2000 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

The 2000 United States presidential election in Wisconsin took place on November 7, 2000, and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

2000 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

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NomineeAl GoreGeorge W. Bush
PartyDemocraticRepublican
Home stateTennesseeTexas
Running mateJoe LiebermanDick Cheney
Electoral vote110
Popular vote1,242,9871,237,279
Percentage47.83%47.61%


President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

Wisconsin was won by Vice President Al Gore by a slim 0.22% margin of victory, a mere difference of 5,708 votes. This was the first time since 1988, and only the second time since 1960 that Wisconsin did not vote for the overall winner of a presidential election. This was the last time that Wisconsin voted to the right of neighboring Iowa, as well as the national popular vote until 2016.

Wisconsin was won by a narrow margin by Gore by less than 6,000 votes. Gore carried Milwaukee County home of Milwaukee, and Dane County home of Madison, which contributed to his victory.

Results

2000 United States presidential election in Wisconsin[1]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
DemocraticAlbert Arnold Gore Jr.1,242,98747.83%11
RepublicanGeorge Walker Bush1,237,27947.61%0
GreenRalph Nader94,0703.62%0
IndependentPat Buchanan11,4710.44%0
LibertarianHarry Browne6,6400.26%0

By Congressional District

Gore won 5 of the 9 congressional districts. Both candidates won a district held by the opposite party.[2]

DistrictBushGoreRepresentative
1st47%49%Paul Ryan
2nd36%58%Tammy Baldwin
3rd46%49%Ron Kind
4th51%45%Jerry Kleczka
5th31%65%Tom Barrett
6th53%43%Tom Petri
7th46%48%Dave Obey
8th52%44%Mark Andrew Green
9th63%34%Jim Sensenbrenner

