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The elections of 1876 and 2000 parallel each other in certain ways, but also differ from each other. In this essay I will introduce some of the differences, not so meaningful similarities and the similarities that show us that history is doomed to repeat itself. The biggest similarity would have to be theat Hayes and Bush won by electoral votes only, when Tilden and Gore should have been the ones to win the 1876 and 2000 presidency. The reason this occurred was because of the disputed votes from Florida and a few other states, though Florida played the big offender. In the 1876 election, there was evidence of voter fraud in Florida. In one county alone, 27,0000 ballots were voided, and in another county 19,000 ballots were thrown out. In the 2000 election in Florida, the elderly people didn’t know how to use their ballots, so whe