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United States presidential elections in Wisconsin

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United States presidential elections in Wisconsin

Since Wisconsin's admission to the Union in May 1848, it has participated in 44 U . presidential elections. In 1924, Robert M. La Follette became the only third-party presidential candidate to win in Wisconsin, taking 53 % of the popular vote. Since 1988, Wisconsin has leaned towards the Democratic Party in presidential elections, although Republican Donald Trump won the state by a margin of 0 percentage points. Wisconsin is tied with Michigan and Pennsylvania for the longest active streak of voting for the winning candidate, last voting for a losing candidate in 2004. In the 2020 presidential election, Democrat Joe Biden won Wisconsin, defeating Trump by 0 percentage points. During the 2021 United States Electoral College vote count, 36 members of the House of Representatives objected to the certification of Wisconsin's electoral votes because of unsubstantiated claims of election fraud, but the objection failed because it was not joined by a senator. In the 2024 presidential election, Republican candidate Donald Trump won Wisconsin by 0 percentage points over Kamala Harris.

Infobox

Number of elections
45
Voted Democratic
18
Voted Republican
26
Voted other
1
Voted for winning candidate
34
Voted for losing candidate
10

Tables

Presidential elections in Wisconsin from 1848 to 1856 · Elections › 1848 to 1856
Candidate
Candidate
Year
Candidate
Winner
Votes
Winner
%
Winner
Candidate
Winner
Votes
Runner-up
%
Runner-up
Candidate
Runner-up
Votes
Runner-up
%
1848
1848
Year
1848
Winner
Lewis Cass (D)
Winner
15,001
Winner
38 %
Runner-up
Zachary Taylor (W) ‡
Runner-up
13,747
Runner-up
35 %
Other candidate
Martin Van Buren (FS)
Other candidate
10,418
1852
1852
Year
1852
Winner
Franklin Pierce (D) ‡
Winner
33,658
Winner
51 %
Runner-up
Winfield Scott (W)
Runner-up
22,240
Runner-up
34 %
Other candidate
John P. Hale (FS)
Other candidate
8,842
1856
1856
Year
1856
Winner
John C. Frémont (R)
Winner
67,090
Winner
55 %
Runner-up
James Buchanan (D) ‡
Runner-up
52,843
Runner-up
43 %
Other candidate
Millard Fillmore (KN)
Other candidate
580
Year
Winner
Runner-up
Other candidate
EV
Ref.
Candidate
Votes
%
Candidate
Votes
%
Candidate
Votes
%
1848
Lewis Cass (D)
15,001
38 %
Zachary Taylor (W) ‡
13,747
35 %
Martin Van Buren (FS)
10,418
1852
Franklin Pierce (D) ‡
33,658
51 %
Winfield Scott (W)
22,240
34 %
John P. Hale (FS)
8,842
1856
John C. Frémont (R)
67,090
55 %
James Buchanan (D) ‡
52,843
43 %
Millard Fillmore (KN)
580
1860 presidential election in Wisconsin · Elections › Election of 1860
Candidate
Candidate
Year
Candidate
Winner
Votes (%)
Winner
Candidate
Winner
Votes (%)
Runner-up
Candidate
Runner-up
Votes (%)
Runner-up
Candidate
Other candidate
Votes (%)
1860
1860
Year
1860
Winner
Abraham Lincoln (R) ‡
Winner
86,110 (56 %)
Runner-up
Stephen A. Douglas (D)
Runner-up
65,021 (42 %)
Other candidate
John C. Breckinridge (SD)
Other candidate
887 (0 %)
Other candidate
John Bell (CU)
Year
Winner
Runner-up
Other candidate
Other candidate
EV
Ref.
