votes of Bush = 2912790+ 97421*0.4 + 17484*0.6 = 2962249 Now No. of votes of Gore = 2912253+ 97421*0.6 + 17484*0.4 = 2977699 Gore would have won the election.

1. Florida 2000. The following table gives the results of the 2000 presidential election in Florida,
which ultimately determined the overall winner. What was Bush's margin of victory? Calculate
the percentages of the total vote that went to Bush and Gore. Polls suggested that most Nader
voters preferred Gore to Bush, while most Buchanan voters preferred Bush to Gore. Suppose that
Nader and Buchanan had both dropped out of the election, and Nader voters split their votes 60%
to Gore and 40% to Bush while Buchanan voters split 60% to Bush and 40% to Buchanan. What
would the vote totals and outcome haw been?
Solution
BUSH's victory margin = 537 votes Total % of votes = 97.69 % (b) Now No. of
votes of Bush = 2912790+ 97421*0.4 + 17484*0.6 = 2962249 Now No. of votes of Gore =
2912253+ 97421*0.6 + 17484*0.4 = 2977699 Gore would have won the election