How Wisconsin has voted since 1960

Wisconsin has 10 electoral votes in 2028, and at the current pace of population change it would lose one electoral vote after the 2030 census. Since 1960 it has voted Democratic 10 times and Republican 7 times. It has backed the winner in every election since 2008 (13 of 17 since 1960). Donald Trump carried it in 2024 by 0.9 points, 0.6 points more Democratic than the nation. In 2024, 76.7% of its eligible voters cast a ballot, the highest turnout in the country (nationally, 64.3%). It last voted Democratic in 2020, for Joe Biden. Its closest result was in 2000, when Al Gore won it by 5,708 votes.

  1. 1960Nixon+3.7
  2. 1964Johnson+24.4
  3. 1968Nixon+3.6
  4. 1972Nixon+9.7
  5. 1976Carter+1.7
  6. 1980Reagan+4.7
  7. 1984Reagan+9.2
  8. 1988Dukakis+3.6
  9. 1992Clinton+4.4
  10. 1996Clinton+10.3
  11. 2000Gore+0.2
  12. 2004Kerry+0.4
  13. 2008Obama+13.9
  14. 2012Obama+6.9
  15. 2016Trump+0.8
  16. 2020Biden+0.6
  17. 2024Trump+0.9

Each box is one election: the winner in Wisconsin and the margin in points. Darker boxes were won by 10 points or more, lighter by under 5.

Election night

9 p.m. ET

Polls close at 9 p.m. ET (8 p.m. Central).

Also closing at 9 p.m. ET: AZ, CO, IA, LA, MN, NE, NM, NY, WY.

Times from the 2024 general election; states rarely change them, and they will be confirmed for 2028.

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In Congress

Senate

House: 6 Republicans, 2 Democrats

All 8 members
  1. 1 Bryan Steil (R)
  2. 2 Mark Pocan (D)
  3. 3 Derrick Van Orden (R)
  4. 4 Gwen Moore (D)
  5. 5 Scott Fitzgerald (R)
  6. 6 Glenn Grothman (R)
  7. 7 Thomas P. Tiffany (R)
  8. 8 Tony Wied (R)

From Congress.gov, as of Oct. 19, 2026. Vacant seats are not listed.

Margin by election

Wisconsin margin by electionBars show the Democratic or Republican margin in Wisconsin in each election since 1960; the line shows the national popular-vote margin. The table below has every figure.R+30R+20R+10EvenD+10D+20D+301960: R+3.7 (nation D+0.2)'601964: D+24.4 (nation D+22.6)'641968: R+3.6 (nation R+0.7)'681972: R+9.7 (nation R+23.2)'721976: D+1.7 (nation D+2.1)'761980: R+4.7 (nation R+9.7)'801984: R+9.2 (nation R+18.2)'841988: D+3.6 (nation R+7.7)'881992: D+4.4 (nation D+5.6)'921996: D+10.3 (nation D+8.5)'962000: D+0.2 (nation D+0.5)'002004: D+0.4 (nation R+2.5)'042008: D+13.9 (nation D+7.3)'082012: D+6.9 (nation D+3.9)'122016: R+0.8 (nation D+2.1)'162020: D+0.6 (nation D+4.5)'202024: R+0.9 (nation R+1.5)'24

Wisconsin margin National popular vote

By county

Donald Trump won 59 of Wisconsin's 72 counties in 2024; Kamala Harris won 13.

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Largest counties, 2024

CountyVotesMarginShift from 2020
Milwaukee County928,214D+19.2→R 20.6
Dane County731,858D+25.8→R 26.8
Waukesha County551,574R+9.8→D 11.0
Brown County298,666R+3.7→D 3.4
Outagamie County223,864R+5.1→D 4.8
Racine County215,372R+3.1→D 1.0
Winnebago County190,742R+2.4→D 1.6
Washington County182,814R+18.1→D 20.0
Kenosha County181,360R+3.10.0
Rock County176,620D+3.6→R 7.5

Biggest shifts from 2020 to 2024: toward the Republican, Menominee County (33.6), Dane County (26.8), Milwaukee County (20.6); toward the Democrat, Taylor County (22.4), Florence County (21.1), Washington County (20.0) — in points of margin.

County returns from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (official state data), 2000–2024. Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, of all votes cast.

