The significance of the Supreme Court decision in Bush v. Gore was that the Supreme Court ended a recount in Florida that had stalled the election, thus indirectly giving presidency to George W. Bush.
The Florida election recount of 2000 constituted a period of vote recounting in Florida that took place during the weeks following the Election Day in the 2000 United States presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. The Florida vote was ultimately settled in Bush's favor by a margin of 537 votes when the U.S. Supreme Court, in Bush v. Gore, stopped a recount that had been started upon a ruling by the Florida Supreme Court.