2000 United States presidential election in Wisconsin explained

Election Name:	2000 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
Country:	Wisconsin
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1996 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
Previous Year:	1996
Next Election:	2004 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
Next Year:	2004
Election Date:	November 7, 2000
Image1:	Al Gore, Vice President of the United States, official portrait 1994.jpg
Nominee1:	Al Gore
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:	Tennessee
Running Mate1:	Joe Lieberman
Electoral Vote1:	11
Popular Vote1:	1,242,987
Percentage1:	47.83%
Nominee2:	George W. Bush
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:	Texas
Running Mate2:	Dick Cheney
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	1,237,279
Percentage2:	47.61%
President
Before Election:	Bill Clinton
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	George W. Bush
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

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.

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]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Albert Arnold Gore Jr.	1,242,987	47.83%	11
	Republican	George Walker Bush	1,237,279	47.61%	0
	Green	Ralph Nader	94,070	3.62%	0
	Independent	Pat Buchanan	11,471	0.44%	0
	Libertarian	Harry Browne	6,640	0.26%	0

By Congressional District

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

District	Bush	Gore	Representative
		47%	49%		Paul Ryan
		36%	58%		Tammy Baldwin
		46%	49%		Ron Kind
		51%	45%		Jerry Kleczka
		31%	65%		Tom Barrett
		53%	43%		Tom Petri
		46%	48%		Dave Obey
		52%	44%		Mark Andrew Green
		63%	34%		Jim Sensenbrenner

