Election 2000 Conspiracy

Essay # 28907

Political Science > Election and Campaigns
Political Science > Political Theory
Political Science > U.S.

This paper explores major dilemmas encountered during the 2000 presidential election.

2,044 words () | 7 sources | MLA | 2003 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper offers a look at what actually took place during election 2000. Essential topics covered include the precise meaning of democracy and it's participation in the 2000 elections and major dilemmas that took place on election night. These irregularities include voting patterns, inaccurate information provided by the media and outdated voting machines.

From the Paper:

"Election 2000 stirred up great contention on how democracy comes into play in our country. The question that always comes into play, is how do the people of this great nation benefit from democracy? Do those whom we elect to represent us, on behalf of our beliefs and perspectives, control us or do we have control? When searching and defining the precise meaning of democracy in the Webster Collegiate Dictionary, it reads democracy is a government in which the supreme power is held by the people. Although the Webster Collegiate Dictionary offers a general meaning of democracy, which the average American citizen can refer to, many other references dissent. The article "Why Democracy is Wrong" states "definitions of democracy follow a standard pattern, a sign of a stable and established ideology"("Why democracy is Wrong" 13). Established ideology meaning various countries around the world actually observe the process in which we elect our leaders. This great government, controlled by democracy, is what the Unites States abided by during the 2000 election. A process that takes place to demonstrate how democracy reigns over all sovereignties. So they say! The outcome of the 2000 presidential election was truly inequitable and unjust. The results left many Americans feeling cantankerous and crotchety. Furthermore, the media failed to present the people with accurate poll numbers, and precise data. In addition, many minorities, mainly African American and Latinos, were disenfranchised, and their votes disregarded. Voting machines were extremely poor and obsolete. According to the article "Lessons of the 2000 Election" Many voters were startled to learn that the technology for casting and recording votes in a number of areas of the country is twice as old as some voters thought. Antiquated technology can lead to possible voter confusion and subjective judgments by canvassing officials, who are called upon to divine the intent of the voters in the case of disputed ballots ("Lessons of the 2000 election"). So can one say that democracy was truly representing the people? How could so many errors occur at a time when the next President of the United States would soon be elected? Was democracy really present, and was supreme power held by the people? The questions asked are rather complex at the moment because many things were done surreptitiously during the 2000 election. According to the facts that were presented during and after the 2000 Presidential Election, the results did not seem equitable, leaving the election to be one big conspiracy."