Candidate
Votes (%)
Candidate
Votes (%)
Candidate
Votes (%)
Candidate
Votes (%)
1860
Abraham Lincoln (R) ‡
86,110 (56 %)
Stephen A. Douglas (D)
65,021 (42 %)
John C. Breckinridge (SD)
887 (0 %)
John Bell (CU)
Presidential elections in Wisconsin from 1864 to present · Elections › 1864 to present
Candidate
Candidate
Year
Candidate
Winner
Votes
Winner
%
Winner
Candidate
Winner
Votes
Runner-up
%
Runner-up
Candidate
Runner-up
Votes
Runner-up
%
1864
1864
Year
1864
Winner
Abraham Lincoln (R) ‡
Winner
83,458
Winner
55 %
Runner-up
George B. McClellan (D)
Runner-up
65,884
Runner-up
44 %
Other candidate
–
Other candidate
–
Other candidate
–
1868
1868
Year
1868
Winner
Ulysses S. Grant (R) ‡
Winner
108,920
Winner
56 %
Runner-up
Horatio Seymour (D)
Runner-up
84,708
Runner-up
43 %
Other candidate
–
Other candidate
–
Other candidate
–
1872
1872
Year
1872
Winner
Ulysses S. Grant (R) ‡
Winner
105,012
Winner
54 %
Runner-up
Horace Greeley (D)
Runner-up
86,390
Runner-up
44 %
Other candidate
Charles O'Conor (SOD)
Other candidate
853
1876
1876
Year
1876
Winner
Rutherford B. Hayes (R) ‡
Winner
130,668
Winner
50 %
Runner-up
Samuel Tilden (D)
Runner-up
123,927
Runner-up
48 %
Other candidate
Peter Cooper (GB)
Other candidate
1,509
1880
1880
Year
1880
Winner
James A. Garfield (R) ‡
Winner
144,406
Winner
54 %
Runner-up
Winfield S. Hancock (D)
Runner-up
114,650
Runner-up
42 %
Other candidate
James B. Weaver (GB)
Other candidate
7,986
1884
1884
Year
1884
Winner
James G. Blaine (R)
Winner
161,155
Winner
50 %
Runner-up
Grover Cleveland (D) ‡
Runner-up
146,447
Runner-up
45 %
Other candidate
John P. St. John (PRO)
Other candidate
7,651
1888
1888
Year
1888
Winner
Benjamin Harrison (R) ‡
Winner
176,553
Winner
49 %
Runner-up
Grover Cleveland (D)
Runner-up
155,232
Runner-up
43 %
Other candidate
Clinton B. Fisk (PRO)
Other candidate
14,277
1892
1892
Year
1892
Winner
Grover Cleveland (D) ‡
Winner
177,325
Winner
47 %
Runner-up
Benjamin Harrison (R)
Runner-up
171,101
Runner-up
46 %
Other candidate
John Bidwell (PRO)
Other candidate
13,136
1896
1896
Year
1896
Winner
William McKinley (R) ‡
Winner
268,135
Winner
59 %
Runner-up
William Jennings Bryan (D)
Runner-up
165,523
Runner-up
37 %
Other candidate
Joshua Levering (PRO)
Other candidate
7,507
1900
1900
Year
1900
Winner
William McKinley (R) ‡
Winner
265,760
Winner
60 %
Runner-up
William Jennings Bryan (D)
Runner-up
159,163
Runner-up
35 %
Other candidate
John G. Woolley (PRO)
Other candidate
10,027
1904
1904
Year
1904
Winner
Theodore Roosevelt (R) ‡
Winner
280,314
Winner
63 %
Runner-up
Alton B. Parker (D)
Runner-up
124,205
Runner-up
28 %
Other candidate
Eugene V. Debs (S)
Other candidate
28,240
1908
1908
Year
1908
Winner
William Howard Taft (R) ‡
Winner
247,744
Winner
54 %
Runner-up
William Jennings Bryan (D)
Runner-up
166,662
Runner-up
36 %
Other candidate
Eugene V. Debs (S)
Other candidate
28,147
1912
1912
Year
1912
Winner
Woodrow Wilson (D) ‡
Winner
164,230
Winner
41 %
Runner-up
William Howard Taft (R)
Runner-up
