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How were the votes split in the Bush v Gore case?

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In Bush v Gore, 531 US 98 (2000), the votes were split 5-4 along partisan lines, with the conservative justices voting to suspend the Florida vote recount, and the liberal justice voting to allow it to continue. The conservative justices unanimously supported George W. Bush in his 2000 bid for the presidency.

Majority (Bush)
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist
Justice Antonin Scalia
Justice Clarence Thomas
Justice Anthony Kennedy (wrote the per curiam opinion)
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

Dissenting (Gore)
Justice John Paul Stevens
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Justice David Souter
Justice Stephen Breyer

Agreed Recount Method
was Unconstitutional
Justice David Souter
Justice Stephen Breyer

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