By county

County	Al Gore Democratic		George W. Bush Republican		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%
	Adams		4,826		52.94%		3,920		43.00%		370		4.06%		906		9.94%		9,116
	Ashland		4,356		55.21%		3,038		38.50%		496		6.29%		1,318		16.71%		7,890
	Barron		8,928		44.86%		9,848		49.48%		1,128		5.67%		-920		-4.62%		19,904
	Bayfield		4,427		53.60%		3,266		39.54%		566		6.85%		1,161		14.06%		8,259
	Brown		49,096		45.56%		54,258		50.25%		4,415		4.10%		-5,162		-4.79%		107,769
	Buffalo		3,237		48.74%		3,038		45.75%		366		5.51%		199		2.99%		6,641
	Burnett		3,626		44.49%		3,967		48.67%		558		6.85%		-341		-4.18%		8,151
	Calumet		8,202		41.12%		10,837		54.33%		908		4.55%		-2,635		-13.21%		19,947
	Chippewa		12,102		46.24%		12,835		49.04%		1,236		4.72%		-733		-2.80%		26,173
	Clark		5,931		41.92%		7,461		52.73%		757		5.35%		-1,530		-10.81%		14,149
	Columbia		12,636		49.38%		11,987		46.85%		964		3.77%		649		2.53%		25,587
	Crawford		4,005		54.17%		3,024		40.90%		365		4.94%		981		13.27%		7,394
	Dane		142,317		61.15%		75,790		32.56%		14,632		6.29%		66,527		28.59%		232,739
	Dodge		14,580		38.67%		21,684		57.52%		1,437		3.81%		-7,104		-18.85%		37,701
	Door		6,560		43.10%		7,810		51.31%		850		5.58%		-1,250		-8.21%		15,220
	Douglas		13,593		62.62%		6,930		31.93%		1,183		5.45%		6,663		30.69%		21,706
	Dunn		9,172		47.45%		8,911		46.10%		1,247		6.45%		261		1.35%		19,330
	Eau Claire		24,078		50.29%		20,921		43.70%		2,876		6.01%		3,157		6.59%		47,875
	Florence		816		33.93%		1,528		63.53%		61		2.54%		-712		-29.60%		2,405
	Fond du Lac		18,181		39.02%		26,548		56.98%		1,860		3.99%		-8,367		-17.96%		46,589
	Forest		2,158		45.76%		2,404		50.98%		154		3.27%		-246		-5.22%		4,716
	Grant		10,691		48.69%		10,240		46.64%		1,025		4.67%		451		2.05%		21,956
	Green		7,863		51.47%		6,790		44.45%		623		4.08%		1,073		7.02%		15,276
	Green Lake		3,301		36.25%		5,451		59.86%		355		3.90%		-2,150		-23.61%		9,107
	Iowa		5,842		55.42%		4,221		40.04%		478		4.53%		1,621		15.38%		10,541
	Iron		1,620		46.19%		1,734		49.44%		153		4.36%		-114		-3.25%		3,507
	Jackson		4,380		52.04%		3,670		43.60%		367		4.36%		710		8.44%		8,417
	Jefferson		15,203		42.11%		19,204		53.20%		1,692		4.69%		-4,001		-11.09%		36,099
	Juneau		4,813		47.10%		4,910		48.05%		495		4.84%		-97		-0.95%		10,218
	Kenosha		32,429		50.90%		28,891		45.35%		2,389		3.75%		3,538		5.55%		63,709
	Kewaunee		4,670		46.31%		4,883		48.42%		531		5.27%		-213		-2.11%		10,084
	La Crosse		28,455		51.22%		24,327		43.79%		2,777		5.00%		4,128		7.43%		55,559
	Lafayette		3,710		51.08%		3,336		45.93%		217		2.99%		374		5.15%		7,263
	Langlade		4,199		43.20%		5,125		52.72%		397		4.08%		-926		-9.52%		9,721
	Lincoln		6,664		46.80%		6,727		47.24%		848		5.96%		-63		-0.44%		14,239
	Manitowoc		17,667		45.51%		19,358		49.86%		1,799		4.63%		-1,691		-4.35%		38,824
	Marathon		26,546		45.48%		28,883		49.48%		2,945		5.05%		-2,337		-4.00%		58,374
	Marinette		8,676		43.55%		10,535		52.88%		710		3.56%		-1,859		-9.33%		19,921
	Marquette		3,437		47.78%		3,522		48.96%		235		3.27%		-85		-1.18%		7,194
	Menominee		949		76.97%		225		18.25%		59		4.79%		724		58.72%		1,233
	Milwaukee		252,329		58.20%		163,491		37.71%		17,717		4.09%		88,838		20.49%		433,537
	Monroe		7,460		45.67%		8,217		50.30%		658		4.03%		-757		-4.63%		16,335
	Oconto		7,260		43.75%		8,706		52.46%		630		3.79%		-1,446		-8.71%		16,596
	Oneida		8,339		44.14%		9,512		50.35%		1,040		5.51%		-1,173		-6.21%		18,891
	Outagamie		32,735		43.22%		39,460		52.10%		3,547		4.68%		-6,725		-8.88%		75,742
	Ozaukee		15,030		31.48%		31,155		65.24%		1,566		3.28%		-16,125		-33.76%		47,751
	Pepin		1,854		50.60%		1,631		44.51%		179		4.89%		223		6.09%		3,664
	Pierce		8,559		47.65%		8,169		45.48%		1,234		6.87%		390		2.17%		17,962
	Polk		8,961		45.34%		9,557		48.36%		1,244		6.29%		-596		-3.02%		19,762
	Portage		17,942		53.15%		13,214		39.14%		2,604		7.71%		4,728		14.01%		33,760
	Price		3,413		43.04%		4,136		52.16%		381		4.80%		-723		-9.12%		7,930
	Racine		41,563		46.77%		44,014		49.53%		3,288		3.70%		-2,451		-2.76%		88,865
	Richland		3,837		46.27%		3,994		48.16%		462		5.57%		-157		-1.89%		8,293
	Rock		40,472		57.49%		27,467		39.01%		2,465		3.50%		13,005		18.48%		70,404
	Rusk		3,161		42.91%		3,758		51.02%		447		6.07%		-597		-8.11%		7,366
	St. Croix		13,077		43.66%		15,240		50.88%		1,637		5.47%		-2,163		-7.22%		29,954
	Sauk		13,035		50.81%		11,586		45.16%		1,032		4.02%		1,449		5.65%		25,653
	Sawyer		3,333		42.91%		3,972		51.14%		462		5.95%		-639		-8.23%		7,767
	Shawano		7,335		41.67%		9,548		54.24%		720		4.09%		-2,213		-12.57%		17,603
	Sheboygan		23,569		42.70%		29,648		53.71%		1,984		3.59%		-6,079		-11.01%		55,201
	Taylor		3,254		36.19%		5,278		58.70%		460		5.12%		-2,024		-22.51%		8,992
	Trempealeau		6,678		54.88%		5,002		41.11%		488		4.01%		1,676		13.77%		12,168
	Vernon		6,577		50.42%		5,684		43.58%		783		6.00%		893		6.84%		13,044
	Vilas		4,706		38.19%		6,958		56.47%		658		5.34%		-2,252		-18.28%		12,322
	Walworth		15,492		38.29%		22,982		56.80%		1,984		4.90%		-7,490		-18.51%		40,458
	Washburn		3,695		45.93%		3,912		48.63%		438		5.44%		-217		-2.70%		8,045
	Washington		18,115		29.50%		41,162		67.03%		2,135		3.48%		-23,047		-37.53%		61,412
	Waukesha		64,319		31.57%		133,105		65.33%		6,310		3.10%		-68,786		-33.76%		203,734
	Waupaca		8,787		38.53%		12,980		56.92%		1,037		4.55%		-4,193		-18.39%		22,804
	Waushara		4,239		41.36%		5,571		54.36%		438		4.27%		-1,332		-13.00%		10,248
	Winnebago		33,983		44.67%		38,330		50.38%		3,767		4.95%		-4,347		-5.71%		76,080
	Wood		15,936		44.56%		17,803		49.78%		2,022		5.65%		-1,867		-5.22%		35,761
Totals	1,242,987	47.83%	1,237,279	47.61%	118,341	4.55%	5,708	0.22%	2,598,607

