1. Because the winner of the popular vote, Al Gore, lost the electoral college to Bush.
2. Because it's the first and for now the only time that Supreme Court decided on the out come of a presidential election. (They ruled in Bush's favor)
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Answer:ne of the closest US presidential elections ever. Al Gore, Bush's Democratic rival, won the popular vote by a narrow margin, but Bush attained a plurality of votes from the electoral college. ... Gore went to the Supreme Court, which decided to halt the recount and declare Bush the winner.
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