United States presidential elections in Wisconsin

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Wisconsin, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1848, Wisconsin has participated in every U.S. presidential election.

Presidential elections in Wisconsin

No. of elections	44
Voted Democratic	19
Voted Republican	25
Voted other	1[lower-alpha 1]
Voted for winning candidate	34
Voted for losing candidate	10

Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.

Elections from 1864 to present

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Other national candidates[lower-alpha 2]	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes	Notes
2020[1]	Joe Biden	1,630,673	49.57	Donald Trump	1,610,065	48.94	—			10
2016[2]	Donald Trump[lower-alpha 3]	1,405,284	47.22	Hillary Clinton	1,382,536	46.45	—			10
2012[3]	Barack Obama	1,620,985	52.83	Mitt Romney	1,407,966	45.89	—			10
2008[4]	Barack Obama	1,677,211	56.22	John McCain	1,262,393	42.31	—			10
2004[5]	George W. Bush	1,478,120	49.32	John Kerry	1,489,504	49.70	—			10
2000[6]	George W. Bush[lower-alpha 3]	1,237,279	47.61	Al Gore	1,242,987	47.83	—			11
1996[7]	Bill Clinton	1,071,971	48.81	Bob Dole	845,029	38.48	Ross Perot	227,339	10.35	11
1992	Bill Clinton	1,041,066	41.13	George H. W. Bush	930,855	36.78	Ross Perot	544,479	21.51	11
1988	George H. W. Bush	1,047,499	47.8	Michael Dukakis	1,126,794	51.41	—			11
1984	Ronald Reagan	1,198,800	54.19	Walter Mondale	995,847	45.02	—			11
1980	Ronald Reagan	1,088,845	47.90	Jimmy Carter	981,584	43.18	John B. Anderson	160,657	7.07	11
1976	Jimmy Carter	1,040,232	49.50	Gerald Ford	1,004,987	47.83	—			11
1972	Richard Nixon	989,430	53.40	George McGovern	810,174	43.72	—			11
1968	Richard Nixon	809,997	47.89	Hubert Humphrey	748,804	44.27	George Wallace	127,835	7.56	12
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson	1,050,424	62.09	Barry Goldwater	638,495	37.74	—			12
1960	John F. Kennedy	830,805	48.05	Richard Nixon	895,175	51.77	—			12
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower	954,844	61.58	Adlai Stevenson II	586,768	37.84	T. Coleman Andrews/ Unpledged Electors[lower-alpha 4]	6,918	0.45	12
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower	979,744	60.95	Adlai Stevenson II	622,175	38.71	—			12
1948	Harry S. Truman	647,310	50.70	Thomas E. Dewey	590,959	46.28	Strom Thurmond	—	—	12
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt	650,413	48.57	Thomas E. Dewey	674,532	50.37	—			12
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt	704,821	50.15	Wendell Willkie	679,206	48.32	—			12
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	802,984	63.80	Alf Landon	380,828	30.26	—			12
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	707,410	63.46	Herbert Hoover	347,741	31.19	—			12
1928	Herbert Hoover	544,205	53.52	Al Smith	450,259	44.28	—			13
1924	Calvin Coolidge	311,614	37.06	John W. Davis	68,115	8.10	Robert M. La Follette	453,678	53.96	13
1920	Warren G. Harding	498,576	71.10	James M. Cox	113,422	16.17	Parley P. Christensen	—	—	13
1916	Woodrow Wilson	191,363	42.80	Charles E. Hughes	220,822	49.39	—			13
1912	Woodrow Wilson	164,230	41.06	Theodore Roosevelt	62,448	15.61	William H. Taft	130,596	32.65	13
1908	William H. Taft	247,747	54.52	William Jennings Bryan	166,662	36.67	—			13
1904	Theodore Roosevelt	280,315	63.21	Alton B. Parker	124,205	28.01	—			13
1900	William McKinley	265,760	60.06	William Jennings Bryan	159,163	35.97	—			12
1896	William McKinley	268,135	59.93	William Jennings Bryan	165,523	37.00	—			12
1892	Grover Cleveland	177,325	47.72	Benjamin Harrison	171,101	46.05	James B. Weaver	10,019	2.7	12
1888	Benjamin Harrison[lower-alpha 3]	176,553	49.79	Grover Cleveland	155,232	43.77	—			11
1884	Grover Cleveland	146,453	45.79	James G. Blaine	161,135	50.38	—			11
1880	James A. Garfield	144,398	54.04	Winfield S. Hancock	114,644	42.91	James B. Weaver	7,986	2.99	10
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes[lower-alpha 3]	130,067	50.57	Samuel J. Tilden	123,926	48.19	—			10
1872	Ulysses S. Grant	104,994	54.6	Horace Greeley	86,477	44.97	—			10
1868	Ulysses S. Grant	108,920	56.3	Horatio Seymour	84,708	43.7	—			8
1864	Abraham Lincoln	83,458	55.9	George B. McClellan	65,884	44.1	—			8

Election of 1860

The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War.

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes
1860	Abraham Lincoln	86,110	56.6	Stephen A. Douglas	65,021	42.7	John C. Breckinridge	887	0.6	John Bell	161	0.1	5

Elections prior to 1860

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Other national candidates[lower-alpha 2]	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes	Notes
1856	James Buchanan	52,843	44.22	John C. Frémont	66,090	55.3	Millard Fillmore	579	0.48	5
1852	Franklin Pierce	33,658	52.04	Winfield Scott	22,210	34.34	John P. Hale	8,814	13.63	5
1848	Zachary Taylor	13,747	35.1	Lewis Cass	15,001	38.3	Martin Van Buren	10,418	26.6	4

Notes

1. Robert La Follette Sr., 1924
2. For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
3. Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
4. Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina

References

1. "Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins". The New York Times. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
2. 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.
3. 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
4. 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.
5. "Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. May 2005.
6. "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
7. "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.

See also

• Elections in Wisconsin