50,996,039 Number of votes for Gore. [www.fec.gov]

50,456,141 Number of votes for Bush. [www.fec.gov]

539,898 Gore's popular-vote margin. [www.fec.gov]

25 Percent of people who disapproved of Bush in his initial job approval poll. [The Gallup Organization, 2/6/01]

0 Number of Presidents whose initial disapproval levels were higher than Bush's in the 50 years since Gallup began measuring disapproval statistics during the Eisenhower Administration. [The Gallup Organization, 2/6/01]

53 Percent of Americans rating the economy as "excellent" during an April, 2001 survey by ABC News/ Money Magazine. [Reuters, 4/18/01]

80 Percent of Americans rating the economy as "excellent" during a January 2000 survey by ABC News/Money Magazine. [Reuters, 4/18/01]

39.8 million Number of people who watched Bush's first address to Congress. [Washington Post, 3/1/01]

67 million Number of people who watched Clinton's first address to Congress. [Washington Post, 3/1/01]

24 Number of days spent by Bush away from the White House, through his first 72 days in office. [Associated Press, 4/1/01]

12 Number of days spent by former President Clinton away from the White House, through his first 72 days in office. [Associated Press, 4/1/01]

17 Number of days spent by former President Bush away from the White House, through his first 72 days in office. [Associated Press, 4/1/01]

4 Number of press conferences held by President Bush in the first hundred days. [Public Papers of the President]

13 Number of press conferences held by President Clinton in the first hundred days. [Public Papers of the President]

7 Number of press conferences held by former President Bush in the first hundred days. [Public Papers of the President]

385,000 State unemployment claims reported in the week ending April 14, 2001. [Reuters, 4/19/01]

5 Years since unemployment claims reached that high. [Reuters, 4/19/01]

$35,000 Amount Bush would save in taxes this year if his tax cut were enacted, according to the tax calculator used on the Republican National Committee website. [Washington Post, 4/14/01]

$2.4 million Amount Cheney would save in taxes this year if Bush's tax cut were enacted, according to the tax calculator used on the Republican National Committee website. [Washington Post, 4/14/01]

$6-12 million Amount Bush's heirs could save if the estate tax were repealed, based on the "range of assets" submitted in financial disclosure forms. [Wall Street Journal, 2/7/01]

$10-45 million Amount Cheney's heirs could save if the estate tax were repealed, based on the "range of assets" submitted in financial disclosure forms. [Wall Street Journal, 2/7/01]

25 Percent of world's carbon dioxide generated by the United States. [New York Times, 3/29/01]

4 Percent of the world's population living in the United States. [New York Times, 3/29/01]

1 Number of campaign promises to reduce carbon dioxide emissions broken by Bush. [New York Times, 3/29/01]

320 Average number of oil spills per year in Prudhoe Bay, AK. [Wall Street Journal, 4/13/01; Environmental News Network, 4/13/01]

750 Average number of gallons per oil spill in Prudhoe Bay, AK. [Wall Street Journal, 4/13/01; Environmental News Network, 4/13/01]

60 Miles from Prudhoe Bay, AK to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. [Wall Street Journal, 4/13/01; Environmental News Network, 4/13/01]

42 million Gallons per day that the proposed drilling of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is projected to yield. [www.whitehouse.gov]

49 million Gallons by which daily U.S. oil consumption would drop if SUVs' average fuel efficiency increased by 3 mpg. [Sierra Club, www.sierraclub.org]

$190 million Amount Bush's budget cut funding for research on renewable energy sources. [Washington Post, 4/10/01]

$39 million Amount the Bush budget cut funding to increase fuel efficiency in automobiles. [Associated Press, 4/10/01]

34 Number of days of predicted rolling blackouts California will experience this summer due to its energy crisis. [Industry Standard, 4/30/01]

13 million Number of people that would have been protected from cancer and other health concerns under Clinton's rule of reducing arsenic levels in drinking water to 10 ppb. [Boston Globe, 3/21/01]

460,000 Number of injuries that would have been prevented under the ergonomic regulations repealed by Bush. [OSHA Fact Sheet, "Preventing Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders," 2/9/01]

$1.9 million Amount of money backers of the ergonomics regulations repeal gave to the Bush campaign. [www.opensecrets.com; www.tray.com; Wall Street Journal, 3/6/01]

7 Number of Bush pioneers, who each raised at least $100,000 for his campaign, that were publicly opposed to the ergonomic regulations. [Texans for Public Justice, www.tpj.org; Associated General Contractors of America, www.agc.org; Associated General Contractors of Texas, www.agcoftexas.org; National Retail Federation, www.nrf.com; American Iron and Steel Institute, www.steel.org; National Council on Ergonomics, www.ncergo.org]

0 Number of times Bush has said "gay" since inauguration, as of 3/27/01 [Log Cabin Republicans, Presidential Campaign Press Materials, 3/27/01]

1 Number of time the Bush administration tried to close the Office of National AIDS Policy [USA Today, 2/7/01]

320,282 Number of people living with AIDS in the United States as of 1999. [Centers for Disease Control]

40,000 Number of new AIDS cases per year in the United States. [www.nih.gov]

$0 Amount of increased funding for the Ryan White AIDS program in Bush's budget proposal. [Associated Press, 4/3/01, 4/9/01; Health Resources and Services Administration Press Release, 1/24/01]

