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.

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.

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
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

County	Gore%	Gore#	Bush%	Bush#	Others%	Others#	Total
Adams	52.94%	4,826	43.00%	3,920	4.06%	370	9,116
Ashland	55.21%	4,356	38.50%	3,038	6.29%	496	7,890
Barron	44.86%	8,928	49.48%	9,848	5.67%	1,128	19,904
Bayfield	53.60%	4,427	39.54%	3,266	6.85%	566	8,259
Brown	45.56%	49,096	50.35%	54,258	4.10%	4,415	107,769
Buffalo	48.74%	3,237	45.75%	3,038	5.51%	366	6,641
Burnett	44.49%	3,626	48.67%	3,967	6.85%	558	8,151
Calumet	41.12%	8,202	54.33%	10,837	4.55%	908	19,947
Chippewa	46.24%	12,102	49.04%	12,835	4.72%	1,236	26,173
Clark	41.92%	5,931	52.73%	7,461	5.35%	757	14,149
Columbia	49.38%	12,636	46.85%	11,987	3.77%	964	25,587
Crawford	54.17%	4,005	40.90%	3,024	4.94%	365	7,394
Dane	61.15%	142,317	32.56%	75,790	6.29%	14,632	232,739
Dodge	38.67%	14,580	57.52%	21,684	3.81%	1,437	37,701
Door	43.10%	6,560	51.31%	7,810	5.58%	850	15,220
Douglas	62.62%	13,593	31.93%	6,930	5.45%	1,183	21,706
Dunn	47.45%	9,172	46.10%	8,911	6.45%	1,247	19,330
Eau Claire	50.29%	24,078	43.70%	20,921	6.01%	2,876	47,875
Florence	33.93%	816	63.53%	1,528	2.54%	61	2,405
Fond du Lac	39.02%	18,181	56.98%	26,548	3.99%	1,860	46,589
Forest	45.76%	2,158	50.98%	2,404	3.27%	154	4,716
Grant	48.69%	10,691	46.64%	10,240	4.67%	1,025	21,956
Green	51.47%	7,863	44.45%	6,790	4.08%	623	15,276
Green Lake	36.25%	3,301	59.86%	5,451	3.90%	355	9,107
Iowa	55.42%	5,842	40.04%	4,221	4.53%	478	10,541
Iron	46.19%	1,620	49.44%	1,734	4.36%	153	3,507
Jackson	52.04%	4,380	43.60%	3,670	4.36%	367	8,417
Jefferson	42.11%	15,203	53.20%	19,204	4.69%	1,692	36,099
Juneau	47.10%	4,813	48.05%	4,910	4.84%	495	10,218
Kenosha	50.90%	32,429	45.35%	28,891	3.75%	2,389	63,709
Kewaunee	46.31%	4,670	48.42%	4,883	5.27%	531	10,084
La Crosse	51.22%	28,455	43.79%	24,327	5.00%	2,777	55,559
Lafayette	51.08%	3,710	45.93%	3,336	2.99%	217	7,263
Langlade	43.20%	4,199	52.72%	5,125	4.08%	397	9,721
Lincoln	46.80%	6,664	47.24%	6,727	5.96%	848	14,239
Manitowoc	45.51%	17,667	49.86%	19,358	4.63%	1,799	38,824
Marathon	45.48%	26,546	49.48%	28,883	5.05%	2,945	58,374
Marinette	43.55%	8,676	52.88%	10,535	3.56%	710	19,921
Marquette	47.78%	3,437	48.96%	3,522	3.27%	235	7,194
Menominee	76.97%	949	18.25%	225	4.79%	59	1,233
Milwaukee	58.20%	252,329	37.71%	163,491	4.09%	17,717	433,537
Monroe	45.67%	7,460	50.30%	8,217	4.03%	658	16,335
Oconto	43.75%	7,260	52.46%	8,706	3.80%	630	16,596
Oneida	44.14%	8,339	50.35%	9,512	5.51%	1,040	18,891
Outagamie	43.22%	32,735	52.10%	39,460	4.68%	3,547	75,742
Ozaukee	31.48%	15,030	65.24%	31,155	3.28%	1,566	47,751
Pepin	50.60%	1,854	44.51%	1,631	4.89%	179	3,664
Pierce	47.65%	8,559	45.48%	8,169	6.87%	1,234	17,962
Polk	45.34%	8,961	48.36%	9,557	6.29%	1,244	19,762
Portage	53.15%	17,942	39.14%	13,214	7.71%	2,604	33,760
Price	43.04%	3,413	52.16%	4,136	4.80%	381	7,930
Racine	46.77%	41,563	49.53%	44,014	3.70%	3,288	88,865
Richland	46.27%	3,837	48.16%	3,994	5.57%	462	8,293
Rock	57.49%	40,472	39.01%	27,467	3.50%	2,465	70,404
Rusk	42.91%	3,161	51.02%	3,758	6.07%	447	7,366
St. Croix	43.66%	13,077	50.88%	15,240	5.47%	1,637	29,954
Sauk	50.81%	13,035	45.16%	11,586	4.02%	1,032	25,653
Sawyer	42.91%	3,333	51.14%	3,972	5.95%	462	7,767
Shawano	41.67%	7,335	54.24%	9,548	4.09%	720	17,603
Sheboygan	42.70%	23,569	53.71%	29,648	3.59%	1,984	55,201
Taylor	36.19%	3,254	58.70%	5,278	5.12%	460	8,992
Trempealeau	54.88%	6,678	41.11%	5,002	4.01%	488	12,168
Vernon	50.42%	6,577	43.58%	5,684	6.00%	783	13,044
Vilas	38.19%	4,706	56.47%	6,958	5.34%	658	12,322
Walworth	38.29%	15,492	56.80%	22,982	4.90%	1,984	40,458
Washburn	45.93%	3,695	48.63%	3,912	5.44%	438	8,045
Washington	29.50%	18,115	67.03%	41,162	3.48%	2,135	61,412
Waukesha	31.57%	64,319	65.33%	133,105	3.10%	6,310	203,734
Waupaca	38.53%	8,787	56.92%	12,980	4.55%	1,037	22,804
Waushara	41.36%	4,239	54.36%	5,571	4.27%	438	10,248
Winnebago	44.67%	33,983	50.38%	38,330	4.95%	3,767	76,080
Wood	44.56%	15,936	49.78%	17,803	5.65%	2,022	35,761

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

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]

Alice Clausing
Pedro Colon
Paulette Copeland
Reynolds Honold
Joan Kaeding
Mark McQuate
Ruth Miner-Kessel
Christine Sinicki
Tim Sullivan
Angela Sutkiewicz
Charlie Wolden

References

^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
^ "Wisconsin Elections Results | Wisconsin Elections Commission".
^ 2000 Presidential General Election Results - Pennsylvania
^ "President Elect - 2000". Archived from the original on March 3, 2009. Retrieved May 10, 2011.

[1] "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".

[2] "Wisconsin Elections Results | Wisconsin Elections Commission".

[3] 2000 Presidential General Election Results - Pennsylvania

[4] "President Elect - 2000". Archived from the original on March 3, 2009. Retrieved May 10, 2011.

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