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• 1 2026-03-31T20:07:46+00:00 2000: “Hair-Raising Election” 11 Campaigning at CWRU: Presidential Elections, 2000: “Hair-Raising Election” plain 2026-04-23T19:59:22+00:00 2000 Information was compiled by staff of the Case Western Reserve University Archives, September 2004. 2000

  Five weeks of disputed election results eclipsed the campaign itself in the 2000 presidential election. The student newspaper, The Observer, asked students for their reactions. Opined Carrie Hanayik, “Either one won’t change my life drastically.”
  
  Republican hopeful John McCain visited Cleveland's West Side Market in February.
  
  
  
  Libertarian vice presidential candidate Art Olivier visited campus in late October.
  
  
  Student reactions to the contested presidential election.
  
  

   
   

  Ohio Popular Vote	National Popular Vote	Electoral Vote
  George W. Bush (R) 2,351,209 (50%) Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 2,186,190 (46.5%) Ralph Nader (Green) 117,857 (2.5%) Pat Buchanan (Reform) 26,724 (0.6%) Harry Browne (Libertarian) 13,475 (0.3%) John Hagelin (Natural Law) 6,169 (0.1%) Howard Phillips (U.S. Taxpayers) 3,823	Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 50,996,582 (48.4%) George W. Bush (R) 50,456,062 (47.9%) Ralph Nader (Green) 2,882,955 (2.7%) Pat Buchanan (Reform) 448,895 (0.4%) Harry Browne (Libertarian) 384,431 (.36%) Howard Phillips (U.S. Taxpayers) 98,020 (0.09%) John Hagelin (Natural Law) 83,714 (0.08%)	George W. Bush (R) 271 Albert Gore, Jr. (D) 266

   

  Information was compiled by staff of the Case Western Reserve University Archives, September 2004.