2000

Reading the 2000 result in Wisconsin

Wisconsin backed Gore (Democratic) in the 2000 presidential election, casting 11 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — George W. Bush (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Wisconsin among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 4th consecutive election in which Wisconsin backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1988. Wisconsin did not move alone — neighboring Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, and Michigan broke the same way in 2000. Across the 45 presidential elections Wisconsin has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (24 times). The vote fell within the Modern Polarization — Close elections in a divided country.

In the national count, George W. Bush took 271 of the 538 electoral votes, against Al Gore's 266. Though George W. Bush won the Electoral College, Al Gore drew more of the national popular vote — 48.38% to 47.87%.