Bush ultimately went on to be president, Al Gore was declared the winner of the all important Florida by multiple major networks early in the evening, based on exit poll data or conceded, and Bush was awarded the electoral votes and declared president, and ultimately, the election boiled down to the state of Florida.
布什最終成為總統,戈爾在傍晚時分,根據出口民調數據或認輸,被多個主要網絡宣佈在最重要的佛羅里達州獲勝,布什獲得選舉人票並宣佈當選總統,最終,選舉歸結為佛羅里達州。