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George W. Bush: Election
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Bush emphasized a careful approach to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Bush denounced Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat for alleged support of violence. However, he sponsored dialogs between prime ministers Ariel Sharon and Mahmoud Abbas. Bush supported Sharon's unilateral disengagement plan, and lauded the democratic elections held in Palestine after Arafat's death.
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In 2004 Bush won reelection, helped in part by a 300,000 vote victory (5%) in the State of Florida, where the outcome had been so close in 2000 [2]. Democratic candidate John Kerry quickly conceded defeat the day after the election.
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Bush became President on January 20, 2001, as the winner of one of the closest general elections in American history -- defeating Democratic Vice President Al Gore by only five electoral votes, while receiving fewer popular votes. (Until then, the most recent election in which a candidate lost the popular vote and won the election was in 1888.) The election results were hotly contested by Gore for several weeks, and are still disputed by some (see U.S. presidential election, 2000).
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In August 2003, 10,000 people took to the street to rally for a Bush alternative, Howard Dean, in New York City. Another 10,000 did the same in Seattle. Such large displays, previously unheard of more than a year before the election, demonstrate the depth of American discontent George W. Bush has inspired.
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