The media never called Gore “president-elect” at all. ADADIt’s understandable why the idea that Gore had been declared the winner in 2000 would hold some appeal. On the night of the 2000 election, Gore was briefly declared the winner in the state of Florida. A search of headlines collected by Nexis shows a smattering of references to “President-elect Gore,” but those are either letters to the editor or speculative, as in, “what might a president-elect Gore do?” The first declarative headlines about there being a president-elect were in reference to Bush. The “remember President-elect Gore!” meme isn’t a useful reminder about how results change.

Source: Washington Post November 13, 2020 16:59 UTC