You know the details. Many west Florida (Panhandle) voters are in another time zone. They did a u-turn away from polling places when they heard the media beating the drum how Gore had taken Florida. Panhandle is Republican. GWBush probably lost 5-10 thousand votes that way. Florida should never have been decided in the courts......blame the mass media.
And don't forget the more than 40,000 who voted in both New York and Florida. I doubt many of those votes were for Bush.
That's why voters should vote their conscience and not let the media decide. I live in CA, but I'm still planning on voting.