Which is the best description of the supreme court's ruling in bush v. gore? a) the court declared george bush the winner of the 2000 election because he received more popular votes than al gore. b) the court held that al gore should have been elected president because he received more popular votes than george bush. eliminate c) the court ruled that a manual recount of all votes from the district of columbia would have to take place before the election could be certified. d) the court ruled that election recounts in florida were being conducted in a manner that violated the equal protection clause of the u. s. constitution, and therefore had to stop.