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Election 2004 Results

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2004 presidential election in Wisconsin

John Kerry (Democrat) beat George W. Bush (Republican) in Wisconsin in 2004, 49.7% to 49.3%, a margin of 0.4 points and 11,384 votes.

Wisconsin voted 2.8 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+2.5.

The Democratic hold continued from 2000, when Al Gore won.

Republicans led in 45 of the 72 counties and Democrats in 27. The largest, Milwaukee, cast 482,236 votes and went to the Democrat by 24.3 points. The closest was Price, where 37 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
John Kerry won	Democratic	1,489,504	49.7%
George W. Bush	Republican	1,478,120	49.3%
All other candidates		29,383	1.0%
Total		2,997,007

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Milwaukee	297,653 61.7%	180,287 37.4%	4,296	482,236	D+24.3
Dane	181,052 66.0%	90,369 33.0%	2,828	274,249	D+33.1
Waukesha	73,626 32.0%	154,926 67.3%	1,811	230,363	R+35.3
Brown	54,935 44.6%	67,173 54.5%	1,186	123,294	R+9.9
Racine	48,229 47.5%	52,456 51.6%	884	101,569	R+4.2
Outagamie	40,169 44.6%	48,903 54.3%	978	90,050	R+9.7
Winnebago	40,943 46.2%	46,542 52.5%	1,111	88,596	R+6.3
Rock	46,598 57.9%	33,151 41.2%	730	80,479	D+16.7
Kenosha	40,107 52.5%	35,587 46.6%	734	76,428	D+5.9
Washington	21,234 29.3%	50,641 69.9%	592	72,467	R+40.6
Marathon	30,899 45.4%	36,394 53.5%	766	68,059	R+8.1
Sheboygan	27,608 44.1%	34,458 55.0%	559	62,625	R+10.9
La Crosse	33,170 53.4%	28,289 45.5%	677	62,136	D+7.9
Eau Claire	30,068 54.2%	24,653 44.5%	716	55,437	D+9.8
Fond du Lac	19,216 36.2%	33,291 62.8%	529	53,036	R+26.5
Ozaukee	17,714 33.4%	34,904 65.8%	414	53,032	R+32.4
Walworth	19,177 39.6%	28,754 59.4%	515	48,446	R+19.8
Dodge	16,690 37.6%	27,201 61.4%	445	44,336	R+23.7
Manitowoc	20,652 46.8%	23,027 52.1%	481	44,160	R+5.4
Jefferson	17,925 42.6%	23,776 56.5%	414	42,115	R+13.9
St. Croix	18,784 44.9%	22,679 54.2%	372	41,835	R+9.3
Wood	18,950 47.3%	20,592 51.4%	529	40,071	R+4.1
Portage	21,861 56.1%	16,546 42.5%	554	38,961	D+13.6
Chippewa	14,751 48.3%	15,450 50.6%	323	30,524	R+2.3
Sauk	15,708 51.6%	14,415 47.4%	294	30,417	D+4.3
Columbia	14,300 48.4%	14,956 50.6%	299	29,555	R+2.2
Waupaca	10,792 40.0%	15,941 59.1%	241	26,974	R+19.1
Calumet	10,290 40.7%	14,721 58.2%	265	25,276	R+17.5
Grant	12,864 50.9%	12,208 48.3%	192	25,264	D+2.6
Douglas	16,537 65.7%	8,448 33.5%	202	25,187	D+32.1
Barron	11,696 48.9%	12,030 50.3%	211	23,937	R+1.4
Polk	11,173 47.5%	12,095 51.5%	235	23,503	R+3.9
Dunn	12,039 52.0%	10,879 46.9%	254	23,172	D+5.0
Marinette	10,190 45.8%	11,866 53.3%	214	22,270	R+7.5
Oneida	10,464 47.5%	11,351 51.5%	224	22,039	R+4.0
Pierce	11,176 51.1%	10,437 47.7%	263	21,876	D+3.4
Shawano	8,657 41.2%	12,150 57.9%	192	20,999	R+16.6
Oconto	8,534 43.1%	11,043 55.8%	217	19,794	R+12.7
Monroe	8,973 45.9%	10,375 53.1%	206	19,554	R+7.2
Green	9,575 52.5%	8,497 46.6%	176	18,248	D+5.9
Door	8,367 47.8%	8,910 50.9%	214	17,491	R+3.1
Lincoln	7,484 47.7%	8,024 51.1%	192	15,700	R+3.4
Clark	6,966 46.1%	7,966 52.7%	193	15,125	R+6.6
Vernon	7,924 53.4%	6,774 45.6%	147	14,845	D+7.7
Trempealeau	8,075 57.4%	5,878 41.8%	109	14,062	D+15.6
Vilas	5,713 40.8%	8,155 58.2%	134	14,002	R+17.4
Iowa	7,122 56.8%	5,348 42.6%	72	12,542	D+14.1
Juneau	5,734 46.3%	6,473 52.3%	172	12,379	R+6.0
Waushara	5,257 42.9%	6,888 56.2%	101	12,246	R+13.3
Kewaunee	5,175 45.9%	5,970 53.0%	128	11,273	R+7.1
Langlade	4,751 42.9%	6,235 56.3%	88	11,074	R+13.4
Adams	5,447 52.1%	4,890 46.8%	119	10,456	D+5.3
Green Lake	3,605 35.4%	6,472 63.6%	101	10,178	R+28.2
Jackson	5,249 54.0%	4,387 45.1%	90	9,726	D+8.9
Bayfield	5,845 60.3%	3,754 38.7%	100	9,699	D+21.6
Washburn	4,705 49.2%	4,762 49.8%	100	9,567	R+0.6
Taylor	3,829 40.1%	5,582 58.5%	132	9,543	R+18.4
Sawyer	4,411 46.7%	4,951 52.4%	91	9,453	R+5.7
Richland	4,501 47.8%	4,836 51.3%	83	9,420	R+3.6
Burnett	4,499 48.3%	4,743 50.9%	79	9,321	R+2.6
Ashland	5,805 63.1%	3,313 36.0%	81	9,199	D+27.1
Price	4,349 49.6%	4,312 49.2%	102	8,763	D+0.4
Marquette	3,785 44.7%	4,604 54.3%	88	8,477	R+9.7
Crawford	4,656 55.0%	3,680 43.5%	123	8,459	D+11.5
Lafayette	4,402 52.5%	3,929 46.8%	57	8,388	D+5.6
Rusk	3,820 48.2%	3,985 50.3%	122	7,927	R+2.1
Buffalo	3,998 52.7%	3,502 46.1%	91	7,591	D+6.5
Forest	2,509 48.7%	2,608 50.6%	36	5,153	R+1.9
Pepin	2,181 53.6%	1,853 45.6%	32	4,066	D+8.1
Iron	1,956 50.4%	1,884 48.6%	39	3,879	D+1.9
Florence	993 36.5%	1,703 62.5%	28	2,724	R+26.1
Menominee	1,412 82.6%	288 16.8%	10	1,710	D+65.7

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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