Of the ten counties where Bush performed best, five were in the panhandle, where polls closed in the Central timezone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_United

Of the ten counties where Bush performed best, five were in the panhandle, where polls closed in the Central timezone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_United_States_presidentia...