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Barron (Largest city: Rice Lake)
• Brown (Largest city: Green Bay)
• Burnett (Largest city: Grantsburg)
• Chippewa (Largest city: Chippewa Falls)
• Clark (Largest city: Neillsville)
• Door (Largest city: Sturgeon Bay)
• Forest (Largest city: Crandon)
• Iron (Largest city: Hurley)
• Jefferson (Largest city: Watertown)
• Juneau (Largest city: Mauston)
• Kewaunee (Largest city: Algoma)
• Langlade (Largest city: Antigo)
• Lincoln (Largest city: Merrill)
• Manitowoc (Largest city: Manitowoc)
• Marathon (Largest city: Wausau)
• Marinette (Largest city: Marinette)
• Marquette (Largest city: Montello)
• Monroe (Largest city: Sparta)
• Oconto (Largest city: Oconto)
• Oneida (Largest city: Rhinelander)
• Outagamie (Largest city: Appleton)
• Polk (Largest city: Amery)
• Price (Largest city: Park Falls)
• Racine (Largest city: Racine)
• Richland (Largest city: Richland Center)
• Rusk (Largest city: Ladysmith)
• Sawyer (Largest city: Hayward)
• Shawano (Largest city: Shawano)
• Sheboygan (Largest city: Sheboygan)
• St. Croix (Largest city: Hudson)
• Taylor (Largest city: Medford)
• Washburn (Largest city: Spooner)
• Waushara (Largest city: Berlin)
• Winnebago (Largest city: Oshkosh)
• Wood (Largest city: Marshfield)

Electors

See main article: List of 2000 United States presidential 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

• United States presidential elections in Wisconsin

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
2. Web site: Wisconsin Elections Results | Wisconsin Elections Commission. April 25, 2018. April 25, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180425185224/http://elections.wi.gov/elections-voting/results. dead.
3. http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2000&fips=42&f=0&off=0&elect=0 2000 Presidential General Election Results - Pennsylvania
4. Web site: President Elect - 2000 . 2011-05-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090303103412/http://presidentelect.org/e2000.html . 2009-03-03 . dead. mdy-all.