16. why wasn't al gore elected president in 2000, despite receiving more popular votes than his opponent?
a. the senate determined that the constitution did not provide for national intervention in state issues.
b. the u. s. supreme court ordered a stop to the florida recount of questionable ballots.
c. the florida supreme court ordered a recount of questionable ballots, but then changed its mind.
d. the house of representatives broke a tie in the number of electoral votes.

The correct answer is B. Al Gore wasn't elected president in 2000, despite receiving more popular votes than his opponent because the U.S. Supreme Court ordered a stop to the Florida recount of questionable ballots.

Explanation:

Accompanied in the formula by Joseph Lieberman, Gore was nominated by the Democratic Party to the White House for the 2000 elections, being the candidate with the most votes, half a million more than George W. Bush and far ahead of Ralph Nader and Pat Buchanan.

However, his Republican opponent, George W. Bush, won in number of electoral votes. Very important for this result was that Bush officially obtained a few hundred more votes in Florida, a key state for the count because of the tightness of the results. The validity of these results was very controversial, among other reasons because in several tables were presented ballots that could lead to misunderstandings, because many citizens of Florida were not allowed to vote because of their criminal record, and because serious obstacles were placed on voters whose name and last names coincided with those of citizens who were banned because of their background. In spite of everything, after a few weeks of successive judicial recounts and appeals, including a suspension of the recount ordered by the Supreme Court of the United States, Gore desisted and recognized Bush as the winner.

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