In 2004, the election was the “biggest” news of the year. In 2000, the presidential election was marred by riots and scandals over Florida's punch card voting and alleged acts of racial discrimination against minorities at the polls. The article “Survey: US Voters Skeptical of Elections” revisits the horror of the 2000 election and examines where voters, Republicans and Democrats, currently stand on the accuracy of our (in the US) voting methods. The article states that six in ten Republicans and people surveyed believe that no clear winner will be determined by November 3, 2004, and seven in ten Democrats feel the same. Additionally, half of voters feared the results would be challenged in the Supreme Court. Both political parties, Democrats and Republicans, have filed lawsuits over a variety of complaints, ranging from how provisional ballots are counted to alleged voter registration fraud. The article states that a majority say they are confident that their state's vote count will be accurate, but when Democrats, as a group, are asked, fewer than half of them say they are "very confident" in their state's vote count. own state. will be accurate, while three-quarters of Republicans believe their state's vote count will be accurate. The article states that during the final days of the campaign, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Iowa and New Mexico are being closely watched, all of which are potential battleground states where a challenge to a close race could be presented. November 3, 2004 When analyzing the 2000 election and the Florida catastrophe, more than half, 54% to be exact, thought the vote counting was unfair and inaccurate. A majority of Democrats say the vote count was unfair and inaccurate, while Republicans overwhelmingly say the vote count was fair and accurate. Independents say by a 2-to-1 margin that wasn't right. The conclusion drawn from the article is that the political and legal challenges far outweigh any other concerns intended to disrupt the election. For millions of Americans, every vote no longer counts. In political debates and elections the application of schemas, mental structures that people use to organize their knowledge of the social world around themes or topics and that influence the information that people notice, think and remember, are very important to obtain support, votes, and earn the trust of millions of Americans in democracy and our processes.