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Election 1872 Results

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1872 presidential election in Wisconsin

Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) beat Horace Greeley (Democrat) in Wisconsin in 1872, 54.6% to 45.4%, a margin of 9.2 points and 17,769 votes.

Wisconsin voted 2.4 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+11.6.

The Republican hold continued from 1868, when Ulysses S. Grant also won.

Republicans led in 40 of the 58 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 18. The largest, Milwaukee, cast 14,353 votes and went to the Democrat by 18.7 points. The closest was Crawford, where 3 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ulysses S. Grant won Republican 105,012 54.6%
Horace Greeley Democratic 87,243 45.4%
Total192,255

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Milwaukee 8,519 59.4% 5,834 40.6% 14,353 D+18.7
Dane 4,685 47.7% 5,143 52.3% 9,828 R+4.7
Fond Du Lac 4,448 50.9% 4,292 49.1% 8,740 D+1.8
Dodge 5,625 64.8% 3,051 35.2% 8,676 D+29.7
Winnebago 2,969 41.0% 4,280 59.0% 7,249 R+18.1
Rock 1,761 25.5% 5,138 74.5% 6,899 R+48.9
Grant 2,336 35.2% 4,307 64.8% 6,643 R+29.7
Jefferson 3,637 58.5% 2,580 41.5% 6,217 D+17.0
Sheboygan 2,950 52.3% 2,687 47.7% 5,637 D+4.7
Waukesha 2,728 50.5% 2,671 49.5% 5,399 D+1.1
Walworth 1,518 30.2% 3,512 69.8% 5,030 R+39.6
Racine 2,101 42.2% 2,880 57.8% 4,981 R+15.6
Manitowoc 2,677 53.9% 2,289 46.1% 4,966 D+7.8
Columbia 1,846 37.6% 3,070 62.4% 4,916 R+24.9
Brown 2,206 45.0% 2,694 55.0% 4,900 R+10.0
La Crosse 1,985 47.7% 2,177 52.3% 4,162 R+4.6
Lafayette 2,007 49.1% 2,081 50.9% 4,088 R+1.8
Iowa 1,994 49.0% 2,078 51.0% 4,072 R+2.1
Sauk 1,356 33.4% 2,702 66.6% 4,058 R+33.2
Green 1,279 34.3% 2,450 65.7% 3,729 R+31.4
Washington 2,727 74.2% 947 25.8% 3,674 D+48.4
Monroe 1,439 40.5% 2,117 59.5% 3,556 R+19.1
Outagamie 1,975 56.3% 1,535 43.7% 3,510 D+12.5
Waupaca 946 31.6% 2,050 68.4% 2,996 R+36.8
Vernon 549 18.3% 2,445 81.7% 2,994 R+63.3
Richland 1,052 38.6% 1,675 61.4% 2,727 R+22.8
Kenosha 1,215 46.3% 1,408 53.7% 2,623 R+7.4
Green Lake 1,046 40.4% 1,541 59.6% 2,587 R+19.1
St. Croix 1,190 46.4% 1,373 53.6% 2,563 R+7.1
Juneau 1,068 42.9% 1,421 57.1% 2,489 R+14.2
Eau Claire 837 34.1% 1,615 65.9% 2,452 R+31.7
Portage 798 34.2% 1,536 65.8% 2,334 R+31.6
Crawford 1,165 50.1% 1,162 49.9% 2,327 D+0.1
Ozaukee 1,695 74.7% 574 25.3% 2,269 D+49.4
Pierce 675 31.6% 1,460 68.4% 2,135 R+36.8
Waushara 417 19.6% 1,708 80.4% 2,125 R+60.8
Calumet 1,318 63.5% 757 36.5% 2,075 D+27.0
Dunn 500 26.5% 1,390 73.5% 1,890 R+47.1
Trempealeau 418 22.3% 1,457 77.7% 1,875 R+55.4
Chippewa 767 42.3% 1,045 57.7% 1,812 R+15.3
Buffalo 891 51.4% 843 48.6% 1,734 D+2.8
Marquette 910 58.6% 643 41.4% 1,553 D+17.2
Kewaunee 1,012 66.8% 503 33.2% 1,515 D+33.6
Oconto 420 28.1% 1,076 71.9% 1,496 R+43.9
Marathon 949 65.9% 491 34.1% 1,440 D+31.8
Jackson 358 27.2% 956 72.8% 1,314 R+45.5
Adams 234 20.9% 885 79.1% 1,119 R+58.2
Wood 553 49.6% 563 50.4% 1,116 R+0.9
Door 214 19.7% 873 80.3% 1,087 R+60.6
Clark 121 13.1% 801 86.9% 922 R+73.8
Pepin 277 30.1% 644 69.9% 921 R+39.8
Shawano 464 52.7% 416 47.3% 880 D+5.5
Polk 190 22.4% 659 77.6% 849 R+55.2
Douglas 96 57.1% 72 42.9% 168 D+14.3
Burnett 7 4.2% 160 95.8% 167 R+91.6
Barron 38 24.1% 120 75.9% 158 R+51.9
Bayfield 42 32.1% 89 67.9% 131 R+35.9
Ashland 43 33.3% 86 66.7% 129 R+33.3

Counties as they stood in 1872; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Wisconsin in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+0.9
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+0.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+0.8
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+6.9
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+13.9
2004 John Kerry (D) D+0.4
2000 Al Gore (D) D+0.2
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+10.3
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+4.4
1988 Michael Dukakis (D) D+3.6
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+9.2
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+4.7
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+1.7
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.7
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+3.6
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+24.3
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+3.7
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+23.7
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.2
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+4.4
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+1.8
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+1.8
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.5
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+32.3
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+9.2
1924 Robert M. La Follette (other)
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+54.9
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+6.6
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+8.4
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+17.8
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+35.2
1900 William McKinley (R) R+24.1
1896 William McKinley (R) R+22.9
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+1.7
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+6.0
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+4.6
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+11.1
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+2.4
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+9.2
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+12.5