The American Vote
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Wisconsin

Party timeline · 1848–2024

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Swing timeline · Wisconsin
One column per cycle. Height is the state’s electoral votes, colour is the party that carried it, and a diamond marks a flip. 19 flips across 45 cycles.
Rep 1856–1888 · 9 straight1848 · Cass (Democratic) · 4 EV1852 · Pierce (Democratic) · 5 EV1856 · Fremont (Republican) · 5 EV1860 · Lincoln (Republican) · 5 EV1864 · Lincoln (Republican) · 8 EV1868 · Grant (Republican) · 8 EV1872 · Grant (Republican) · 10 EV1876 · Hayes (Republican) · 10 EV1880 · Garfield (Republican) · 10 EV1884 · Blaine (Republican) · 11 EV1888 · Harrison (Republican) · 11 EV1892 · Cleveland (Democratic) · 12 EV1896 · McKinley (Republican) · 12 EV1900 · McKinley (Republican) · 12 EV1904 · Roosevelt (Republican) · 13 EV1908 · Taft (Republican) · 13 EV1912 · Wilson (Democratic) · 13 EV1916 · Hughes (Republican) · 13 EV1920 · Harding (Republican) · 13 EV1924 · La Follette (Progressive) · 13 EV1928 · Hoover (Republican) · 13 EV1932 · Roosevelt (Democratic) · 12 EV1936 · Roosevelt (Democratic) · 12 EV1940 · Roosevelt (Democratic) · 12 EV1944 · Dewey (Republican) · 12 EV1948 · Truman (Democratic) · 12 EV1952 · Eisenhower (Republican) · 12 EV1956 · Eisenhower (Republican) · 12 EV1960 · Nixon (Republican) · 12 EV1964 · Johnson (Democratic) · 12 EV1968 · Nixon (Republican) · 12 EV1972 · Nixon (Republican) · 11 EV1976 · Carter (Democratic) · 11 EV1980 · Reagan (Republican) · 11 EV1984 · Reagan (Republican) · 11 EV1988 · Dukakis (Democratic) · 11 EV1992 · Clinton (Democratic) · 11 EV1996 · Clinton (Democratic) · 11 EV2000 · Gore (Democratic) · 11 EV2004 · Kerry (Democratic) · 10 EV2008 · Obama (Democratic) · 10 EV2012 · Obama (Democratic) · 10 EV2016 · Trump (Republican) · 10 EV2020 · Biden (Democratic) · 10 EV2024 · Trump (Republican) · 10 EV18601880190019201940196019802000202013EV
Electoral votes over time
510151848 · 4 EV1852 · 5 EV1856 · 5 EV1860 · 5 EV1864 · 8 EV1868 · 8 EV1872 · 10 EV1876 · 10 EV1880 · 10 EV1884 · 11 EV1888 · 11 EV1892 · 12 EV1896 · 12 EV1900 · 12 EV1904 · 13 EV1908 · 13 EV1912 · 13 EV1916 · 13 EV1920 · 13 EV1924 · 13 EV1928 · 13 EV1932 · 12 EV1936 · 12 EV1940 · 12 EV1944 · 12 EV1948 · 12 EV1952 · 12 EV1956 · 12 EV1960 · 12 EV1964 · 12 EV1968 · 12 EV1972 · 11 EV1976 · 11 EV1980 · 11 EV1984 · 11 EV1988 · 11 EV1992 · 11 EV1996 · 11 EV2000 · 11 EV2004 · 10 EV2008 · 10 EV2012 · 10 EV2016 · 10 EV2020 · 10 EV2024 · 10 EV1848186019001932196820002024
By party · all cycles
Rep 26
Dem 18
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Popular vote · newest first

Swing is how far the gap between the Democratic and Republican shares moved since the state’s previous election with sourced votes: “R +1.6” means 1.6 points toward the Republican.