By county

CountyAl Gore
Democratic
George W. Bush
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%
Adams4,82652.94%3,92043.00%3704.06%9069.94%9,116
Ashland4,35655.21%3,03838.50%4966.29%1,31816.71%7,890
Barron8,92844.86%9,84849.48%1,1285.67%-920-4.62%19,904
Bayfield4,42753.60%3,26639.54%5666.85%1,16114.06%8,259
Brown49,09645.56%54,25850.25%4,4154.10%-5,162-4.79%107,769
Buffalo3,23748.74%3,03845.75%3665.51%1992.99%6,641
Burnett3,62644.49%3,96748.67%5586.85%-341-4.18%8,151
Calumet8,20241.12%10,83754.33%9084.55%-2,635-13.21%19,947
Chippewa12,10246.24%12,83549.04%1,2364.72%-733-2.80%26,173
Clark5,93141.92%7,46152.73%7575.35%-1,530-10.81%14,149
Columbia12,63649.38%11,98746.85%9643.77%6492.53%25,587
Crawford4,00554.17%3,02440.90%3654.94%98113.27%7,394
Dane142,31761.15%75,79032.56%14,6326.29%66,52728.59%232,739
Dodge14,58038.67%21,68457.52%1,4373.81%-7,104-18.85%37,701
Door6,56043.10%7,81051.31%8505.58%-1,250-8.21%15,220
Douglas13,59362.62%6,93031.93%1,1835.45%6,66330.69%21,706
Dunn9,17247.45%8,91146.10%1,2476.45%2611.35%19,330
Eau Claire24,07850.29%20,92143.70%2,8766.01%3,1576.59%47,875
Florence81633.93%1,52863.53%612.54%-712-29.60%2,405
Fond du Lac18,18139.02%26,54856.98%1,8603.99%-8,367-17.96%46,589
Forest2,15845.76%2,40450.98%1543.27%-246-5.22%4,716
Grant10,69148.69%10,24046.64%1,0254.67%4512.05%21,956
Green7,86351.47%6,79044.45%6234.08%1,0737.02%15,276
Green Lake3,30136.25%5,45159.86%3553.90%-2,150-23.61%9,107
Iowa5,84255.42%4,22140.04%4784.53%1,62115.38%10,541
Iron1,62046.19%1,73449.44%1534.36%-114-3.25%3,507
Jackson4,38052.04%3,67043.60%3674.36%7108.44%8,417
Jefferson15,20342.11%19,20453.20%1,6924.69%-4,001-11.09%36,099
Juneau4,81347.10%4,91048.05%4954.84%-97-0.95%10,218
Kenosha32,42950.90%28,89145.35%2,3893.75%3,5385.55%63,709
Kewaunee4,67046.31%4,88348.42%5315.27%-213-2.11%10,084
La Crosse28,45551.22%24,32743.79%2,7775.00%4,1287.43%55,559
Lafayette3,71051.08%3,33645.93%2172.99%3745.15%7,263
Langlade4,19943.20%5,12552.72%3974.08%-926-9.52%9,721
Lincoln6,66446.80%6,72747.24%8485.96%-63-0.44%14,239
Manitowoc17,66745.51%19,35849.86%1,7994.63%-1,691-4.35%38,824
Marathon26,54645.48%28,88349.48%2,9455.05%-2,337-4.00%58,374
Marinette8,67643.55%10,53552.88%7103.56%-1,859-9.33%19,921
Marquette3,43747.78%3,52248.96%2353.27%-85-1.18%7,194
Menominee94976.97%22518.25%594.79%72458.72%1,233
Milwaukee252,32958.20%163,49137.71%17,7174.09%88,83820.49%433,537
Monroe7,46045.67%8,21750.30%6584.03%-757-4.63%16,335
Oconto7,26043.75%8,70652.46%6303.79%-1,446-8.71%16,596
Oneida8,33944.14%9,51250.35%1,0405.51%-1,173-6.21%18,891
Outagamie32,73543.22%39,46052.10%3,5474.68%-6,725-8.88%75,742
Ozaukee15,03031.48%31,15565.24%1,5663.28%-16,125-33.76%47,751
Pepin1,85450.60%1,63144.51%1794.89%2236.09%3,664
Pierce8,55947.65%8,16945.48%1,2346.87%3902.17%17,962
Polk8,96145.34%9,55748.36%1,2446.29%-596-3.02%19,762
Portage17,94253.15%13,21439.14%2,6047.71%4,72814.01%33,760
Price3,41343.04%4,13652.16%3814.80%-723-9.12%7,930
Racine41,56346.77%44,01449.53%3,2883.70%-2,451-2.76%88,865
Richland3,83746.27%3,99448.16%4625.57%-157-1.89%8,293
Rock40,47257.49%27,46739.01%2,4653.50%13,00518.48%70,404
Rusk3,16142.91%3,75851.02%4476.07%-597-8.11%7,366
St. Croix13,07743.66%15,24050.88%1,6375.47%-2,163-7.22%29,954
Sauk13,03550.81%11,58645.16%1,0324.02%1,4495.65%25,653
Sawyer3,33342.91%3,97251.14%4625.95%-639-8.23%7,767
Shawano7,33541.67%9,54854.24%7204.09%-2,213-12.57%17,603
Sheboygan23,56942.70%29,64853.71%1,9843.59%-6,079-11.01%55,201
Taylor3,25436.19%5,27858.70%4605.12%-2,024-22.51%8,992
Trempealeau6,67854.88%5,00241.11%4884.01%1,67613.77%12,168
Vernon6,57750.42%5,68443.58%7836.00%8936.84%13,044
Vilas4,70638.19%6,95856.47%6585.34%-2,252-18.28%12,322
Walworth15,49238.29%22,98256.80%1,9844.90%-7,490-18.51%40,458
Washburn3,69545.93%3,91248.63%4385.44%-217-2.70%8,045
Washington18,11529.50%41,16267.03%2,1353.48%-23,047-37.53%61,412
Waukesha64,31931.57%133,10565.33%6,3103.10%-68,786-33.76%203,734
Waupaca8,78738.53%12,98056.92%1,0374.55%-4,193-18.39%22,804
Waushara4,23941.36%5,57154.36%4384.27%-1,332-13.00%10,248
Winnebago33,98344.67%38,33050.38%3,7674.95%-4,347-5.71%76,080
Wood15,93644.56%17,80349.78%2,0225.65%-1,867-5.22%35,761
Totals1,242,98747.83%1,237,27947.61%118,3414.55%5,7080.22%2,598,607

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Electors

The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 18, 2000[3] to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.

The following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All were pledged to and voted for Al Gore and Joe Lieberman:[4]

  1. Alice Clausing
  2. Pedro Colon
  3. Paulette Copeland
  4. Reynolds Honold
  5. Joan Kaeding
  6. Mark McQuate
  7. Ruth Miner-Kessel
  8. Christine Sinicki
  9. Tim Sullivan
  10. Angela Sutkiewicz
  11. Charlie Wolden

See also

References