130,596
Runner-up
32 %
Other candidate
Theodore Roosevelt (PR-1912)
Other candidate
62,448
1916
1916
Year
1916
Winner
Charles E. Hughes (R)
Winner
220,822
Winner
49 %
Runner-up
Woodrow Wilson (D) ‡
Runner-up
191,363
Runner-up
42 %
Other candidate
Allan L. Benson (S)
Other candidate
27,631
1920
1920
Year
1920
Winner
Warren G. Harding (R) ‡
Winner
498,576
Winner
71 %
Runner-up
James M. Cox (D)
Runner-up
113,422
Runner-up
16 %
Other candidate
Eugene V. Debs (S)
Other candidate
80,635
1924
1924
Year
1924
Winner
Robert LaFollette (Progressive Party (United States, 1924))
Winner
453,678
Winner
53 %
Runner-up
Calvin Coolidge (R) ‡
Runner-up
311,614
Runner-up
37 %
Other candidate
John W. Davis (D)
Other candidate
68,115
1928
1928
Year
1928
Winner
Herbert Hoover (R) ‡
Winner
544,205
Winner
53 %
Runner-up
Alfred E. Smith (D)
Runner-up
450,259
Runner-up
44 %
Other candidate
Norman M. Thomas (S)
Other candidate
18,213
1932
1932
Year
1932
Winner
Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) ‡
Winner
707,410
Winner
63 %
Runner-up
Herbert Hoover (R)
Runner-up
347,741
Runner-up
31 %
Other candidate
Norman M. Thomas (S)
Other candidate
53,379
1936
1936
Year
1936
Winner
Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) ‡
Winner
802,984
Winner
63 %
Runner-up
Alfred Landon (R)
Runner-up
380,828
Runner-up
30 %
Other candidate
William Lemke (Union)
Other candidate
60,297
1940
1940
Year
1940
Winner
Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) ‡
Winner
704,821
Winner
50 %
Runner-up
Wendell L. Willkie (R)
Runner-up
679,206
Runner-up
48 %
Other candidate
Norman M. Thomas (S)
Other candidate
15,071
1944
1944
Year
1944
Winner
Thomas E. Dewey (R)
Winner
674,532
Winner
50 %
Runner-up
Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) ‡
Runner-up
650,413
Runner-up
48 %
Other candidate
Norman M. Thomas (S)
Other candidate
13,205
1948
1948
Year
1948
Winner
Harry S. Truman (D) ‡
Winner
647,310
Winner
50 %
Runner-up
Thomas E. Dewey (R)
Runner-up
590,959
Runner-up
46 %
Other candidate
Henry A. Wallace (PR-1948)
Other candidate
25,282
1952
1952
Year
1952
Winner
Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) ‡
Winner
979,744
Winner
60 %
Runner-up
Adlai Stevenson (D)
Runner-up
622,175
Runner-up
38 %
Other candidate
Vincent Hallinan (PR-1948)
Other candidate
2,174
1956
1956
Year
1956
Winner
Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) ‡
Winner
954,844
Winner
61 %
Runner-up
Adlai Stevenson (D)
Runner-up
586,768
Runner-up
37 %
Other candidate
T. Coleman Andrews (C)
Other candidate
6,918
1960
1960
Year
1960
Winner
Richard M. Nixon (R)
Winner
895,175
Winner
51 %
Runner-up
John F. Kennedy (D) ‡
Runner-up
830,805
Runner-up
48 %
Other candidate
Farrell Dobbs (SWP)
Other candidate
1,792
1964
1964
Year
1964
Winner
Lyndon B. Johnson (D) ‡
Winner
1,050,424
Winner
62 %
Runner-up
Barry Goldwater (R)
Runner-up
638,495
Runner-up
37 %
Other candidate
Clifton DeBerry (SWP)
Other candidate
1,692
1968
1968
Year
1968
Winner
