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== The Networks rush to be wrong ==

== The Networks rush to be wrong ==

The networks, in a rush to be the first to present results, made false calls in Florida. Each  network used the same exit poll data, which contained a small math error for Florida.  The networks first called Florida for Gore, then for Bush. They should have said it was too close to call.  

The networks, in a rush to be the first to present results, made false calls in Florida. Each  network used the same exit poll data, which contained a small math error for Florida.  The networks first called Florida for Gore, then for Bush. They should have said it was too close to call.  Worse (and some believe, deliberately), the networks called Florida after the polls closed in the Eastern Time Zone part of the state (which is heavily Democratic) but while they were still open in the Central Time Zone part (the Florida panhandle, which is heavily Republican due to the large military bases located there).

In a rare situation in Presidential elections, Al Gore lost his home state of [[Tennessee]] to George Bush.  Had he carried that state, the whole question of how Florida voted would have been moot.

In a rare situation in Presidential elections, Al Gore lost his home state of [[Tennessee]] to George Bush.  Had he carried that state, the whole question of how Florida voted would have been moot.

==Recount==

==Recount==