You are hardly the definitive source on this. I have read several estimates which said Bush lost about 10,000 panhandle votes because of the early call. After a quick check, I found this article .
I will admit I don't know for sure how many votes Bush lost because of the early call but you claiming that no votes were lost due to the early call because you didn't talk to anyone who didn't vote is ludicrous.
News first reached voters in Florida's panhandle at 6:49 central time -- with 11 minutes left before polls closed. The news could also have affected those waiting in line after 7 p.m, Gilliam says.
Go read #36. All I'm going to say now is that you are asking me to believe that there were 10,000 people either in line or enroute with 11 minutes left to go and that they all were so discouraged that they refused to vote for anything else on the ballot.
I used to conduct buisness all up and down the panhandle and there is little or no chance that 10,000 people waited until the last 15 minutes to vote. But does it make sense that they might tell pollsters that they did? You bet.