2000 World Events · Post-Cold War transition and asymmetric shock
U.S. presidential election recount and Bush v. Gore
C. in United States. A disputed Florida vote count culminated in a Supreme Court decision that ended recounts and determined the U.S. presidency.
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What is stated, why it matters, and what remains uncertain
What this is
A specific-event record selected from the protected World Events source ledger for cross-year research. It is not an exhaustive account of 2000.
Why it matters
It affected global politics because the incoming administration would soon face 9/11 and major wars.
What is established here
The page faithfully exposes the submitted record and its source boundary. No claim-level evidence packet has yet upgraded the record beyond a research starting point.
What remains uncertain
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Record narrative
Source-bounded summary
C. in United States. A disputed Florida vote count culminated in a Supreme Court decision that ended recounts and determined the U.S. presidency.
It affected global politics because the incoming administration would soon face 9/11 and major wars.
Structured fields
Record at a glance
- Stable record ID
- 2000-007
- Date or period
- 2000-11-07 to 2000-12-12
- Type
- Election crisis
- Focus
- Political / institutional
- Impact scope
- Global
- Priority
- 4 of 5
- Location label
- Washington, D.C., United States
- Coordinate precision
- City-level coordinate
- Actors named by the source record
- George W. Bush; Al Gore; U.S. Supreme Court
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
Geographic context
A coordinate locator, not a surveyed event footprint
The submitted record supplies 38.9072, -77.0369 with the precision label “City-level coordinate.” Multi-location events, disputed borders, campaigns, and broad regions cannot be reduced to one point.
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This remains a starting-point record
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Citation and correction
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2IA — International Intelligence Archive. “U.S. presidential election recount and Bush v. Gore.” World Events record 2000-007. Reviewed July 27, 2026. https://2ix.org/world-events/2000/2000-007/