Twenty years ago, major U.S. networks incorrectly called Florida for Al Gore, projecting the Democratic vice-president as the winner against George W. Bush, the Republican challenger, in the 2000 presidential election.
Within a few hours, that projection had to be retracted. It was then reversed and Bush was projected as the winner of the state and the next president. But by then, Gore had closed the gap to just a few hundred votes. Weeks of a deeply divisive and contested recount followed, until a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court put an end to it and handed the White House to Bush.