Richard M. Nixon (R) ‡
Winner
809,997
Winner
47 %
Runner-up
Hubert Humphrey (D)
Runner-up
748,804
Runner-up
44 %
Other candidate
George Wallace (AI)
Other candidate
127,835
1972
1972
Year
1972
Winner
Richard M. Nixon (R) ‡
Winner
989,430
Winner
53 %
Runner-up
George McGovern (D)
Runner-up
810,174
Runner-up
43 %
Other candidate
John G. Schmitz (A)
Other candidate
47,525
1976
1976
Year
1976
Winner
Jimmy Carter (D) ‡
Winner
1,040,232
Winner
49 %
Runner-up
Gerald R. Ford (R)
Runner-up
1,004,987
Runner-up
47 %
Other candidate
Eugene J. McCarthy (I)
Other candidate
34,943
1980
1980
Year
1980
Winner
Ronald Reagan (R) ‡
Winner
1,088,845
Winner
47 %
Runner-up
Jimmy Carter (D)
Runner-up
981,584
Runner-up
43 %
Other candidate
John B. Anderson (I)
Other candidate
160,657
1984
1984
Year
1984
Winner
Ronald Reagan (R) ‡
Winner
1,198,584
Winner
54 %
Runner-up
Walter Mondale (D)
Runner-up
995,740
Runner-up
45 %
Other candidate
David Bergland (LI)
Other candidate
4,883
1988
1988
Year
1988
Winner
Michael Dukakis (D)
Winner
1,126,794
Winner
51 %
Runner-up
George H. W. Bush (R) ‡
Runner-up
1,047,499
Runner-up
47 %
Other candidate
Ron Paul (LI)
Other candidate
5,157
1992
1992
Year
1992
Winner
Bill Clinton (D) ‡
Winner
1,041,066
Winner
41 %
Runner-up
George H. W. Bush (R)
Runner-up
930,855
Runner-up
36 %
Other candidate
Ross Perot (I)
Other candidate
544,479
1996
1996
Year
1996
Winner
Bill Clinton (D) ‡
Winner
1,071,971
Winner
48 %
Runner-up
Bob Dole (R)
Runner-up
845,029
Runner-up
38 %
Other candidate
Ross Perot (RE)
Other candidate
227,339
2000
2000
Year
2000
Winner
Al Gore (D)
Winner
1,242,987
Winner
47 %
Runner-up
George W. Bush (R) ‡
Runner-up
1,237,279
Runner-up
47 %
Other candidate
Ralph Nader (G)
Other candidate
94,070
2004
2004
Year
2004
Winner
John Kerry (D)
Winner
1,489,504
Winner
49 %
Runner-up
George W. Bush (R) ‡
Runner-up
1,478,120
Runner-up
49 %
Other candidate
Ralph Nader (RE)
Other candidate
16,390
2008
2008
Year
2008
Winner
Barack Obama (D) ‡
Winner
1,677,211
Winner
56 %
Runner-up
John McCain (R)
Runner-up
1,262,393
Runner-up
42 %
Other candidate
Ralph Nader (I)
Other candidate
17,605
2012
2012
Year
2012
Winner
Barack Obama (D) ‡
Winner
1,620,985
Winner
52 %
Runner-up
Mitt Romney (R)
Runner-up
1,407,966
Runner-up
45 %
Other candidate
Gary Johnson (I)
Other candidate
20,439
2016
2016
Year
2016
Winner
Donald Trump (R) ‡
Winner
1,405,284
Winner
47 %
Runner-up
Hillary Clinton (D)
Runner-up
1,382,536
Runner-up
46 %
Other candidate
Gary Johnson (LI)
Other candidate
106,674
2020
2020
Year
2020
Winner
Joe Biden (D) ‡
Winner
1,630,866
Winner
49 %
Runner-up
Donald Trump (R)
Runner-up
1,610,184
Runner-up
48 %
Other candidate
Jo Jorgensen (LI)
Other candidate
38,491
2024
2024
Year
2024
Winner
Donald Trump (R) ‡
Winner
1,697,626
Winner
49 %
Runner-up
Kamala Harris (D)
Runner-up
1,668,229
Runner-up
48 %
Other candidate
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (I)
Other candidate
17,740
Year
Winner
Runner-up
Other candidate
EV
Ref.
