Bush got more votes in Florida than Gore did, Bush won. There were two full recounts of the counties that the Gore team demanded and the results did not change, Bush still got more votes. The Florida Supreme Court made an unauthorized decision, changing Florida election law after the fact and ordering another recount. The US Supreme Court stopped it, correctly. There was no recount done, before or after the election that gave Gore more votes than Bush. Not the first time the person getting the most popular votes lost an election.