Significance Of The 2000 Florida Presidential Primary The significance of the 2000 Florida presidential primary was dependent on the performance of the candidates in the primaries leading up to the March 14 election date. As the candidates approached March 7, the new front-loaded Super Tuesday, the gap between the frontrunners, Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush, and their respective challengers, Bill Bradley and John McCain, gradually increased. However, as some experts predicted, the March 7 Super Tuesday primary sealed the fate of the Florida Primary. Political Parties choose their presidential nominees t