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Election 2020 Results

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2020 presidential election in Wisconsin

Joe Biden (Democrat) beat Donald Trump (Republican) in Wisconsin in 2020, 49.4% to 48.8%, a margin of 0.6 points and 20,682 votes.

Wisconsin voted 3.8 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+4.5.

Wisconsin changed party: in 2016 it went Republican, for Donald Trump.

Republicans led in 58 of the 72 counties and Democrats in 14. The largest, Milwaukee, cast 459,729 votes and went to the Democrat by 39.8 points. The closest was Door, where 291 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
Joe Biden won Democratic 1,630,866 49.4%
Donald Trump Republican 1,610,184 48.8%
All other candidates 56,991 1.7%
Total3,298,041

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Milwaukee 317,529 69.1% 134,486 29.3% 7,714 459,729 D+39.8
Dane 260,130 75.5% 78,797 22.9% 5,813 344,740 D+52.6
Waukesha 103,908 38.8% 159,653 59.6% 4,441 268,002 R+20.8
Brown 65,506 45.5% 75,863 52.7% 2,635 144,004 R+7.2
Outagamie 47,670 44.1% 58,388 54.0% 1,970 108,028 R+9.9
Racine 50,157 47.1% 54,474 51.2% 1,813 106,444 R+4.1
Winnebago 44,060 46.9% 47,797 50.8% 2,176 94,033 R+4.0
Kenosha 42,192 47.5% 44,971 50.7% 1,574 88,737 R+3.1
Washington 26,650 30.3% 60,236 68.4% 1,182 88,068 R+38.1
Rock 46,655 54.7% 37,136 43.5% 1,564 85,355 D+11.2
Marathon 30,806 40.1% 44,621 58.1% 1,319 76,746 R+18.0
La Crosse 37,835 55.8% 28,671 42.3% 1,354 67,860 D+13.5
Sheboygan 27,102 41.1% 37,611 57.0% 1,301 66,014 R+15.9
Ozaukee 26,516 43.1% 33,911 55.2% 1,056 61,483 R+12.0
Eau Claire 31,618 54.3% 25,339 43.5% 1,314 58,271 D+10.8
Walworth 22,793 39.6% 33,855 58.8% 960 57,608 R+19.2
Fond du Lac 20,587 36.0% 35,752 62.5% 909 57,248 R+26.5
St. Croix 23,190 40.9% 32,200 56.8% 1,318 56,708 R+15.9
Dodge 16,349 33.8% 31,342 64.7% 724 48,415 R+31.0
Jefferson 19,907 41.5% 27,216 56.7% 868 47,991 R+15.2
Manitowoc 16,818 37.5% 27,217 60.7% 793 44,828 R+23.2
Wood 16,366 39.6% 24,309 58.9% 624 41,299 R+19.2
Portage 20,427 50.3% 19,297 47.5% 876 40,600 D+2.8
Sauk 18,101 50.0% 17,491 48.3% 602 36,194 D+1.7
Chippewa 13,985 38.9% 21,319 59.3% 638 35,942 R+20.4
Columbia 16,409 48.5% 16,925 50.0% 531 33,865 R+1.5
Calumet 12,117 39.4% 18,157 59.0% 502 30,776 R+19.6
Waupaca 9,703 33.3% 18,952 65.1% 475 29,130 R+31.8
Polk 9,370 35.5% 16,610 63.0% 390 26,370 R+27.5
Grant 10,997 42.9% 14,141 55.2% 469 25,607 R+12.3
Barron 9,193 36.3% 15,801 62.3% 349 25,343 R+26.1
Douglas 13,218 53.6% 10,923 44.3% 536 24,677 D+9.3
Oneida 10,107 41.8% 13,674 56.6% 383 24,164 R+14.8
Dunn 9,897 42.1% 13,173 56.0% 454 23,524 R+13.9
Pierce 9,796 42.0% 12,815 55.0% 706 23,317 R+12.9
Oconto 6,714 28.9% 16,224 69.9% 274 23,212 R+41.0
Marinette 7,366 32.1% 15,303 66.6% 309 22,978 R+34.5
Shawano 7,134 31.5% 15,178 67.1% 311 22,623 R+35.6
Monroe 8,433 37.3% 13,776 60.9% 403 22,612 R+23.6
Green 10,851 50.7% 10,168 47.5% 386 21,405 D+3.2
Door 10,044 49.9% 9,753 48.5% 321 20,118 D+1.4
Lincoln 6,260 38.0% 10,016 60.7% 219 16,495 R+22.8
Vernon 7,457 46.8% 8,217 51.6% 248 15,922 R+4.8
Trempealeau 6,295 40.9% 8,846 57.4% 262 15,403 R+16.6
Vilas 5,901 38.4% 9,259 60.3% 205 15,365 R+21.9
Clark 4,527 30.4% 10,006 67.1% 372 14,905 R+36.8
Iowa 7,830 55.9% 5,910 42.2% 255 13,995 D+13.7
Juneau 4,747 34.6% 8,747 63.8% 215 13,709 R+29.2
Waushara 4,390 32.3% 9,020 66.4% 165 13,575 R+34.1
Kewaunee 3,976 32.9% 7,927 65.5% 192 12,095 R+32.7
Adams 4,328 36.6% 7,364 62.3% 128 11,820 R+25.7
Langlade 3,704 33.2% 7,329 65.6% 131 11,164 R+32.5
Bayfield 6,146 56.5% 4,615 42.4% 116 10,877 D+14.1
Taylor 2,694 25.2% 7,659 71.7% 335 10,688 R+46.5
Green Lake 3,343 31.3% 7,166 67.2% 159 10,668 R+35.8
Sawyer 4,498 42.8% 5,910 56.2% 103 10,511 R+13.4
Washburn 3,868 37.3% 6,335 61.0% 177 10,380 R+23.8
Jackson 4,256 41.8% 5,791 56.9% 137 10,184 R+15.1
Burnett 3,570 35.2% 6,464 63.7% 110 10,144 R+28.5
Marquette 3,240 35.7% 5,720 63.1% 107 9,067 R+27.4
Richland 3,995 44.3% 4,871 54.0% 148 9,014 R+9.7
Ashland 4,801 54.8% 3,841 43.9% 115 8,757 D+11.0
Crawford 3,955 45.5% 4,622 53.1% 122 8,699 R+7.7
Lafayette 3,646 42.6% 4,821 56.4% 87 8,554 R+13.7
Price 3,031 35.5% 5,392 63.1% 120 8,543 R+27.6
Rusk 2,517 31.9% 5,256 66.7% 112 7,885 R+34.7
Buffalo 2,859 36.6% 4,833 61.9% 122 7,814 R+25.3
Forest 1,721 34.1% 3,285 65.0% 47 5,053 R+31.0
Pepin 1,489 35.9% 2,584 62.4% 71 4,144 R+26.4
Iron 1,533 38.2% 2,439 60.8% 39 4,011 R+22.6
Florence 781 26.6% 2,133 72.6% 26 2,940 R+46.0
Menominee 1,303 81.9% 279 17.5% 9 1,591 D+64.4

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