2000 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

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2000 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
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  1996 November 7, 2000 2004  
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Nominee Al Gore George W. Bush
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Tennessee Texas
Running mate Joe Lieberman Dick Cheney
Electoral vote110
Popular vote1,242,9871,237,279
Percentage47.83%47.61%

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President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

Elected President

George W. Bush
Republican

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.

Contents

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
Democratic Albert Arnold Gore Jr. 1,242,98747.83%11
Republican George Walker Bush 1,237,27947.61%0
Green Ralph Nader 94,0703.62%0
Independent Pat Buchanan 11,4710.44%0
Libertarian Harry Browne 6,6400.26%0

By Congressional District

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

DistrictBushGoreRepresentative
1st 47%49% Paul Ryan
2nd 36%58% Tammy Baldwin
3rd 46%49% Ron Kind
4th 51%45% Jerry Kleczka
5th 31%65% Tom Barrett
6th 53%43% Tom Petri
7th 46%48% Dave Obey
8th 52%44% Mark Andrew Green
9th 63%34% Jim Sensenbrenner

By county

CountyAl Gore
Democratic
George W. Bush
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Adams 4,82652.94%3,92043.00%3704.06%9069.94%9,116
Ashland 4,35655.21%3,03838.50%4966.29%1,31816.71%7,890
Barron 8,92844.86%9,84849.48%1,1285.67%-920-4.62%19,904
Bayfield 4,42753.60%3,26639.54%5666.85%1,16114.06%8,259
Brown 49,09645.56%54,25850.25%4,4154.10%-5,162-4.79%107,769
Buffalo 3,23748.74%3,03845.75%3665.51%1992.99%6,641
Burnett 3,62644.49%3,96748.67%5586.85%-341-4.18%8,151
Calumet 8,20241.12%10,83754.33%9084.55%-2,635-13.21%19,947
Chippewa 12,10246.24%12,83549.04%1,2364.72%-733-2.80%26,173
Clark 5,93141.92%7,46152.73%7575.35%-1,530-10.81%14,149
Columbia 12,63649.38%11,98746.85%9643.77%6492.53%25,587
Crawford 4,00554.17%3,02440.90%3654.94%98113.27%7,394
Dane 142,31761.15%75,79032.56%14,6326.29%66,52728.59%232,739
Dodge 14,58038.67%21,68457.52%1,4373.81%-7,104-18.85%37,701
Door 6,56043.10%7,81051.31%8505.58%-1,250-8.21%15,220
Douglas 13,59362.62%6,93031.93%1,1835.45%6,66330.69%21,706
Dunn 9,17247.45%8,91146.10%1,2476.45%2611.35%19,330
Eau Claire 24,07850.29%20,92143.70%2,8766.01%3,1576.59%47,875
Florence 81633.93%1,52863.53%612.54%-712-29.60%2,405
Fond du Lac 18,18139.02%26,54856.98%1,8603.99%-8,367-17.96%46,589
Forest 2,15845.76%2,40450.98%1543.27%-246-5.22%4,716
Grant 10,69148.69%10,24046.64%1,0254.67%4512.05%21,956
Green 7,86351.47%6,79044.45%6234.08%1,0737.02%15,276
Green Lake 3,30136.25%5,45159.86%3553.90%-2,150-23.61%9,107
Iowa 5,84255.42%4,22140.04%4784.53%1,62115.38%10,541
Iron 1,62046.19%1,73449.44%1534.36%-114-3.25%3,507
Jackson 4,38052.04%3,67043.60%3674.36%7108.44%8,417
Jefferson 15,20342.11%19,20453.20%1,6924.69%-4,001-11.09%36,099
Juneau 4,81347.10%4,91048.05%4954.84%-97-0.95%10,218
Kenosha 32,42950.90%28,89145.35%2,3893.75%3,5385.55%63,709
Kewaunee 4,67046.31%4,88348.42%5315.27%-213-2.11%10,084
La Crosse 28,45551.22%24,32743.79%2,7775.00%4,1287.43%55,559
Lafayette 3,71051.08%3,33645.93%2172.99%3745.15%7,263
Langlade 4,19943.20%5,12552.72%3974.08%-926-9.52%9,721
Lincoln 6,66446.80%6,72747.24%8485.96%-63-0.44%14,239
Manitowoc 17,66745.51%19,35849.86%1,7994.63%-1,691-4.35%38,824
Marathon 26,54645.48%28,88349.48%2,9455.05%-2,337-4.00%58,374
Marinette 8,67643.55%10,53552.88%7103.56%-1,859-9.33%19,921
Marquette 3,43747.78%3,52248.96%2353.27%-85-1.18%7,194
Menominee 94976.97%22518.25%594.79%72458.72%1,233
Milwaukee 252,32958.20%163,49137.71%17,7174.09%88,83820.49%433,537
Monroe 7,46045.67%8,21750.30%6584.03%-757-4.63%16,335
Oconto 7,26043.75%8,70652.46%6303.79%-1,446-8.71%16,596
Oneida 8,33944.14%9,51250.35%1,0405.51%-1,173-6.21%18,891
Outagamie 32,73543.22%39,46052.10%3,5474.68%-6,725-8.88%75,742
Ozaukee 15,03031.48%31,15565.24%1,5663.28%-16,125-33.76%47,751
Pepin 1,85450.60%1,63144.51%1794.89%2236.09%3,664
Pierce 8,55947.65%8,16945.48%1,2346.87%3902.17%17,962
Polk 8,96145.34%9,55748.36%1,2446.29%-596-3.02%19,762
Portage 17,94253.15%13,21439.14%2,6047.71%4,72814.01%33,760
Price 3,41343.04%4,13652.16%3814.80%-723-9.12%7,930
Racine 41,56346.77%44,01449.53%3,2883.70%-2,451-2.76%88,865
Richland 3,83746.27%3,99448.16%4625.57%-157-1.89%8,293
Rock 40,47257.49%27,46739.01%2,4653.50%13,00518.48%70,404
Rusk 3,16142.91%3,75851.02%4476.07%-597-8.11%7,366
St. Croix 13,07743.66%15,24050.88%1,6375.47%-2,163-7.22%29,954
Sauk 13,03550.81%11,58645.16%1,0324.02%1,4495.65%25,653
Sawyer 3,33342.91%3,97251.14%4625.95%-639-8.23%7,767
Shawano 7,33541.67%9,54854.24%7204.09%-2,213-12.57%17,603
Sheboygan 23,56942.70%29,64853.71%1,9843.59%-6,079-11.01%55,201
Taylor 3,25436.19%5,27858.70%4605.12%-2,024-22.51%8,992
Trempealeau 6,67854.88%5,00241.11%4884.01%1,67613.77%12,168
Vernon 6,57750.42%5,68443.58%7836.00%8936.84%13,044
Vilas 4,70638.19%6,95856.47%6585.34%-2,252-18.28%12,322
Walworth 15,49238.29%22,98256.80%1,9844.90%-7,490-18.51%40,458
Washburn 3,69545.93%3,91248.63%4385.44%-217-2.70%8,045
Washington 18,11529.50%41,16267.03%2,1353.48%-23,047-37.53%61,412
Waukesha 64,31931.57%133,10565.33%6,3103.10%-68,786-33.76%203,734
Waupaca 8,78738.53%12,98056.92%1,0374.55%-4,193-18.39%22,804
Waushara 4,23941.36%5,57154.36%4384.27%-1,332-13.00%10,248
Winnebago 33,98344.67%38,33050.38%3,7674.95%-4,347-5.71%76,080
Wood 15,93644.56%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

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