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2000 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

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2000 United States presidential election in Wisconsin

← 1996 November 7, 2000 2004 →
 
Nominee Al Gore George W. Bush
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Tennessee Texas
Running mate Joe Lieberman Dick Cheney
Electoral vote 11 0
Popular vote 1,242,987 1,237,279
Percentage 47.83% 47.61%


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.

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

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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

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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

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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

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Electors

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
  2. ^ "Wisconsin Elections Results | Wisconsin Elections Commission". Archived from the original on April 25, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  3. ^ 2000 Presidential General Election Results - Pennsylvania
  4. ^ "President Elect - 2000". Archived from the original on March 3, 2009. Retrieved May 10, 2011.