Editing Bush v. Gore (section)

==Public reaction==
Editorials in the country's leading newspapers were overwhelmingly critical of the decision. A review by ''The Georgetown Law Journal'' found that the nation's top newspapers, by circulation, had published 18 editorials criticizing the decision and six praising it. They similarly published 26 [[op-ed]]s criticizing the decision and eight defending it.<ref name="auto2"/> Polls showed a range of reactions, with 37–65% of respondents believing that personal politics influenced the justices' decisions, depending on the poll. A Princeton Survey poll recorded 46% of respondents saying that the decision made them more likely to suspect partisan bias in judges in general. An NBC News/''Wall Street Journal'' poll showed that 53% of respondents believed that the decision to stop the recount was based mostly on politics.<ref name="auto2" /> A 2010 ''Slate'' article listed the case as the first in a series of events that eroded American trust in the results of elections, noting that the number of lawsuits brought over election issues had more than doubled since ''Bush v. Gore''.<ref name="auto1" />