The electoral map resembles, to a remarkable extent, that of the United States at the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. Of course, there are differences. But the North-South divide continues.

This is the 2000 presidential election map with states won by George W. Bush in "red" and Al Gore's wins in "blue." Many news broadcasts prior to 2000 used "blue" for Republican and "red" for ...

Media organizations, independent election watchers and pollsters have differing lists of what they consider "swing" or "battleground" states. Most of them have based their lists on 2000 results ...

But 2000 was a special case: It was marred by plenty of logistical voting issues, including a faulty ballot design, allegations of miscounts and court debates, starting on Election Day 2000, Nov. 7.

The 2000 US Presidential elections between George W. Bush and Al Gore were decided by the Supreme Court when there was a recount of votes in the state of Florida. That year Election Day was held ...