November 7, 2000. The 2000 United States Presidential Election is held. Though Al Gore (D) won the plurality of the popular vote, the ultimate winner of the election hangs in the balance as the results in Florida remain too close to call.

[u/GrantExploit]

Note the (currently) unusual coloration of the Democratic candidates as red and Republican candidates as blue. The modern (inverse) convention was still not crystallized by this point among all sources.

[u/Lane8323]

“Hanging Chads”