The protracted outcome of the US presidential election is neither surprising nor exceptional.
The outcome of the 2000 presidential election between Bush and Gore was decided more than three weeks after election day. Disputed vote counts in Florida were finalized only after the intervention of the US Supreme Court. It declared Bush the winner in Florida by 537 votes thereby adding Florida’s Electoral College votes to Bush who gained the presidency by one Electoral College vote – 271 to Gore’s 266.
