But an hour later, the Democratic Party believed that the Florida gap was only two thousand votes, and they had a complete chance to reclaim ground. So, Gore called Junior Bush again, retracting what he had said before, and requested a recount. Eventually, the recount lasted several days, revealing that the vote gap in Florida had dropped from over two thousand votes to just over five hundred.
The Democratic Party was not satisfied and demanded an expanded recount range, insisting on recounting in Democratic strongholds like Palm Beach. The Republican Party disagreed and appealed to the Florida Supreme Court, claiming the recount violated the Constitution. Florida, once a Democratic stronghold, had close ties with the Democratic Party, leading the court to rule against Junior Bush, allowing the recount to continue, resulting in the gap dropping to just over a hundred votes.
