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. Victories in Milwaukee County, where Milwaukee is located, and Dane County, where Madison is located contributed to his victory. 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. To date, this is the closest presidential margin of victory ever in Wisconsin. Wisconsin would also not vote more Republican than the nation as a whole again until 2016.
General election
Results
By county
- 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)
By congressional district
Gore won five of nine congressional districts. Each candidate won a district that elected a representative of the other party.
Electors
The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 18, 2000 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:
- Alice Clausing
- Pedro Colon
- Paulette Copeland
- Reynolds Honold
- Joan Kaeding
- Mark McQuate
- Ruth Miner-Kessel
- Christine Sinicki
- Tim Sullivan
- Angela Sutkiewicz
- Charlie Wolden