I did download it from Electrum.org but it?s an older version, 3.0.1.
this is your issue. the older versions (any version below 3.3.0) can no longer connect to Electrum nodes to synchronize so they get stuck like this. you must upgrade to the latest version to solve it.
https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/5195additionally keep in mind that just downloading from electrum.org is not enough, you must verify the digital signature of the file you downloaded with the developer's public key