Click on a month to look at the key campaign dates or click on the links below for some of the main stories. After more than a year of campaigning, the US electorate finally go to the polls. But election day fails to deliver the long-awaited result. The US TV networks call Florida for Gore, then Bush, then say too close.
Close result triggers automatic recount.
After extension of hand recounts, George Bush declared winner by 537 votes, but court battles continue.