Bush v. Gore and Why It Matters in 2020

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Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.7 • 15K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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In the 2000 presidential election, results weren't known in one night, a week, or even a month. This week, we share an episode we loved from It's Been A Minute with Sam Sanders that revisits one of the most turbulent elections in U.S. history and what it could teach us as we wait for this election's outcome.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, we hope you're doing well and are staying safe and sound.
0:04.8	We've been thinking a lot about how everything seems so uncertain in 2020.
0:09.6	An election night without a clear winner for example.
0:12.4	Yeah, for many reasons that's a scary proposition.
0:15.7	But it's not new.
0:17.4	And we were reminded of this when we heard an episode from our friends at its Bene Minute
0:21.4	with Sam Sanders.
0:23.1	About a week ago, before Election Day, Sam talked to two political reporters here at MPR,
0:28.5	Mara Lyson and Ron Elving.
0:31.1	About the 2000 election, they both covered it.
0:34.0	The two candidates were of course George W. Bush and Al Gore.
0:38.0	And the question of who had been elected president, dragged on and on for 36 days.
0:43.8	That experience and what we might learn from it was really helpful to us and we hope
0:49.0	it's helpful to you.
0:50.6	And one more thing before we jump in, we wanted to let you know that we're bringing you
0:54.1	another evening of through-line trivia.
0:56.9	And this time, all three rounds are dedicated to our series, Misrepresentative Democracy,
1:01.9	which takes a deep dive into the history of voting and how that history has shaped the
1:06.4	United States.
1:07.6	So mark your calendars for Thursday, November 12th at 8 p.m. Eastern and go to nprpresents.org
1:13.9	to RSVP.
1:15.2	And to study, check out our Spotify study guide playlist where you can listen to the entire
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