[Southack]

Jewish World Review:
"It’s now well known that all five TV networks and the Associated Press declared Florida for Al Gore at 7:50 p.m. Eastern time, 10 minutes before the polls closed in the panhandle counties."
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/fund050701.asp

[Eagle Eye]

That article makes an excellent point in that the premature announcements probably did adversely affect the rest of the country, but certainly not the Florida panhandle.