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In the final official count, Bush won Florida by 537 votes, giving him the state's 25 electoral votes and the presidency. ''See [[U.S. presidential election, 2000]] and [[U.S. presidential election, 2000#The Florida Ballot Project recounts|The 2000 Florida Ballot Project]].'' Bush was inaugurated President on [[January 20]], [[2001]].
In the [[U.S. presidential election, 2004|2004 election]] Bush won a second term, having the majority of the popular vote: 50.73% to Kerry's 48.27%, percentage-wise, the closest popular margin ever for a sitting President; the closest previous margin won by a sitting President was 3.2% for Woodrow Wilson in 1916. Bush is the first to actually receive a majoity of the popular vote since 1988.
, and he also received 3.5 million popular votes more than his Democratic challenger, Senator [[John Kerry]]. Bush was the first presidential candidate since his father, [[George H.W. Bush]] in [[U.S. presidential election, 1988|1988]] to receive a majority of the popular vote. Bush carried 31 of 50 states for a total of 286 Electoral College votes. As in the 2000 election, there were charges raised alleging [[2004 U.S. presidential election controversy and irregularities|voting irregularities]], especially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. In 2004 they did not lead to recounts that were expected to affect the result. After a [[2004 U.S. presidential election recounts and legal challenges#Ohio: U.S. Congress electoral contest|congressional electoral contest]] -- the second in American history -- failed, a [[Moss v. Bush|lawsuit]] challenging the result in Ohio was withdrawn, because the congressional certification of the electoral votes rendered the case [[Mootness|moot]].
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