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Wisconsin in every presidential election: who carried it, popular vote, margin and swing
YearCarried byDemRepOthers namedMarginSwing
2024Rep Trump
Harris
1,668,229
48.7%
Trump
1,697,626
49.6%
None
29,397
0.9 pts
R +1.5
since 2020
20201Dem Biden
Biden
1,630,866
49.4%
Trump
1,610,184
48.8%
Jo Jorgensen 38,491 · 1.2%
20,682
0.6 pts
D +1.4
since 2016
2016Rep Trump
Clinton
1,382,536
46.5%
Trump
1,405,284
47.2%
Gary Johnson 106,674 · 3.6%
Jill Stein 31,072 · 1.0%
22,748
0.8 pts
R +7.6
since 2012
2012Dem Obama
Obama
1,620,985
52.8%
Romney
1,410,966
45.9%
None
210,019
6.8 pts
R +7.1
since 2008
2008Dem Obama
Obama
1,677,211
56.2%
McCain
1,262,393
42.3%
None
414,818
13.9 pts
D +13.5
since 2004
20042Dem Kerry
Kerry
1,489,504
49.7%
Bush
1,478,120
49.3%
None
11,384
0.4 pts
D +0.2
since 2000
2000Dem Gore
Gore
1,242,987
47.8%
Bush
1,237,279
47.6%
Ralph Nader 94,070 · 3.6%
5,708
0.2 pts
R +10.1
since 1996
19963Dem Clinton
Clinton
1,071,971
48.8%
Dole
845,029
38.5%
Ross Perot 227,339 · 10.4%
226,942
10.3 pts
D +6.0
since 1992
19924Dem Clinton
Clinton
1,041,066
41.1%
Bush
930,855
36.8%
Ross Perot 544,479 · 21.5%
110,211
4.4 pts
D +0.7
since 1988
1988Dem Dukakis
Dukakis
1,126,794
51.4%
Bush
1,047,499
47.8%
None
79,295
3.6 pts
D +12.8
since 1984
1984Rep Reagan
Mondale
995,740
45.0%
Reagan
1,198,584
54.2%
None
202,844
9.2 pts
R +4.5
since 1980
1980Rep Reagan
Carter
981,584
43.2%
Reagan
1,088,845
47.9%
John B. Anderson 160,657 · 7.1%
Ed Clark 29,135 · 1.3%
107,261
4.7 pts
R +6.4
since 1976
1976Dem Carter
Carter
1,040,232
49.5%
Ford
1,004,987
47.8%
Eugene McCarthy 34,943 · 1.7%
35,245
1.7 pts
D +11.4
since 1972
19725Rep Nixon
McGovern
810,1745
43.7%
Nixon
989,4305
53.4%
John G. Schmitz 47,525 · 2.6%5
179,256
9.7 pts
R +6.1
since 1968
1968Rep Nixon
Humphrey
748,804
44.3%
Nixon
809,997
47.9%
George Wallace 127,835 · 7.6%
61,193
3.6 pts
R +28.0
since 1964
1964Dem Johnson
Johnson
1,050,424
62.1%
Goldwater
638,495
37.7%
None
411,929
24.3 pts
D +28.1
since 1960
1960Rep Nixon
Kennedy
830,805
48.0%
Nixon
895,175
51.8%
None
64,370
3.7 pts
D +20.0
since 1956
1956Rep Eisenhower
Stevenson
586,768
37.8%
Eisenhower
954,844
61.6%
None
368,076
23.7 pts
R +1.5
since 1952
19526Rep Eisenhower
Stevenson
622,1756
38.7%
Eisenhower
979,7446
61.0%
None
357,569
22.2 pts
R +26.7
since 1948
1948Dem Truman
Truman
647,310
50.7%
Dewey
590,959
46.3%
Henry A. Wallace 25,282 · 2.0%
56,351
4.4 pts
D +6.2
since 1944
1944Rep Dewey
Roosevelt
650,413
48.6%
Dewey
674,532
50.4%
None
24,119
1.8 pts
R +3.6
since 1940
19407Dem Roosevelt
Roosevelt
704,8217
50.1%
Willkie
679,2067
48.3%
Norman Thomas 15,071 · 1.1%7
25,615
1.8 pts
R +31.7
since 1936
1936Dem Roosevelt
Roosevelt
802,984
63.8%
Landon
380,828
30.3%
William Lemke 60,297 · 4.8%
422,156
33.5 pts
D +1.3
since 1932
19328Dem Roosevelt
Roosevelt
707,4108
63.5%
Hoover
347,7418
31.2%
Norman Thomas 53,379 · 4.8%8
359,669
32.3 pts
D +41.5
since 1928
19289Rep Hoover
Smith
450,2599
44.3%
Hoover
544,2059
53.5%
Norman Thomas 18,213 · 1.8%9
93,946
9.2 pts
D +19.7
since 1924
1924Prog La Follette
Davis
68,115
8.1%
Coolidge
311,614
37.1%
Robert M. La Follette 453,678 · 54.0%
142,064
16.9 pts
D +26.0
since 1920
192010Rep Harding
Cox
113,42210
16.2%
Harding
498,57610
71.1%
Eugene V. Debs 80,635 · 11.5%10
Aaron S. Watkins 8,647 · 1.2%10
385,154
54.9 pts
R +48.6
since 1916
1916Rep Hughes
Wilson
193,042
43.0%
Hughes
221,323
49.3%
Allan L. Benson 27,846 · 6.2%
J. Frank Hanly 7,166 · 1.6%
28,281
6.3 pts
R +14.7
since 1912
1912Dem Wilson
Wilson
164,409
41.4%
Taft
130,878
32.9%
Theodore Roosevelt 58,661 · 14.8%
Eugene V. Debs 34,168 · 8.6%
Eugene W. Chafin 8,467 · 2.1%
33,531
8.4 pts
D +26.3
since 1908
1908Rep Taft
Bryan
166,632
36.7%
Taft
247,747
54.5%
Eugene V. Debs 28,170 · 6.2%
Eugene W. Chafin 11,572 · 2.5%
81,115
17.8 pts
D +17.4
since 1904
1904Rep Roosevelt
Parker
124,107
28.0%
Roosevelt
280,164
63.2%
Eugene V. Debs 28,220 · 6.4%
Silas C. Swallow 9,770 · 2.2%
156,057
35.2 pts
R +11.2
since 1900
1900Rep McKinley
Bryan
159,285
36.0%
McKinley
265,866
60.0%
John G. Woolley 10,124 · 2.3%
Joseph F. Malloney 7,095 · 1.6%
106,581
24.1 pts
R +1.1
since 1896
189611Rep McKinley
Bryan
165,52311
37.0%
McKinley
268,13511
59.9%
Joshua Levering 7,509 · 1.7%11
John M. Palmer 4,584 · 1.0%11
102,612
22.9 pts
R +24.7
since 1892
189212Dem Cleveland
Cleveland
177,33512
47.8%
Harrison
170,79112
46.0%
John Bidwell 13,132 · 3.5%12
James B. Weaver 9,909 · 2.7%12
6,544
1.8 pts
D +7.8
since 1888
1888Rep Harrison
Cleveland
155,232
43.8%
Harrison
176,553
49.8%
Clinton B. Fisk 14,277 · 4.0%
Alson J. Streeter 8,552 · 2.4%
21,321
6.0 pts
R +1.4
since 1884
188413Rep Blaine
Cleveland
146,45913
45.8%
Blaine
161,15713
50.4%
John P. St. John 7,656 · 2.4%13
Benjamin F. Butler 4,598 · 1.4%13
14,698
4.6 pts
D +6.6
since 1880
188014Rep Garfield
Hancock
114,63414
42.9%
Garfield
144,39714
54.1%
James B. Weaver 7,980 · 3.0%14
29,763
11.1 pts
R +8.5
since 1876
187615Rep Hayes
Tilden
123,92715
48.4%
Hayes
130,66815
51.0%
None
6,741
2.6 pts
D +7.0
since 1872
187216,17Rep Grant
Greeley
86,47716
45.0%
Grant
104,99216
54.6%
None
18,515
9.6 pts
D +2.8
since 1868
186818Rep Grant
Seymour
84,71018
43.8%
Grant
108,85718
56.2%
None
24,147
12.5 pts
First sourced year
186419Rep LincolnState popular vote not yet sourced.
186020Rep LincolnState popular vote not yet sourced.
185621Rep FremontState popular vote not yet sourced.
185222Dem PierceState popular vote not yet sourced.
184823Dem CassState popular vote not yet sourced.

