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Election 1880 Results

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1880 presidential election in Wisconsin

James A. Garfield (Republican) beat Winfield Scott Hancock (Democrat) in Wisconsin in 1880, 54.1% to 42.9%, a margin of 11.1 points and 29,756 votes.

Wisconsin voted 11.0 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+0.1.

The Republican hold continued from 1876, when Rutherford B. Hayes won.

Republicans led in 43 of the 62 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 19. The largest, Milwaukee, cast 25,161 votes and went to the Republican by 12.3 points. The closest was Bayfield, where 8 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
James A. Garfield won Republican 144,406 54.1%
Winfield Scott Hancock Democratic 114,650 42.9%
All other candidates 7,986 3.0%
Total267,042

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Milwaukee 10,997 43.7% 14,088 56.0% 76 25,161 R+12.3
Dane 5,800 48.3% 6,018 50.1% 199 12,017 R+1.8
Fond Du Lac 4,851 48.5% 4,683 46.8% 471 10,005 D+1.7
Dodge 5,708 60.1% 3,624 38.1% 168 9,500 D+21.9
Winnebago 3,798 41.8% 4,762 52.4% 526 9,086 R+10.6
Rock 2,646 30.9% 5,741 67.1% 163 8,550 R+36.2
Grant 3,038 38.6% 4,654 59.1% 179 7,871 R+20.5
Jefferson 3,923 55.5% 3,060 43.3% 82 7,065 D+12.2
Racine 2,867 41.6% 3,955 57.4% 72 6,894 R+15.8
Sheboygan 2,959 43.6% 3,252 47.9% 577 6,788 R+4.3
Manitowoc 3,676 55.2% 2,988 44.8% 1 6,665 D+10.3
Waukesha 2,990 46.6% 3,321 51.8% 101 6,412 R+5.2
Walworth 1,886 30.0% 4,361 69.4% 39 6,286 R+39.4
Columbia 2,311 39.0% 3,572 60.3% 36 5,919 R+21.3
Sauk 2,080 35.3% 3,638 61.8% 169 5,887 R+26.5
Brown 3,034 52.1% 2,683 46.0% 111 5,828 D+6.0
Outagamie 3,258 57.3% 2,124 37.4% 300 5,682 D+20.0
Iowa 2,310 45.6% 2,674 52.8% 79 5,063 R+7.2
La Crosse 1,995 41.1% 2,731 56.2% 131 4,857 R+15.2
Lafayette 2,182 45.4% 2,541 52.9% 81 4,804 R+7.5
Washington 2,841 59.2% 1,905 39.7% 56 4,802 D+19.5
Monroe 1,913 41.2% 2,427 52.3% 298 4,638 R+11.1
Green 1,526 33.5% 2,740 60.2% 284 4,550 R+26.7
Waupaca 1,440 33.0% 2,647 60.6% 283 4,370 R+27.6
Vernon 1,014 23.5% 2,774 64.3% 525 4,313 R+40.8
St. Croix 1,718 41.5% 2,396 57.9% 27 4,141 R+16.4
Richland 1,635 40.4% 2,260 55.9% 151 4,046 R+15.4
Eau Claire 1,520 37.9% 2,336 58.3% 153 4,009 R+20.4
Portage 1,534 43.2% 1,952 54.9% 69 3,555 R+11.8
Dunn 992 28.8% 2,421 70.3% 32 3,445 R+41.5
Juneau 1,452 42.8% 1,821 53.7% 120 3,393 R+10.9
Trempealeau 675 20.3% 2,302 69.4% 340 3,317 R+49.1
Marathon 1,977 59.6% 1,025 30.9% 313 3,315 D+28.7
Pierce 840 25.4% 2,320 70.3% 142 3,302 R+44.8
Calumet 1,991 61.3% 1,151 35.4% 107 3,249 D+25.9
Chippewa 1,512 47.3% 1,485 46.5% 198 3,195 D+0.8
Kenosha 1,411 45.7% 1,676 54.3% 3,087 R+8.6
Crawford 1,459 47.9% 1,415 46.5% 172 3,046 D+1.4
Green Lake 1,170 38.5% 1,764 58.0% 105 3,039 R+19.5
Ozaukee 2,065 70.0% 806 27.3% 77 2,948 D+42.7
Waushara 509 18.4% 2,172 78.6% 81 2,762 R+60.2
Jackson 673 26.1% 1,841 71.5% 61 2,575 R+45.4
Buffalo 837 34.5% 1,588 65.5% 1 2,426 R+31.0
Kewaunee 1,567 66.3% 795 33.7% 2,362 D+32.7
Clark 671 29.8% 1,542 68.5% 38 2,251 R+38.7
Door 635 29.4% 1,357 62.9% 166 2,158 R+33.5
Wood 753 35.9% 912 43.5% 433 2,098 R+7.6
Shawano 968 49.9% 932 48.0% 40 1,940 D+1.9
Marinette 579 30.3% 1,332 69.7% 1,911 R+39.4
Marquette 984 51.6% 905 47.4% 19 1,908 D+4.1
Polk 453 23.9% 1,439 76.0% 1 1,893 R+52.1
Oconto 822 44.1% 1,036 55.5% 8 1,866 R+11.5
Barron 394 27.6% 1,027 71.8% 9 1,430 R+44.3
Adams 343 24.9% 994 72.2% 40 1,377 R+47.3
Pepin 296 23.9% 939 75.7% 5 1,240 R+51.9
Lincoln 262 37.3% 370 52.6% 71 703 R+15.4
Taylor 274 47.7% 300 52.3% 574 R+4.5
Burnett 57 13.4% 369 86.6% 426 R+73.2
Ashland 223 52.5% 202 47.5% 425 D+4.9
Price 194 57.7% 142 42.3% 336 D+15.5
Bayfield 86 52.4% 78 47.6% 164 D+4.9
Douglas 76 65.0% 41 35.0% 117 D+29.9

Counties as they stood in 1880; 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