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Election 1912 Results

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1912 presidential election in Wisconsin

Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) beat William Howard Taft (Republican) in Wisconsin in 1912, 41.1% to 32.7%, a margin of 8.4 points and 33,634 votes.

Wisconsin changed party: in 1908 it went Republican, for William Howard Taft.

Democrats led in 40 of the 71 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 19 and other candidates in 12. The largest, Milwaukee, cast 71,302 votes and went to the Democrat by 13.7 points. The closest was Columbia, where 10 votes separated the top two.

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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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Woodrow Wilson won	Democratic	164,230	41.1%
William Howard Taft	Republican	130,596	32.7%
Theodore Roosevelt	Progressive	62,448	15.6%
All other candidates		42,692	10.7%
Total		399,966

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Milwaukee	27,628 38.7%	17,877 25.1%	25,797	71,302	D+13.7
Dane	9,017 55.5%	5,244 32.3%	1,989	16,250	D+23.2
Winnebago	4,631 41.0%	1,922 17.0%	4,743	11,296	Others
Rock	3,032 30.6%	4,276 43.2%	2,587	9,895	R+12.6
Sheboygan	3,968 41.2%	2,692 28.0%	2,965	9,625	D+13.3
Fond Du Lac	4,838 50.3%	3,014 31.3%	1,764	9,616	D+19.0
Marathon	4,043 44.3%	3,033 33.2%	2,059	9,135	D+11.1
Racine	3,909 44.1%	2,606 29.4%	2,343	8,858	D+14.7
Dodge	5,246 60.0%	2,559 29.3%	942	8,747	D+30.7
Brown	3,557 42.2%	2,764 32.8%	2,116	8,437	D+9.4
Outagamie	4,139 50.0%	2,384 28.8%	1,748	8,271	D+21.2
La Crosse	4,263 53.1%	2,272 28.3%	1,498	8,033	D+24.8
Grant	3,615 45.8%	3,283 41.6%	988	7,886	D+4.2
Manitowoc	3,436 44.7%	2,389 31.1%	1,855	7,680	D+13.6
Waukesha	3,594 48.8%	2,714 36.9%	1,055	7,363	D+12.0
Jefferson	4,381 62.4%	1,926 27.4%	714	7,021	D+35.0
Kenosha	2,216 36.1%	1,671 27.2%	2,254	6,141	Others
Waupaca	1,563 26.7%	2,204 37.7%	2,086	5,853	R+11.0
Walworth	2,125 36.4%	2,096 35.9%	1,620	5,841	D+0.5
Columbia	2,473 42.7%	2,463 42.6%	852	5,788	D+0.2
Sauk	2,464 43.0%	2,171 37.9%	1,092	5,727	D+5.1
Wood	2,523 47.3%	1,742 32.6%	1,071	5,336	D+14.6
Portage	2,301 43.3%	1,932 36.4%	1,079	5,312	D+6.9
Douglas	1,181 23.0%	730 14.2%	3,223	5,134	Others
Chippewa	2,028 39.6%	1,736 33.9%	1,353	5,117	D+5.7
Eau Claire	1,727 34.6%	2,013 40.3%	1,256	4,996	R+5.7
Monroe	2,084 43.2%	1,841 38.1%	903	4,828	D+5.0
Washington	2,425 51.6%	1,799 38.3%	478	4,702	D+13.3
Iowa	2,103 44.9%	1,886 40.3%	695	4,684	D+4.6
Marinette	1,559 33.3%	1,618 34.6%	1,506	4,683	R+1.3
St. Croix	1,806 38.9%	1,728 37.2%	1,114	4,648	D+1.7
Vernon	1,253 27.1%	2,663 57.7%	701	4,617	R+30.5
Shawano	1,661 36.7%	1,535 33.9%	1,327	4,523	D+2.8
Lafayette	1,852 41.5%	1,747 39.1%	864	4,463	D+2.4
Clark	1,528 34.2%	2,035 45.6%	899	4,462	R+11.4
Oconto	1,523 35.7%	1,988 46.6%	755	4,266	R+10.9
Green	1,716 41.6%	1,601 38.8%	807	4,124	D+2.8
Barron	1,065 26.8%	1,414 35.6%	1,491	3,970	Others
Richland	1,493 37.7%	1,623 41.0%	842	3,958	R+3.3
Trempealeau	1,235 31.3%	1,763 44.7%	950	3,948	R+13.4
Dunn	833 22.2%	1,403 37.5%	1,510	3,746	Others
Ashland	1,451 41.5%	937 26.8%	1,105	3,493	D+14.7
Pierce	985 29.1%	986 29.1%	1,414	3,385	Others
Crawford	1,515 44.9%	1,407 41.7%	455	3,377	D+3.2
Lincoln	1,760 52.4%	712 21.2%	886	3,358	D+31.2
Juneau	1,236 38.8%	1,322 41.5%	629	3,187	R+2.7
Polk	830 26.6%	848 27.1%	1,447	3,125	Others
Kewaunee	1,696 54.3%	1,115 35.7%	311	3,122	D+18.6
Langlade	1,387 45.7%	710 23.4%	937	3,034	D+22.3
Waushara	772 25.5%	1,343 44.4%	908	3,023	R+18.9
Green Lake	1,407 47.2%	1,269 42.5%	308	2,984	D+4.6
Ozaukee	1,878 63.3%	749 25.2%	341	2,968	D+38.0
Calumet	1,366 47.8%	931 32.6%	563	2,860	D+15.2
Door	769 27.1%	1,167 41.1%	900	2,836	R+14.0
Jackson	606 22.9%	1,398 52.8%	645	2,649	R+29.9
Buffalo	848 33.3%	1,239 48.6%	460	2,547	R+15.4
Price	662 27.6%	708 29.5%	1,030	2,400	Others
Taylor	821 35.9%	773 33.8%	692	2,286	D+2.1
Marquette	923 41.3%	881 39.4%	431	2,235	D+1.9
Bayfield	666 29.8%	514 23.0%	1,052	2,232	Others
Oneida	717 33.9%	774 36.6%	626	2,117	R+2.7
Rusk	522 30.7%	575 33.8%	605	1,702	Others
Burnett	305 20.2%	403 26.7%	799	1,507	Others
Adams	462 30.9%	689 46.1%	344	1,495	R+15.2
Washburn	398 26.8%	409 27.5%	679	1,486	Others
Forest	567 42.0%	518 38.4%	265	1,350	D+3.6
Pepin	410 31.1%	528 40.0%	382	1,320	R+8.9
Iron	347 29.3%	473 40.0%	363	1,183	R+10.7
Vilas	327 35.4%	304 32.9%	292	923	D+2.5
Sawyer	432 47.5%	295 32.5%	182	909	D+15.1
Florence	131 21.8%	262 43.7%	207	600	R+21.8

Counties as they stood in 1912; 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

Year	Winner	Margin
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

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