I'm sure that this is the billionth time in the last few years that someone has posted an alternate history thread relating to the 2000 Election, but I want to go into not one, not two, but THREE alternate history scenarios of how that election, and the presidency of the winner, would have turned out, until roughly 2004 (because I don't believe that it is possible to predict whether or not they would be re-elected.)
Here are my alternate scenarios, from most likely to least likely:
- Bush "won" the election in Florida the same way as he did, but 9/11 did not happen. I choose this as the most likely, because the SCOTUS and the media were on Bush's side at the time.
- Al Gore became President by winning the SCOTUS case or allowing for a full state-wide recount.
- John McCain defeats Bush in the South Carolina primary and becomes the Republican candidate.
How do you think they would have played out?