That's what the data says.
It wasn't from the people who sat home in 2000, no matter how many times they say it.
WOT and Judges were responsible for the election of the President and the Republican Majority.
Two groups made that majority possible. Whether the people that stayed home in 2000 made the difference, or whether it was new influx of voterss motivated by these two issues, isn't a point that ultimately matters. What I know is that both were motivating issues that made the difference.
It resulted in an election that could have been another 2000, instead being settled the day after. That cushion of voters prevented another nightmare of drawn out court battles.