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Election 2012 Results

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2012 presidential election in Wisconsin

Barack Obama (Democrat) beat Mitt Romney (Republican) in Wisconsin in 2012, 52.8% to 45.9%, a margin of 6.9 points and 213,019 votes.

Wisconsin voted 3.1 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+3.9.

The Democratic hold continued from 2008, when Barack Obama also won.

Republicans led in 37 of the 72 counties and Democrats in 35. The largest, Milwaukee, cast 492,576 votes and went to the Democrat by 36.0 points. The closest was Price, 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
Barack Obama won Democratic 1,620,985 52.8%
Mitt Romney Republican 1,407,966 45.9%
All other candidates 39,483 1.3%
Total3,068,434

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Milwaukee 332,438 67.5% 154,924 31.5% 5,214 492,576 D+36.0
Dane 216,071 71.0% 83,644 27.5% 4,466 304,181 D+43.5
Waukesha 78,779 32.3% 162,798 66.8% 2,279 243,856 R+34.5
Brown 62,526 48.5% 64,836 50.3% 1,566 128,928 R+1.8
Racine 53,008 51.3% 49,347 47.7% 1,009 103,364 D+3.5
Outagamie 45,659 48.3% 47,372 50.1% 1,565 94,596 R+1.8
Winnebago 45,449 51.0% 42,122 47.2% 1,602 89,173 D+3.7
Kenosha 44,867 55.5% 34,977 43.2% 1,053 80,897 D+12.2
Rock 49,219 61.0% 30,517 37.8% 954 80,690 D+23.2
Washington 23,166 29.4% 54,765 69.5% 811 78,742 R+40.1
Marathon 32,363 46.3% 36,617 52.4% 882 69,862 R+6.1
La Crosse 36,693 57.8% 25,751 40.6% 1,018 63,462 D+17.2
Sheboygan 27,918 44.6% 34,072 54.4% 661 62,651 R+9.8
Ozaukee 19,159 34.3% 36,077 64.6% 581 55,817 R+30.3
Eau Claire 30,666 56.0% 23,256 42.4% 884 54,806 D+13.5
Fond du Lac 22,379 41.9% 30,355 56.8% 668 53,402 R+14.9
Walworth 22,552 43.1% 29,006 55.5% 745 52,303 R+12.3
St. Croix 19,910 43.1% 25,503 55.2% 812 46,225 R+12.1
Dodge 18,762 42.2% 25,211 56.7% 515 44,488 R+14.5
Jefferson 20,158 45.5% 23,517 53.1% 606 44,281 R+7.6
Manitowoc 20,403 47.9% 21,604 50.7% 610 42,617 R+2.8
Portage 22,075 56.1% 16,615 42.2% 647 39,337 D+13.9
Wood 18,581 47.8% 19,704 50.7% 615 38,900 R+2.9
Sauk 18,736 58.7% 12,838 40.2% 353 31,927 D+18.5
Chippewa 15,237 49.3% 15,322 49.5% 373 30,932 R+0.3
Columbia 17,175 56.2% 13,026 42.6% 345 30,546 D+13.6
Waupaca 11,578 40.1% 17,002 59.0% 260 28,840 R+18.8
Calumet 11,489 43.5% 14,539 55.0% 392 26,420 R+11.5
Grant 13,594 56.1% 10,255 42.3% 399 24,248 D+13.8
Douglas 14,863 64.9% 7,705 33.7% 326 22,894 D+31.3
Barron 10,890 48.0% 11,443 50.4% 359 22,692 R+2.4
Polk 10,073 44.6% 12,094 53.6% 406 22,573 R+9.0
Dunn 11,316 51.5% 10,224 46.5% 452 21,992 D+5.0
Oneida 10,452 48.3% 10,917 50.4% 283 21,652 R+2.1
Pierce 10,235 48.7% 10,397 49.5% 388 21,020 R+0.8
Marinette 9,882 47.6% 10,619 51.1% 276 20,777 R+3.5
Shawano 9,000 44.4% 11,022 54.4% 257 20,279 R+10.0
Oconto 8,865 44.6% 10,741 54.1% 253 19,859 R+9.4
Monroe 9,515 48.8% 9,675 49.7% 295 19,485 R+0.8
Green 11,206 58.0% 7,857 40.7% 259 19,322 D+17.3
Door 9,357 53.0% 8,121 46.0% 193 17,671 D+7.0
Lincoln 7,563 49.7% 7,455 49.0% 198 15,216 D+0.7
Vernon 8,044 56.4% 5,942 41.6% 283 14,269 D+14.7
Vilas 5,951 43.0% 7,749 56.0% 142 13,842 R+13.0
Clark 6,172 44.7% 7,412 53.7% 217 13,801 R+9.0
Trempealeau 7,605 56.4% 5,707 42.3% 169 13,481 D+14.1
Iowa 8,105 64.7% 4,287 34.2% 142 12,534 D+30.5
Waushara 5,335 44.3% 6,562 54.5% 151 12,048 R+10.2
Juneau 6,242 52.8% 5,411 45.8% 174 11,827 D+7.0
Kewaunee 5,153 46.7% 5,747 52.1% 137 11,037 R+5.4
Langlade 4,573 43.5% 5,816 55.3% 130 10,519 R+11.8
Adams 5,542 53.9% 4,644 45.1% 101 10,287 D+8.7
Bayfield 6,033 61.6% 3,603 36.8% 152 9,788 D+24.8
Green Lake 3,793 39.2% 5,782 59.8% 100 9,675 R+20.6
Taylor 3,763 39.6% 5,601 58.9% 148 9,512 R+19.3
Jackson 5,298 56.9% 3,900 41.9% 115 9,313 D+15.0
Washburn 4,447 47.9% 4,699 50.6% 141 9,287 R+2.7
Sawyer 4,486 49.7% 4,442 49.2% 97 9,025 D+0.5
Burnett 3,986 45.9% 4,550 52.4% 141 8,677 R+6.5
Richland 4,969 57.4% 3,573 41.3% 113 8,655 D+16.1
Ashland 5,399 64.5% 2,820 33.7% 153 8,372 D+30.8
Marquette 4,014 49.5% 3,992 49.3% 99 8,105 D+0.3
Lafayette 4,536 57.0% 3,314 41.7% 102 7,952 D+15.4
Price 3,887 49.2% 3,884 49.2% 130 7,901 level
Crawford 4,629 59.2% 3,067 39.2% 121 7,817 D+20.0
Rusk 3,397 47.2% 3,676 51.1% 118 7,191 R+3.9
Buffalo 3,570 50.7% 3,364 47.8% 105 7,039 D+2.9
Forest 2,425 52.2% 2,172 46.7% 51 4,648 D+5.4
Pepin 1,876 50.7% 1,794 48.5% 29 3,699 D+2.2
Iron 1,784 49.1% 1,790 49.3% 58 3,632 R+0.2
Florence 953 36.3% 1,645 62.7% 27 2,625 R+26.4
Menominee 1,191 86.5% 179 13.0% 7 1,377 D+73.5

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