CQ Risk Rating: Safe Democrat 
| GENERAL ELECTION: NOVEMBER 7, 2000 |
|
| Thomas M. Barrett (D) | 173,893 | 78% |
| Jonathan Smith (R) | 49,296 | 22% |
| write-ins | 663 | 0% |
| PRIMARY ELECTION: SEPTEMBER 12, 2000 |
|
| | Votes | Percentage | | Democratic |
| Thomas M. Barrett | 11,082 | 100% |
| write-ins | 55 | 0% |
| | Republican |
| Jonathan Smith | 3,172 | 99% |
| write-ins | 21 | 1% |
Source: Congressional Quarterly. To suggest updates and corrections: politics.feedback@cq.com
Major Industry | Population | Cities | People | Race | Median Household Income | Unusual Features
WISCONSIN 5
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Northern Milwaukee, Milwaukee County suburbs
The compact 5th takes in Milwaukee's North Side and its suburbs. The
district encompasses most of the city's traditional German neighborhoods,
its black neighborhoods and the affluent East Side.
The northern half of Milwaukee County had long been defined by the beer
breweries that are now largely gone, but in the state's most densely
populated district, heavy manufacturing helped keep the 5th's blue-collar
base.
Both the richest and poorest Wisconsinites live in the 5th, which
remains one of the nation's most racially segregated areas. Mansions on Lake
Michigan's shore have little in common with the inner-city African-American
neighborhoods with double-digit unemployment. The county's decrease in
population since 1990 - the only decrease in the state - came from residents
moving from the heart of Milwaukee to the middle-class suburbs north and
west of the city.
Overall, the 5th is solidly Democratic and draws support from its
substantial Democratic base of union workers and inner-city minorities. In
recent years, Democratic federal candidates have won with large majorities.
Republicans entice a modicum of support from the well-to-do northeastern
shore and western suburbs.
Major Industry
Heavy manufacturing, education, service
Population
543,607 (1990)
Cities
Milwaukee (pt.), 425,921 (1990); Wauwatosa, 46,759; Glendale, 13,646 (1996)
People
100% urban; 13% age 65+ (ranks sixth of nine in state; middle third
nationally); 41% married couples, 18% married couples with children; 24%
college educated (ranks second of nine in state; top third nationally); 62%
white collar (ranks first of nine in state; top third nationally), 24% blue
collar (ranks eighth of nine in state; middle third nationally) (1990)
Race
61% white, 35% black, 2% Asian; 2% Hispanic origin (1990)
Median Household Income
$26,267 (ranks seventh of nine in state; middle third nationally) (1990)
Unusual Features
Home to Harley-Davidson; Last district in the nation to elect a Socialist
Party member - Victor L. Berger, (1911-13, 1923-29); C. Latham Sholes
invented the typewriter here; Schlitz, "the beer that made Milwaukee
famous," closed its Milwaukee brewery in 1981.
Source: Congressional Quarterly (Updated April 1999)
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