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537 votes decided a presidency

Certified Florida margin, 2000

George W. Bush's certified winning margin in Florida in 2000 was 537 votes.

Florida's electoral votes decided the election. The margin was about one ten-thousandth of the votes cast in the state.

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20040615 2U.S. National Archives

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