Candidate
Votes
%
Candidate
Votes
%
Candidate
Votes
%
1864
Abraham Lincoln (R) ‡
83,458
55 %
George B. McClellan (D)
65,884
44 %
–
–
–
1868
Ulysses S. Grant (R) ‡
108,920
56 %
Horatio Seymour (D)
84,708
43 %
–
–
–
1872
Ulysses S. Grant (R) ‡
105,012
54 %
Horace Greeley (D)
86,390
44 %
Charles O'Conor (SOD)
853
1876
Rutherford B. Hayes (R) ‡
130,668
50 %
Samuel Tilden (D)
123,927
48 %
Peter Cooper (GB)
1,509
1880
James A. Garfield (R) ‡
144,406
54 %
Winfield S. Hancock (D)
114,650
42 %
James B. Weaver (GB)
7,986
1884
James G. Blaine (R)
161,155
50 %
Grover Cleveland (D) ‡
146,447
45 %
John P. St. John (PRO)
7,651
1888
Benjamin Harrison (R) ‡
176,553
49 %
Grover Cleveland (D)
155,232
43 %
Clinton B. Fisk (PRO)
14,277
1892
Grover Cleveland (D) ‡
177,325
47 %
Benjamin Harrison (R)
171,101
46 %
John Bidwell (PRO)
13,136
1896
William McKinley (R) ‡
268,135
59 %
William Jennings Bryan (D)
165,523
37 %
Joshua Levering (PRO)
7,507
1900
William McKinley (R) ‡
265,760
60 %
William Jennings Bryan (D)
159,163
35 %
John G. Woolley (PRO)
10,027
1904
Theodore Roosevelt (R) ‡
280,314
63 %
Alton B. Parker (D)
124,205
28 %
Eugene V. Debs (S)
28,240
1908
William Howard Taft (R) ‡
247,744
54 %
William Jennings Bryan (D)
166,662
36 %
Eugene V. Debs (S)
28,147
1912
Woodrow Wilson (D) ‡
164,230
41 %
William Howard Taft (R)
130,596
32 %
Theodore Roosevelt (PR-1912)
62,448
1916
Charles E. Hughes (R)
220,822
49 %
Woodrow Wilson (D) ‡
191,363
42 %
Allan L. Benson (S)
27,631
1920
Warren G. Harding (R) ‡
498,576
71 %
James M. Cox (D)
113,422
16 %
Eugene V. Debs (S)
80,635
1924
Robert LaFollette (Progressive Party (United States, 1924))
453,678
53 %
Calvin Coolidge (R) ‡
311,614
37 %
John W. Davis (D)
68,115
1928
Herbert Hoover (R) ‡
544,205
53 %
Alfred E. Smith (D)
450,259
44 %
Norman M. Thomas (S)
18,213
1932
Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) ‡
707,410
63 %
Herbert Hoover (R)
347,741
31 %
Norman M. Thomas (S)
53,379
1936
Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) ‡
802,984
63 %
Alfred Landon (R)
380,828
30 %
William Lemke (Union)
60,297
1940
Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) ‡
704,821
50 %
Wendell L. Willkie (R)
679,206
48 %
Norman M. Thomas (S)
15,071
1944
Thomas E. Dewey (R)
674,532
50 %
Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) ‡
650,413
48 %
Norman M. Thomas (S)
13,205
1948
Harry S. Truman (D) ‡
647,310
50 %
Thomas E. Dewey (R)
590,959
46 %
Henry A. Wallace (PR-1948)
25,282
1952
Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) ‡
979,744
60 %
Adlai Stevenson (D)
622,175
38 %
Vincent Hallinan (PR-1948)
2,174
1956
Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) ‡
954,844
61 %
Adlai Stevenson (D)
586,768
37 %
T. Coleman Andrews (C)
6,918
1960
Richard M. Nixon (R)
895,175
51 %
John F. Kennedy (D) ‡
830,805
48 %
Farrell Dobbs (SWP)
1,792
1964
Lyndon B. Johnson (D) ‡
1,050,424
