Supporters of US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) celebrate after it was announced that Bush had taken the state of Ohio at the Republican National Committee (news - web sites) election night party in Washington 03 November 2004. Ohio, which delivers 20 electoral votes, would put the incumbent president within four votes of winning the necessary 270 electoral votes to win a second term.(AFP/Tim Sloan)
Kristina McEwen reads the New York Post that declares US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) the presidential election winner, while waiting for her subway, in New York City. US President George W. Bush's Florida victory, which helped secure his re-election, dealt a number of surprises, not least of which was the fact that voting went smoothly across the state that held up the 2000 presidential results for five weeks.(AFP/Getty Images/Monika Graff)