Results by year

YearWinnerDemocratRepublicanOtherMarginNationTurnoutEV
2024 Donald TrumpTrumpHarris 48.7%1,668,229Trump 49.6%1,697,6261.7%R+0.9R+1.576.7%10
2020 Joe BidenBidenBiden 49.5%1,630,866Trump 48.8%1,610,1841.7%D+0.6D+4.575.0%10
2016 Donald TrumpTrumpClinton 46.5%1,382,536Trump 47.2%1,405,2846.3%R+0.8D+2.169.9%10
2012 Barack ObamaObamaObama 52.8%1,620,985Romney 45.9%1,410,9661.3%D+6.9D+3.973.4%10
2008 Barack ObamaObamaObama 56.2%1,677,211McCain 42.3%1,262,3931.5%D+13.9D+7.372.7%10
2004 John KerryKerry lostKerry 49.7%1,489,504Bush 49.3%1,478,1201.0%D+0.4R+2.575.5%10
2000 Al GoreGore lostGore 48.0%1,242,987Bush 47.7%1,237,2794.3%D+0.2D+0.567.3%11
1996 Bill ClintonClintonClinton 48.8%1,071,971Dole 38.5%845,029Perot 10.4%D+10.3D+8.558.3%11
1992 Bill ClintonClintonClinton 41.1%1,041,066Bush 36.8%930,855Perot 21.5%D+4.4D+5.669.9%11
1988 Michael DukakisDukakis lostDukakis 51.4%1,126,794Bush 47.8%1,047,4990.8%D+3.6R+7.762.8%11
1984 Ronald ReaganReaganMondale 45.0%995,740Reagan 54.2%1,198,5840.8%R+9.2R+18.264.9%11
1980 Ronald ReaganReaganCarter 43.2%981,584Reagan 47.9%1,088,845Anderson 7.1%R+4.7R+9.768.4%11
1976 Jimmy CarterCarterCarter 49.5%1,040,232Ford 47.8%1,004,9872.7%D+1.7D+2.1—11
1972 Richard NixonNixonMcGovern 43.7%Nixon 53.4%2.9%R+9.7R+23.2—11
1968 Richard NixonNixonHumphrey 44.3%Nixon 47.9%Wallace 7.6%R+3.6R+0.7—12
1964 Lyndon B. JohnsonJohnsonJohnson 62.1%Goldwater 37.7%0.2%D+24.4D+22.6—12
1960 Richard NixonNixon lostKennedy 48.1%Nixon 51.8%0.2%R+3.7D+0.2—12

Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, in percentage points; Nation is the same for the national popular vote. "Other" is everyone else combined, or the leading third-party candidate where one took 5% or more. Vote counts from 1976. Turnout is ballots cast as a share of eligible voters, from 1980 (UF Election Lab; the newest year is preliminary).

Electoral votes

Electoral votes change after each census, when House seats are reapportioned.

  • 1219601950 census
  • 121964–19681960 census
  • 111972–19801970 census
  • 111984–19881980 census
  • 111992–20001990 census
  • 102004–20082000 census
  • 102012–20202010 census
  • 102024–20282020 census
  • 92032–2040projected

Projected: Wisconsin's share of House seats after the 2030 census if each state's population keeps changing at its pace since 2020, from the Census Bureau's 2024 American Community Survey population estimates (July 1, 2024). If the count were taken today it would have 10. An estimate, not a forecast.

Before 1960

Wisconsin cast electoral votes in 28 presidential elections before 1960, the first in 1848. It backed the eventual president in 22 of them.

YearCarried byElectorsMarginBacked winner
1956Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican12+23.9✓
1952Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican12+22.3✓
1948Harry S. Truman Democratic12+4.6✓
1944Thomas E. Dewey Republican12+1.8–
1940Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic12+1.9✓
1936Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic12+35.7✓
1932Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic12+34.1✓
1928Herbert Hoover Republican13+9.4✓
1924Robert M. La Follette Progressive13+17.0–
1920Warren G. Harding Republican13+62.9✓
1916Charles Evans Hughes Republican13+7.1–
1912Woodrow Wilson Democratic13+8.6✓
1908William Howard Taft Republican13+19.6✓
1904Theodore Roosevelt Republican13+38.6✓
1900William McKinley Republican12+25.1✓
1896William McKinley Republican12+23.7✓
1892Grover Cleveland Democratic12+1.7✓
1888Benjamin Harrison Republican11+6.4✓
1884James G. Blaine Republican11+4.8–
1880James A. Garfield Republican10+11.5✓
1876Rutherford B. Hayes Republican10+2.6✓
1872Ulysses S. Grant Republican10+9.7✓
1868Ulysses S. Grant Republican8+12.5✓
1864Abraham Lincoln Republican8+11.8✓
1860Abraham Lincoln Republican5+13.9✓
1856John C. Frémont Republican5+11.8–
1852Franklin Pierce Democratic5+20.4✓
1848Lewis Cass Democratic4+3.2–

Margin: the winner's lead over the runner-up in the state's popular vote, in points. A dash means the legislature chose the electors (common before the 1830s) or no popular vote is on record. Each year links to that election's map and full results.