62 %
Barry Goldwater (R)
638,495
37 %
Clifton DeBerry (SWP)
1,692
1968
Richard M. Nixon (R) ‡
809,997
47 %
Hubert Humphrey (D)
748,804
44 %
George Wallace (AI)
127,835
1972
Richard M. Nixon (R) ‡
989,430
53 %
George McGovern (D)
810,174
43 %
John G. Schmitz (A)
47,525
1976
Jimmy Carter (D) ‡
1,040,232
49 %
Gerald R. Ford (R)
1,004,987
47 %
Eugene J. McCarthy (I)
34,943
1980
Ronald Reagan (R) ‡
1,088,845
47 %
Jimmy Carter (D)
981,584
43 %
John B. Anderson (I)
160,657
1984
Ronald Reagan (R) ‡
1,198,584
54 %
Walter Mondale (D)
995,740
45 %
David Bergland (LI)
4,883
1988
Michael Dukakis (D)
1,126,794
51 %
George H. W. Bush (R) ‡
1,047,499
47 %
Ron Paul (LI)
5,157
1992
Bill Clinton (D) ‡
1,041,066
41 %
George H. W. Bush (R)
930,855
36 %
Ross Perot (I)
544,479
1996
Bill Clinton (D) ‡
1,071,971
48 %
Bob Dole (R)
845,029
38 %
Ross Perot (RE)
227,339
2000
Al Gore (D)
1,242,987
47 %
George W. Bush (R) ‡
1,237,279
47 %
Ralph Nader (G)
94,070
2004
John Kerry (D)
1,489,504
49 %
George W. Bush (R) ‡
1,478,120
49 %
Ralph Nader (RE)
16,390
2008
Barack Obama (D) ‡
1,677,211
56 %
John McCain (R)
1,262,393
42 %
Ralph Nader (I)
17,605
2012
Barack Obama (D) ‡
1,620,985
52 %
Mitt Romney (R)
1,407,966
45 %
Gary Johnson (I)
20,439
2016
Donald Trump (R) ‡
1,405,284
47 %
Hillary Clinton (D)
1,382,536
46 %
Gary Johnson (LI)
106,674
2020
Joe Biden (D) ‡
1,630,866
49 %
Donald Trump (R)
1,610,184
48 %
Jo Jorgensen (LI)
38,491
2024
Donald Trump (R) ‡
1,697,626
49 %
Kamala Harris (D)
1,668,229
48 %
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (I)
17,740

References

  1. Robert La Follette Sr., 1924
  2. For purposes of these lists, other candidates are defined as those who were in third place in Wisconsin
  3. "Today in History - May 29"
    https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/may-29/#wisconsin
  4. madison
    https://madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/scott-fitzgerald-tom-tiffany-sole-republicans-from-wisconsin-to-object-to-joe-biden-certification/article_a6905688-0513-5f89-91a2-84e7c4cbe4a4.html
  5. Guide to U . Elections 2010, p. 761.
  6. Wisconsin Blue Book 1997, p. 677.
  7. Presidential elections, 1789–1996, p. 90.
  8. Guide to U . Elections 2010, p. 762.
  9. Presidential elections, 1789–1996, p. 91.
  10. Presidential elections, 1789–1996, p. 92.
  11. Guide to U . Elections 2010, p. 764.
  12. Presidential elections, 1789–1996, p. 93.
  13. Guide to U . Elections 2010, p. 765.
  14. Presidential elections, 1789–1996, p. 94.
  15. Guide to U . Elections 2010, p. 766.
  16. Presidential elections, 1789–1996, p. 95.
  17. Guide to U . Elections 2010, p. 767, 803.
  18. Presidential elections, 1789–1996, p. 96.
  19. Wisconsin Blue Book (1997, p. 677) cited in Guide to U . Elections (2010, pp. 768, 804)
  20. Guide to U . Elections 2010, p. 769.
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