Wisconsin

WISCONSIN

11 Electoral Votes

Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, State Elections Board)
Total Population, April 1, 2000 5,363,375
Voting Age Population, Nov. 2000 3,930,000 % change from '96 +2.4
(Registration by municipalities; no statewide registation total).
Wisconsin has: 72 counties, 1,848 municipalities.
Five largest counties: Milwaukee, Dane, Waukesha, Brown, Racine.
Five largest cities: Milwaukee, Madison, Appleton-Oshkosh, Green Bay, Racine.

Government
Governor: Tommy Thompson (R) re-elected to a fourth term in 1998.
State Legislature: Wisconsin Legislature House: 44D, 55R Senate: 17D, 16R
Local: Counties, Cities... NACO Counties
U.S. House: 5D, 4R - 1. P.Ryan (R) | 2. T.Baldwin (D) | 3. R.Kind (D) | 4. J.Kleczka (D) | 5. T.Barrett (D) | 6. T.Petri (R) | 7. D.Obey (D) | 8. M.Green (R) | 9. J.Sensenbrenner (R)
U.S. Senate: Herb Kohl (D) up for re-election in 2000, Russ Feingold (D) re-elected 1998.

Changes as of the November 2000 Elections
State Legislature: All 99 House seats and 16 of 33 Senate seats were up. Minor changes -- House: 43D, 56R Senate: 18D, 15R.
U.S. House: All members of the delegation re-elected.
U.S. Senate: Herb Kohl (D) re-elected.
Governor: On Dec. 29, 2000, then President-elect Bush named Gov. Tommy Thompson as his choice for Secretary of HHS; Thompson resigned effective Feb. 1, 2001; Lt. Gov. Scott McCallum (R) assumed the post.

The Badger State

State of Wisconsin
State Elections Board

Democratic Party of WI
Libertarian Party of WI
Natural Law Party of WI
Reform Party of WI
Republican Party of WI
WI Green Party
Constitution Party of WI

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Media (TV)

Politics1-WI
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General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000

Past Results
1996

Clinton (Dem.)....1,071,971	(48.81)
Dole (Rep.)...........845,029	(38.48)
Perot (Ref.)...........227,339	(10.35)
Nader (Ind.).............28,723	(1.31)
Others (6+scat).......23,107	(1.05)
Total........2,196,169

1992

Clinton (Dem.)....1,041,066 (41.13)

Bush (Rep.)..........930,855 (36.78)

Perot (Ind.)............544,479 (21.51)

Others (11+scat).....14,714
(0.58)

Total........2,531,114

Results
2000

Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	1,237,279	(47.61)
+Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)	1,242,987	(47.83)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)	6,640	(0.26)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)	2,042	(0.07)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)	94,070	(3.62)
Moorehead/LaRiva(WWP)	1,063	(0.04)
Harris/Trowe (SWP)	306	-
Hagelin/Goldhaber (Ref.)	878	(0.03)
Buchanan-Foster (Ref.)	11,446	(0.44)
Scattering	1,896	(0.07)
Total........2,598,607

Overview
Both major campaigns poured significant resources into the battleground state of Wisconsin. Ralph Nader's appeal in this state gave the Bush forces grounds for optimism, but on Election Day the Gore-Lieberman ticket eked out a narrow win, gaining a plurality of 5,708 votes (0.22 percentage points) over Bush-Cheney. Bush carried 46 counties to Gore's 26. By comparison, in 1996, when Dole did not actively compete in the state, the Dole-Kemp ticket carried just 11 counties, while Clinton-Gore won in 61. Four-term Gov. Tommy Thompson was an ardent Bush supporter, and his organization provided a foundation for Bush's strong showing as the state's electors nearly went into the Republican column for the first time since 1984.
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Primary Date: Tuesday, April 4, 2000

Republican Primary

	Total Vote	Percent
Gary Bauer	1,813	0.37%
+George W. Bush	343,292	69.24%
Steve Forbes	5,505	1.11%
Orrin G. Hatch	1,712	0.35%
Alan Keyes	48,919	9.87%
John McCain	89,684	18.09%
Uninstructed	3,452	0.70%
Scattering	1,392	0.28%
Total	495,769

Total Delegates
37 of 2,066 (1.8%)

Democratic Primary

	Total Vote	Percent
Bill Bradley	32,560	8.77%
+Al Gore	328,682	88.55%
Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.	3,743	1.01%
Uninstructed	4,105	1.11%
Scattering	2,106	0.57%
Total	371,196

Total Pledged Delegates
77 of 3,537 (2.2%).
Total Delegates
92 of 4,335 (2.1%).