<P> In late October, one poll found that Gore was leading Bush and third parties by 44--42--4 among registered voters and 46--42--4 among likely voters, but that poll had a margin of error of four percentage points, making the race too close to call . </P> <P> The final official Florida count gave the victory to Bush by 537 votes, making it by percentage not only the tightest race of the campaign (New Mexico was decided by 363 votes but has a much smaller population, with those 363 votes representing a 0.061% margin whereas the 537 votes in Florida were just 0.009%), but the closest in any United States presidential election ever . Most of the reduction in the recount came from Miami - Dade county alone . </P> <Table> Federal official vote for the state of Florida (25 electoral votes) <Tr> <Th> Presidential candidate and running mate </Th> <Th> Vote total </Th> <Th>% </Th> <Th> Party </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> George Walker Bush--Richard Bruce Cheney </Td> <Td> 2,912,790 </Td> <Td> 48.847% </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Albert Arnold Gore Jr.--Joseph Isadore Lieberman </Td> <Td> 2,912,253 </Td> <Td> 48.838% </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Ralph Nader--Winona LaDuke </Td> <Td> 97,488 </Td> <Td> 1.635% </Td> <Td> Green </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Patrick J. Buchanan--Ezola B. Foster </Td> <Td> 17,484 </Td> <Td> 0.293% </Td> <Td> Reform </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Harry Browne--Art Olivier </Td> <Td> 16,415 </Td> <Td> 0.275% </Td> <Td> Libertarian </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> John Hagelin--Nat Goldhaber </Td> <Td> 2,281 </Td> <Td> 0.038% </Td> <Td> Natural Law </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Monica Moorehead--Gloria La Riva </Td> <Td> 1,804 </Td> <Td> 0.030% </Td> <Td> Workers World </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Howard Phillips--Curtis Frazier </Td> <Td> 1,371 </Td> <Td> 0.023% </Td> <Td> Constitution </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> David McReynolds--Mary Cal Hollis </Td> <Td> 622 </Td> <Td> 0.010% </Td> <Td> Socialist </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> James Harris--Margaret Trowe </Td> <Td> 562 </Td> <Td> 0.009% </Td> <Td> Socialist Workers </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Write - ins </Td> <Td> 36 </Td> <Td> 0.000% </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Total </Td> <Td> 5,963,110 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="6"> Sources: </Th> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Presidential candidate and running mate </Th> <Th> Vote total </Th> <Th>% </Th> <Th> Party </Th> </Tr>

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