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Election 2008 Results

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2008 presidential election in Wisconsin

Barack Obama (Democrat) beat John McCain (Republican) in Wisconsin in 2008, 56.2% to 42.3%, a margin of 13.9 points and 414,818 votes.

Wisconsin voted 6.6 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+7.3.

The Democratic hold continued from 2004, when John Kerry won.

Democrats led in 59 of the 72 counties and Republicans in 13. The largest, Milwaukee, cast 475,192 votes and went to the Democrat by 35.9 points. The closest was Taylor, where 23 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
Barack Obama won Democratic 1,677,211 56.2%
John McCain Republican 1,262,393 42.3%
All other candidates 43,813 1.5%
Total2,983,417

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Milwaukee 319,819 67.3% 149,445 31.4% 5,928 475,192 D+35.9
Dane 205,984 72.8% 73,065 25.8% 3,890 282,939 D+47.0
Waukesha 85,339 36.6% 145,152 62.3% 2,406 232,897 R+25.7
Brown 67,269 53.9% 55,854 44.8% 1,631 124,754 D+9.2
Racine 53,408 53.1% 45,954 45.7% 1,280 100,642 D+7.4
Outagamie 50,294 54.9% 39,677 43.3% 1,592 91,563 D+11.6
Winnebago 48,167 54.9% 37,946 43.3% 1,564 87,677 D+11.7
Rock 50,529 63.8% 27,364 34.6% 1,276 79,169 D+29.3
Kenosha 45,836 58.2% 31,609 40.1% 1,344 78,789 D+18.1
Washington 25,719 34.6% 47,729 64.1% 963 74,411 R+29.6
Marathon 36,367 53.5% 30,345 44.7% 1,228 67,940 D+8.9
La Crosse 38,524 60.9% 23,701 37.5% 993 63,218 D+23.4
Sheboygan 30,395 48.9% 30,801 49.6% 911 62,107 R+0.7
Eau Claire 33,146 60.3% 20,959 38.1% 905 55,010 D+22.2
Ozaukee 20,579 38.6% 32,172 60.3% 614 53,365 R+21.7
Fond du Lac 23,463 44.8% 28,164 53.8% 696 52,323 R+9.0
Walworth 24,177 47.9% 25,485 50.5% 760 50,422 R+2.6
St. Croix 21,177 47.2% 22,837 51.0% 807 44,821 R+3.7
Jefferson 21,448 49.7% 21,096 48.9% 622 43,166 D+0.8
Dodge 19,183 44.8% 23,015 53.7% 625 42,823 R+8.9
Manitowoc 22,428 52.9% 19,234 45.3% 752 42,414 D+7.5
Portage 24,817 63.0% 13,810 35.0% 795 39,422 D+27.9
Wood 21,710 55.6% 16,581 42.5% 761 39,052 D+13.1
Sauk 18,617 60.8% 11,562 37.8% 447 30,626 D+23.0
Chippewa 16,239 53.7% 13,492 44.6% 500 30,231 D+9.1
Columbia 16,661 56.9% 12,193 41.7% 418 29,272 D+15.3
Calumet 13,295 50.2% 12,722 48.1% 457 26,474 D+2.2
Waupaca 12,952 50.8% 12,232 47.9% 327 25,511 D+2.8
Grant 14,875 61.2% 9,068 37.3% 377 24,320 D+23.9
Douglas 15,830 65.8% 7,835 32.6% 401 24,066 D+33.2
Dunn 13,002 56.6% 9,566 41.6% 421 22,989 D+14.9
Barron 12,078 52.8% 10,457 45.7% 351 22,886 D+7.1
Polk 10,876 48.0% 11,282 49.8% 485 22,643 R+1.8
Pierce 11,803 53.4% 9,812 44.4% 492 22,107 D+9.0
Oneida 11,907 54.3% 9,630 43.9% 390 21,927 D+10.4
Marinette 11,195 52.7% 9,726 45.8% 334 21,255 D+6.9
Shawano 10,259 51.1% 9,538 47.5% 292 20,089 D+3.6
Monroe 10,198 53.2% 8,666 45.2% 288 19,152 D+8.0
Oconto 9,927 52.3% 8,755 46.2% 286 18,968 D+6.2
Green 11,502 62.1% 6,730 36.3% 302 18,534 D+25.7
Door 10,142 58.0% 7,112 40.7% 227 17,481 D+17.3
Lincoln 8,424 55.2% 6,519 42.7% 325 15,268 D+12.5
Clark 7,454 52.5% 6,383 45.0% 350 14,187 D+7.5
Vernon 8,463 60.1% 5,367 38.1% 245 14,075 D+22.0
Vilas 6,491 47.2% 7,055 51.3% 204 13,750 R+4.1
Trempealeau 8,321 62.5% 4,808 36.1% 185 13,314 D+26.4
Iowa 7,987 66.7% 3,829 32.0% 153 11,969 D+34.7
Waushara 5,868 49.5% 5,770 48.7% 211 11,849 D+0.8
Juneau 6,186 53.7% 5,148 44.6% 196 11,530 D+9.0
Kewaunee 5,902 54.7% 4,711 43.7% 174 10,787 D+11.0
Langlade 5,182 49.8% 5,081 48.8% 139 10,402 D+1.0
Adams 5,806 58.1% 3,974 39.8% 206 9,986 D+18.3
Green Lake 4,000 41.9% 5,393 56.6% 143 9,536 R+14.6
Bayfield 5,972 63.1% 3,365 35.5% 131 9,468 D+27.5
Taylor 4,563 48.8% 4,586 49.1% 197 9,346 R+0.2
Jackson 5,572 60.2% 3,552 38.4% 127 9,251 D+21.8
Washburn 4,693 51.5% 4,303 47.2% 116 9,112 D+4.3
Sawyer 4,765 52.4% 4,199 46.2% 121 9,085 D+6.2
Burnett 4,337 49.9% 4,200 48.3% 151 8,688 D+1.6
Ashland 5,818 67.9% 2,634 30.7% 122 8,574 D+37.1
Richland 5,041 59.7% 3,298 39.0% 111 8,450 D+20.6
Price 4,559 55.6% 3,461 42.2% 174 8,194 D+13.4
Crawford 4,987 62.5% 2,830 35.5% 164 7,981 D+27.0
Marquette 4,068 51.8% 3,654 46.6% 124 7,846 D+5.3
Lafayette 4,732 60.4% 2,984 38.1% 115 7,831 D+22.3
Rusk 3,855 53.0% 3,253 44.7% 164 7,272 D+8.3
Buffalo 3,949 56.4% 2,923 41.8% 128 7,000 D+14.7
Forest 2,673 57.1% 1,963 41.9% 47 4,683 D+15.2
Pepin 2,102 55.7% 1,616 42.9% 53 3,771 D+12.9
Iron 1,914 55.8% 1,464 42.7% 54 3,432 D+13.1
Florence 1,134 42.2% 1,512 56.3% 39 2,685 R+14.1
Menominee 1,257 86.8% 185 12.8% 6 1,448 D+74.0

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