Shares are of the state’s total vote for president. Margin is the leader’s lead over the second-placed candidate. “Others named” lists every other candidate the figures give a line of their own.

Notes on the figures

  1. 2020 'Other candidates' includes 5,146 blank, void, over- or under-vote or 'none of these candidates' ballots, which the source reports as lines of their own.
  2. 2004 'Other candidates' includes 2,986 blank, void, over- or under-vote or 'none of these candidates' ballots, which the source reports as lines of their own.
  3. 1996 The source reports 32,766 votes under the label 'Independent' on one line with no candidate name, so the people they went to cannot be shown separately; they are counted in 'Other candidates'.
  4. 1992 'Other candidates' includes 961 blank, void, over- or under-vote or 'none of these candidates' ballots, which the source reports as lines of their own.
  5. 1972 The official table notes: Others 506: footnote 10, 'Independent Party.'
  6. 1952 The official table notes: Hallinan, Hoopes, Hass and Dobbs 'did not file under their party names' (footnote 19).
  7. 1940 The official table notes: Other: Socialist Labor, 1,882.
  8. 1932 The official table notes: The Foster figure 3,112 carries footnote 7: 'Independent Communist.'
  9. 1928 The official table notes: Footnote 21: 'Scattering votes, 41, included in grand total.'
  10. 1920 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
  11. 1896 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
  12. 1892 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
  13. 1884 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
  14. 1880 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
  15. 1876 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
  16. 1872 Horace Greeley was the Liberal Republican nominee and was also endorsed by the Democratic Party; he is listed under the Democratic column, where the county file records his votes.
  17. 1872 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
  18. 1868 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
  19. 1864 State popular vote not yet sourced.
  20. 1860 State popular vote not yet sourced.
  21. 1856 State popular vote not yet sourced.
  22. 1852 State popular vote not yet sourced.
  23. 1848 State popular vote not yet sourced.

SourcesMIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976–2024 (CC0 1.0, retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1960 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1952 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1948 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1944 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1940 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1936 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1932 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1928 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1924 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 2, 1920 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1917 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1914 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1910 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1905 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1901 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1897 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1894 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac 1891 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac 1886 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1878 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac for 1873 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

Results · oldest → newest

Second Party System
1848
Cass
Democratic · 4 EV
National: Zachary Taylor · Whig
Second Party System
1852
Pierce
Democratic · 5 EV
National: Franklin Pierce · Dem
Antebellum Crisis
1856
Fremont
Republican · 5 EV
National: James Buchanan · Dem
Civil War
1860
Lincoln
Republican · 5 EV
National: Abraham Lincoln · Rep
Civil War
1864
Lincoln
Republican · 8 EV
National: Abraham Lincoln · Rep
Reconstruction
1868
Grant
Republican · 8 EV
National: Ulysses S. Grant · Rep
Reconstruction
1872
Grant
Republican · 10 EV
National: Ulysses S. Grant · Rep
Gilded Age
1876
Hayes
Republican · 10 EV
National: Rutherford B. Hayes · Rep
Gilded Age
1880
Garfield
Republican · 10 EV
National: James A. Garfield · Rep
Gilded Age
1884
Blaine
Republican · 11 EV
National: Grover Cleveland · Dem
Gilded Age
1888
Harrison
Republican · 11 EV
National: Benjamin Harrison · Rep
Gilded Age
1892
Cleveland
Democratic · 12 EV
National: Grover Cleveland · Dem
Progressive Era
1896
McKinley
Republican · 12 EV
National: William McKinley · Rep
Progressive Era
1900
McKinley
Republican · 12 EV
National: William McKinley · Rep
Progressive Era
1904
Roosevelt
Republican · 13 EV
National: Theodore Roosevelt · Rep
Progressive Era
1908
Taft
Republican · 13 EV
National: William Howard Taft · Rep
Progressive Era
1912
Wilson
Democratic · 13 EV
National: Woodrow Wilson · Dem
Progressive Era
1916
Hughes
Republican · 13 EV
National: Woodrow Wilson · Dem
Roaring Twenties
1920
Harding
Republican · 13 EV
National: Warren G. Harding · Rep
Roaring Twenties
1924
La Follette
Progressive · 13 EV
National: Calvin Coolidge · Rep
Roaring Twenties
1928
Hoover
Republican · 13 EV
National: Herbert Hoover · Rep
New Deal Coalition
1932
Roosevelt
Democratic · 12 EV
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition
1936
Roosevelt
Democratic · 12 EV
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition
1940
Roosevelt
Democratic · 12 EV
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition
1944
Dewey
Republican · 12 EV
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition
1948
Truman
Democratic · 12 EV
National: Harry S. Truman · Dem
New Deal Coalition
1952
Eisenhower
Republican · 12 EV
National: Dwight D. Eisenhower · Rep
New Deal Coalition
1956
Eisenhower
Republican · 12 EV
National: Dwight D. Eisenhower · Rep
New Deal Coalition
1960
Nixon
Republican · 12 EV
National: John F. Kennedy · Dem
New Deal Coalition
1964
Johnson
Democratic · 12 EV
National: Lyndon B. Johnson · Dem
Cold War Realignment
1968
Nixon
Republican · 12 EV
National: Richard Nixon · Rep
Cold War Realignment
1972
Nixon
Republican · 11 EV
National: Richard Nixon · Rep
Cold War Realignment
1976
Carter
Democratic · 11 EV
National: Jimmy Carter · Dem
Cold War Realignment
1980
Reagan
Republican · 11 EV
National: Ronald Reagan · Rep
Cold War Realignment
1984
Reagan
Republican · 11 EV
National: Ronald Reagan · Rep
Cold War Realignment
1988
Dukakis
Democratic · 11 EV
National: George H. W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization
1992
Clinton
Democratic · 11 EV
National: Bill Clinton · Dem
Modern Polarization
1996
Clinton
Democratic · 11 EV
National: Bill Clinton · Dem
Modern Polarization
2000
Gore
Democratic · 11 EV
National: George W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization
2004
Kerry
Democratic · 10 EV
National: George W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization
2008
Obama
Democratic · 10 EV
National: Barack Obama · Dem
Modern Polarization
2012
Obama
Democratic · 10 EV
National: Barack Obama · Dem
Modern Polarization
2016
Trump
Republican · 10 EV
National: Donald Trump · Rep
Modern Polarization
2020
Biden
Democratic · 10 EV
National: Joe Biden · Dem
Modern Polarization
2024
Trump
Republican · 10 EV
National: Donald Trump · Rep

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