1 Number of presidential pets exiled from the White House. [Newsweek, 4/11/01; The People, 2/4/01]

1 Oil tankers named after members of the Bush administration. [New York Times, 4/14/01]

3 Members of Bush's Cabinet that are also members of the conservative legal group the Federalist Society. [Knight Ridder, 4/1/01]

4 Lawyers in White House Counsel's Office with ties to Ken Starr or the Whitewater investigation. [Washington Post, 1/30/01]

$28 billion The amount that the 4,500 largest estates would receive from Bush's tax plan. [Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 2/26/01]

$28 billion The amount that 142 million people with the lowest incomes would receive from Bush's tax plan. [Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 2/26/01]

24.1 million The number of children living in families that would receive no tax cut under Bush's tax plan. [Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 2/7/01]

2,400 Number of American families that would get half of the benefits of the estate tax repeal; this number represents estates valued over $5 million. [USA Today, 2/20/01]

$14 billion The amount of revenue that would potentially be lost by charities if the estate tax is repealed. Estates that pay the estate tax give to charity twice as much as those who are not affected by the tax. [USA Today, 2/20/01]

406,000 Number of jobs lost since Bush took office. [www.cnn.fn.com, 4/5/01]

$474 million Amount Bush cut from the Department of Labor's job training program. [AP, 4/9/01]

$11 million Average net worth of each of the members of Bush's cabinet. [Sunday Telegraph, 2/4/01]

$9,790 Salary earned by Bush during his daily workouts during his first 100 days. [Bush Schedule: 9am-6pm, with 1 hour for exercise; Time, 3/19/01; Presidential salary = $400,000, AP Online, 1/10/01]

5 Number of times Bush visited Boys and Girls Clubs during the campaign. [Associated Press, 7/7/99; Los Angeles Times, 7/8/99; CNN, Inside Politics, 7/8/99; Washington Post, 11/18/99; Chicago Daily Herald, 12/1/99; Manchester Union Leader, 12/21/99; Beaufort Gazette, 2/15/00; Dayton Daily News, 7/29/00]

1 Number of times Bush has visited Boys and Girls Clubs since his inauguration. [United Press International, 4/3/01]

$0 Amount allocated in Bush's budget for the Boys and Girls Club program. [Bush planned to cut all of the program's $60 million budget.] [Jonathan Atler, Newsweek, 4/23/01]

$440 billion The amount Bush's proposed tax cut was reduced in the Senate with a vote of 65 to 35 despite the 50 Republican Senators. [Washington Post, 4/7/01]

5 The number of Bush Pioneers, who raised at least $100,000 each for the Bush campaign, appointed to an administration post. [www.tpj.org; www.whitehouse.gov]

Less than 10% Percentage of African-Americans who voted for Bush in the 2000 Presidential election. [United Press International, 11/30/00]

1964 The last election in which a GOP presidential candidate received a smaller percentage of African American votes than Bush. [Associated Press, 2/26/01]

3.5 million Number of votes Bush would lose by in 2004 if the Democratic candidate won the same percentage of minority votes Gore did in 2000. [Washington Post, 4/22/01]

$100 million Amount of Alcoa stock owned by Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill. [Treasury Department press release, 3/25/01]

28 Number of days, as of 4/23/01, O'Neill has earned money on Alcoa stock since he announced he would divest it without saying he has sold it. [Treasury Department press release, 3/25/01; Los Angeles Times, 3/26/01]

$0 Amount allocated in Bush's budget for FEMA's "Project Impact" disaster preparedness program. [New York Times, 4/9/01]

1 Number of earthquakes on the same day in which Bush's cut of "Project Impact" funds were announced. [Associated Press, 2/28/01]

2 Number of voucher programs in Bush's education plan, includes transfer of Title I funds and expansion of "education savings accounts" to pay for expenses from kindergarten through college. [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/reports/no-child-left-behind.html]

0 Number of times Bush's education plan uses the word "voucher." [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/reports/no-child-left-behind.html]

38 Number of times Bush said the phrases "tax cut" or "tax relief" in a radio address. [GPO, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Bush Radio Addresses, 2/5 - 4/16/01]

12 Number of times Bush said the word "education" in a radio address. [GPO, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Bush Radio Addresses, 2/5 - 4/16/01]

3 Number of times Bush said the phrase "health care" in a radio address. [GPO, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Bush Radio Addresses, 2/5 - 4/16/01]

2 Number of times Bush said the phrase "prescription drugs" in a radio address. [GPO, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Bush Radio Addresses, 2/5 - 4/16/01]

2 Number of times Bush said the phrase "minimum wage" in a radio address. [GPO, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Bush Radio Addresses, 2/5 - 4/16/01]

0 Number of times Bush said the phrase "working families" in a radio address. [GPO, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Bush Radio Addresses, 2/5 - 4/16/01]

0 Number of times Bush said the phrase "child care" in a radio address. [GPO, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Bush Radio Addresses, 2/5 - 4/16/01]

0 Number of times Bush said the phrase "Patients Bill of Rights" in a radio address. [GPO, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Bush Radio Addresses, 2/5 - 4/16/01]

0 Number of times Bush said the phrase "electoral reform" in a radio address. [GPO, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Bush Radio Addresses, 2/5 - 4/16/01]

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